Anwar Ibrahim

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Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who is the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A president of the People's Justice Party since 2018, he represented Tambun in Dewan Rakyat since 2022. Since becoming prime minister, he appointed himself as the finance minister. Anwar is also the chairman of the political coalition Pakatan Harapan since 2020, and the chairman of ASEAN since January 2025. Born in Penang, Anwar graduated from University of Malaya. Prior entering politics, he served as the president of the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students as well as Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement of Malaysia before joining UMNO the then dominant party in the long-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. He was the 7th deputy prime minister since 1993 as well as finance minister since 1991 and was prominent in Malaysia's response to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Read more

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