Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces a major cabinet reshuffle in a televised broadcast, reshaping key ministerial portfolios and appointing two of his younger sons as ministers. The update is the first cabinet change since 2022. The sultan states he will continue to retain the principal roles of Prime Minister, Defence Minister, and Finance Minister. The government says the reshuffle creates new key portfolios as part of the cabinet revamp. International reporting frames the personnel changes as potential succession planning in the small, oil-rich sultanate. The timing also coincides with broader regional and global economic pressures, including energy-market strains that have intensified during an ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict involving Iran, which Reuters links to a wider energy crisis. The appointments and portfolio changes are presented as internal governance updates, with no specific policy reversal indicated in the coverage provided.