Malaysia’s New Leader: Five Decades On The Path To Power – Analysis

By Nat Shu, Hadi Azmi and Nisha David

Malaysia’s new prime minister, the son of a Muslim cleric, is a longtime government insider who kept a low profile as he climbed the ranks of power over some 50 years.

Muhyiddin Yassin, 72, was sworn in by the king as the eighth prime minister of the multi-ethnic and multi-religious...