Tunku Temenggong of Kedah Tunku Sallehhuddin Sultan Badlishah has been appointed Kedah Council of Regency chairperson, replacing the late Tunku Annuar Sultan Badlishah effective May 21.

Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir said that the appointment was consented by the Sultan of Kedah Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah.

“On behalf of the state government, I wish to extend our heartiest appreciation and congratulations to Tunku Temenggong for the appointment,” he said in a statement today.

Tunku Annuar, 75, who was the sultan’s younger brother, passed away following a heart attack at the Ipoh Pantai Hospital at 12.20am on May 21.

Tunku Annuar along with his younger brothers, Tunku Sallehuddin and Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani as well as Tuanku Abdul Halim’s daughter, Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz were appointed to the regency in December 2012 following the sultan’s appointment as the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

- Bernama