Anwar bin Ibrahim (Jawi: أنوار بن إبراهيم‎, IPA: Malay pronunciation: [anwar ɪbrahɪm] ⓘ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has been the 10th and current Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022. [3]

Mar 4, 2024 · MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister on Monday spoke up in defense of ties with China and complained over alleged pressure by the United States and its allies on regional nations to take sides in the West’s strategic rivalries with Beijing.

Nov 25, 2022 · More than two decades after his dramatic ouster from government and imprisonment, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim finally has his day.

Nov 25, 2022 · Now age 75, Anwar Ibrahim has finally realized his dream by becoming the 10th prime minister of Malaysia. And in his first words after being sworn in on Thursday, he made clear he intends not...

Jan 23, 2025 · Anwar Ibrahim (born August 10, 1947, Cherok Tok Kun, Penang, Malayan Union [now Malaysia]) is a Malaysian politician, reformer, and moderate Islamist who is the country’s prime minister (2022– ). He held many government posts in the late 20th century before being jailed for corruption.

Nov 24, 2022 · Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner...

Nov 24, 2022 · After decades of waiting in the wings, Anwar Ibrahim has been appointed Malaysia's prime minister. His appointment is the result of a decades-long political journey that saw him almost...

Oct 11, 2023 · As an Islamist student leader, he was plucked out of his relative youth in the early 1980s to join Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s government. He rose through the ranks for a decade and...

Nov 24, 2022 · Anwar Ibrahim, whose career has also included a stint as deputy prime minister and two jail terms, said he had the alliances to command a “convincing majority” in Parliament.

Anwar was born into a political family, where both his parents was a major figure in UMNO, and that upbringing influenced him to enter politics in the late 60s by leading a student movement at the University of Malaya.