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DAP’s Hannah Yeoh (Subang Jaya) has made national history as the country’s first ever female state assembly speaker, when the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government unveiled its new portfolios today.

NONE Her deputy is Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (Seri Setia) from PKR.

Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim announced this when he detailed the portfolios of the new exco this morning on his Twitter .

The lineup also chalks a first in naming not one, but two senior excos: Iskandar Abdul Samad and Teng Chang Khim.

According to Khalid's tweet he and the 10 state exco members who have been sworn in at Istana Alam Shah in Klang this morning will be holding the following portfolios:

  • Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (Pelabuhan Klang, PKR): Finance, land development and natural resources management, state economic action council, publicity, Malay custom committee
  • Ahmad Yunus Hairi (Sijangkang, PAS): Youth and sports, infrastructure and public amenities
  • Daroyah Alwi (Sementa, PKR): Health, entrepreneur development, science, technology and innovation
  • Ean Yong Hian Wah (Sri Kembangan, DAP): Investment, industrialisation and trade, development of new villages and of legalisation of illegal factories
  • Halimah Ali (Selat Klang, PAS): Education and higher education, human capital development
  • Iskandar Abdul Samad (Cempaka, PAS): Housing, building and urban settler management
  • Rodziah Ismail (Batu Tiga, PKR): Welfare, women affairs
  • Sallehen Mukhyi (Sabak, PAS): Islamic affairs, agriculture modernisation, rural development
  • Teng Chang Khim (Sungai Pinang, DAP): Local government, study and research
  • V Ganapathi Rao (Kota Alam Shah, DAP): Estate workers, poverty, caring government
  • Elizabeth Wong (Bukit Lanjan, PKR): Tourism, consumer affairs, environment

At a press conference later, Khalid said he would be temporarily responsible for the publicity affairs of the state government until the formation of a special publicity taskforce to handle this task.

The first state exco meeting was held this afternoon.

Khalid also revealed that all the state assemblypersons, including the speaker and deputy speaker, would be sworn in on June 21.

This would be followed by the first sitting of the new state assembly, which will be officiated by the sultan on June 28.

In his speech at the swearing-in ceremony before the sultan today, Khalid assured the ruler that he would ensure Selangor remained the preferred choice of foreign investors.

The menteri besar also pledged to strive to narrow the income gap between rural and urban residents.