22hb September 1970
Dengan bersaranya Tunku Abdul Rahman, maka Tun Abdul Razak, atas perintah Di Raja, Dilantik sebagai Perdana menteri Baru. Tun Razak dan anggota kabinetnya, termasuk beberapa Ahli Kabinet Baru, mengangkat sumpah Jawatan di hadapan DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di Pertuan agong Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah.
Dan Tun Dr. Ismail sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang baru.

With Tunku Abdul Rahman's defense, Tun Abdul Razak, under the order of King, was appointed Prime Minister. Tun Razak and his cabinet members, including some of the New Cabinet Members, swore their oaths in the presence of His Highness His Majesty the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah.
And Tun Dr. Ismail as the new Deputy Prime Minister.