Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022
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Malaysia's prime minister spent 25 years zigzagging between deputy leadership and prison cells — twice jailed on sodomy charges he called political, twice freed, now holding the office that once seemed designed to elude him.
Born in Penang in 1947, Anwar Ibrahim rose through Islamic student movements before joining UMNO and becoming deputy prime minister in 1993, steering Malaysia through the 1997 financial crisis as finance minister. In 1998, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad stripped him of power and he was jailed on corruption and sodomy charges until 2004, when the conviction was overturned. He rebuilt the opposition into the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, contested two elections, and was imprisoned again in 2015 on a second sodomy conviction during the Kajang Move crisis. Released under royal pardon in 2018 after Ma…
Sourced, dated quotes from Anwar Ibrahim
I will walk again for the third time into prison but rest assured that I will walk in with my head held high. I maintain my innocence.
Most of Malaysia does not believe that I will get a fair trial or a decision based on the facts of the law.
Just because they are putting me in prison now I can’t announce my retirement.
All over again, after 15 years, they want to put me in the lockup and that is why they are rushing.
No power on earth can stop the power of the people.
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