KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy prime minister cum Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed that Melaka state liaison committee chairman Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh will be the 13th chief minister of Melaka.

He said in a press conference today that Umno had proposed Ab Rauf as the party’s only candidate for the next Melaka chief minister, following the resignation of Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali on health reasons.

Zahid said he had written to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri  and submitted the name of the new chief minister candidate.