Anwar Ibrahim becomes PM after decades-long wait

Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister after five days of post-election deadlock were broken.

The 75-year-old rose from student activist to deputy prime minister in the 1990s, but was jailed on charges of corruption and “sodomy” before returning to parliament as opposition leader.

His tenure could be turbulent, with inflation soaring, growth slowing and the country suffering economic fallout from the pandemic. His rival, the former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin, has already challenged him to prove his majority in parliament.