Ismail Bakar replaces Ali Hamsa as chief secretary to government

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 7 years ago · Published on 28 Aug 2018 3:12PM · 5 Comments

Ismail Bakar, who was appointed as the Treasury secretary-general in June 12, is chief secretary to the government less than three months later. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 28, 2018.

TREASURY Secretary-General Ismail Bakar is the new chief secretary to the government, replacing Ali Hamsa, whose tenure ends tomorrow.

Ali congratulated Ismail after handing over his duties today in front of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“I have handed the Handing Over Notes to Ismail, who will be replacing me as the 14th Chief Secretary to the Government. Congratulations and all the best,” he posted on Twitter today. 

Ali has been the chief secretary since 2012. Ismail was appointed as the Treasury secretary-general on June 12. 

There had been calls for Ali to step down, including from the G25 group, who charged him with showing partiality to the previous Barisan Nasional administration. 

Dr Mahathir has said he had problems trusting civil servants who had worked under BN rule.

Ali was also reprimanded by the Prime Minister’s Office for failing to address microphone problems at the swearing in of the MPs when Dewan Rakyat convened for the first time after the 14th general election.

The PMO had indicated its displeasure at Ali for failing to address persistent audio issues experienced during the ceremony in Parliament that was telecast live.

 Badariah also pointed to microphone problems during a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission briefing for lawmakers in Parliament on July 10.

Several top civil servants have had their contracts cut short by the Pakatan Harapan administration, such as former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah and former Election Commission chairman Mohd Hashim Abdullah. – August 28, 2018.

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  • Except for one non-Malay being appointed as Custom head, don't see any non-Malay being selected for the rest in government sector, GLCs, Universities and etc. Greedy race

    Posted 7 years ago by Jackal Way · Reply

    • Err.. how about the Attorney General? The Chief Judge??

      Posted 7 years ago by Mohd Arif Ibrahim · Reply

    • Does race really matter? We are all Malaysians, no?

      Posted 7 years ago by Gerald Lau · Reply

    • We are all Malaysians. We are progressing well post 9/5 in terms on this.

      Posted 7 years ago by Sin Fook Choo · Reply

    • AG position is only for 2 years as highlighted by Tun. He is appointed solely to look at the corruption scandal of the previous government. The chief judge will be retiring in a couple of months after his long service with the government. It's a case of rewarding him before his retirement. Next case please.

      Posted 7 years ago by Jackal Way · Reply