The new Prime Minister of Malaysia is Ismail Sabri Yakub

Desk report: Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakub has been appointed by the country’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmed Shah. Ismail Sabri replaces Muhiuddin Yasin. Muhiuddin resigned from the cabinet this week after losing a majority in parliament. News Reuters. Ismail Sabri is taking charge of the Southeast Asian country as the coronavirus epidemic and financial crisis surrounds Malaysia. Ismail Sabri was the Deputy Prime Minister of the last Muhiuddin government. Muhiuddin resigned mainly due to his failure to deal with Corona. Meanwhile, with Ismail Sabri as prime minister, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party, known as Malaysia’s “oldest party”, returned to power. The party lost the 2016 general election after allegations of widespread corruption surfaced. A statement from Malaysia’s King’s Palace said 81-year-old Ismail Sabri had won the 222-seat parliament with a narrow majority of 114 votes. Malaysia has become the third prime minister in the last three years since the 2016 elections.The palace statement said the king hoped the political crisis would end immediately and the MPs would put their political agenda aside. At this time, the burden of the people should not be increased through an indefinite political crisis.