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

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Brunei's sultan has announced a cabinet reshuffle appointing his sons as ministers, signaling succession planning in the oil-rich sultanate. This reshuffle comes amid global energy pressures linked to the U.S.-Israeli conflict impacting Iran.

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.