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Brunei's sultan announces cabinet shake-up, appoints sons as ministers

Al Monitor 2026/06/04 15:25

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 4 (Reuters) - Brunei's ruler announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, creating new key portfolios and appointing two of his younger sons as ministers, in a sign of potential succession planning in the tiny oil-rich sultanate.

The shake-up is the first since 2022 and comes as Brunei, on the island of Borneo, faces pressure from a global energy crisis sparked by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

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