Sabri Yaakob becomes Malaysia’s new prime minister

Ismail Sabri Yaakob served as the deputy prime minister under former Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned Monday after attempts to regain support from MPs were unsuccessful.

Ismail led a faction of his party UMNO that continued supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin in June, when the party withdrew its support over the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After this culminated in the collapse of the government and Muhyiddin's resignation, he successfully entered negotiations to become Prime Minister after garnering the support of the most MPs. (ILKHA)