Dr Abdul Rahman Abbas has been appointed Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri for a fifth term, effective May 1 this year to April 30, 2015.  

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah presented the instrument of appointment to Abdul Rahman, 75, at the Istana Negara today.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and chief secretary to the government Dr Ali Hamsa were present at the event.

Abdul Rahman was first appointed the Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri on April 17, 2001, and was reappointed in 2005, 2009 and 2011.

Abdul Rahman, who is the chancellor of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten), is married to Majimor Shariff and they have four children.

- Bernama