Malaysia new prime minister
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Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysian PM after post-election deadlock
BBC News
Malaysia's veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be the country's new prime minister, after a turbulent 25 year pursuit for the job that saw him jailed twice.
Promising to give up his salary as PM, he pledged to fight corruption and focus on the economy.
The new PM was sworn in by the king on Thursday afternoon.
The appointment ends days of post-election deadlock following inconclusive elections.
Mr Anwar's Pakatan Harapan (PH) party, which won the biggest share of seats in Saturday's vote, does not have enough seats on its own to form a government.
It took five days of intense negotiations to reach an agreement on a new government, during which time various combinations of parties and forms of alliances were discussed, and then rejected.
Many of the political leaders have personal and ideological differences which made it hard to find a workable majority.
In the end it was left to Malaysia's constitutional monarch, King Abdullah, to summon all the leaders to the palace to try to find sufficient common ground.
Mr Anwar said he would form a "national unity government" with the hel
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Anwar Ibrahim
Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022
For the Malaysian footballer of the same name, see Anwar Ibrahim (footballer).
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ibrahim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Anwar. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Anwar bin Ibrahim (Jawi: أنوار بن إبراهيم, IPA: Malay pronunciation:[anwarɪbrahɪm]ⓘ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has been the 10th and current Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022.[3] A member of the People's Justice Party, he has been the President of the party since 2018. He previously served as the 12th and 16th Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2015, and again from 2020 to 2022. He has been the Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition since 2020, the Member of Parliament for Tambun since November 2022. He also served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister and in many other cabinet positions in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from 1982 to his removal in 1998.
A University of Malaya graduate, Anwar served as president of the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students as well as Malaysian Islam
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