Timeline: Anwar Ibrahim’s long road to Malaysian prime minister
4 years, 2 months ago

Timeline: Anwar Ibrahim’s long road to Malaysian prime minister

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Anwar Ibrahim rose to deputy prime minister before he was sacked in 1998 and re-emerged as a figurehead for reform. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been appointed as the country’s new prime minister – the culmination of a decades-long struggle as the face of reform in Malaysia’s politics. After a meeting of the royal households, the King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah announced that Anwar would become prime minister because he had the support of the majority of Malaysia’s 222 members of parliament. 1983 – Anwar becomes minister of youth and sports, and under Mahathir’s tutelage is promoted first to education minister, and then to minister of finance and deputy prime minister. November 24, 2022 – Anwar takes oath after he is named Malaysia’s 10th prime minister by the king.

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