Bernama reported that a former graduate of IIUM from the Economics faculty, Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor, 47, is now the director of communications for the Finance Ministry.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak made the appointment official effective March 15 2014.
In a statement yesterday, 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.
The ministry elaborated that Mohamad Ezams main task is to help the prime minister, who is also finance minister, and address issues, starting this year and the years to come, regarding the government’s moves to transform the economy.
From 1996 to 1998, Mohamad Ezam was political secretary to the finance minister.
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