Former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia on Friday.
Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah appointed Ismail Sabri as the new Prime Minister of the country, the national palace said, as per Xinhua report. He will succeed Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned on Monday after losing majority support in the lower house of parliament.
Yaakob, 61, is a veteran politician of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and has served in Muhyiddin’s cabinet as defense minister before being appointed as deputy prime minister in July, Xinhua report added.
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