Joint Secretary of the Local Government Division M Didarul Alam has been appointed as the Personal Secretary (PS) to President Mohammed Shahbuddin.

"M Didarul Alam, joint secretary of Local Government Division, has been appointed as the PS of the President Mohammed Shahbuddin according to his willingness," said a gazette notification, issued by the Ministry of Public Administration, on Thursday.

The appointment would be effective as long as the President would remain in office or M Didarul Alam would willingly remain in this post, it added.