Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who is also Finance Minister, has appointed Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor, 47, as director of communications for the Finance Ministry effective March 15, 2014.

In a statement n Kuala Lumpur today, the ministry said Mohamad Ezam was appointed communications director after he quit as a senator on March 5, 2014.

Mohamad Ezam was first appointed senator in 2010, it said.

“His main task is to help the prime minister, who is also finance minister, address issues, starting this year and the years to come, regarding the government’s moves to transform the economy,” it said.

Mohamad Ezam, 47, graduated from Universiti Islam Antarabangsa with a Bachelor of Economics degree.

From 1996 to 1998, Mohamad Ezam was political secretary to the finance minister.

- Bernama