Appointment As Chief Minister
He took over the post of chief minister from Chong Kah Kiat on March 27, 2003. His appointment as Chief Minister marks the end of the rotation system used in Sabah whereby the Chief Minister post is rotated every two years among the three main racial groups in Sabah: Christian Bumiputras, Muslim Bumiputras, and the ethnic Chinese.
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