KUALA LUMPUR: Mr Ismail Sabri Yaakob from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) has been appointed as Malaysia’s ninth prime minister.
The veteran politician, 61, has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bera, Pahang, since 2004.
He was a lawyer by profession and had served as director of several government boards, including the Southeast Pahang Development Authority (DARA) and the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board.
Beginning as an UMNO division committee member in Temerloh, Pahang, in 1987, Mr Ismail Sabri rose through the ranks gradually to become an UMNO supreme council member in 2008.
The father of four children first joined the Malaysian cabinet in 2008 as youth and sports minister during the prime ministership of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Since then, he had a few changes of portfolios including domestic trade and consumer affairs, agriculture and agro-based industry as well as rural and regional development.
In May 2018, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lost the general election, which led to the formation of a new government by Pakatan Harapan (PH).
Mr Ismail Sabri served as opposition leader in the parliament from 2019 to 2020.
The UMNO vice president returned to the Cabinet again as senior minister for defence when the PH government was replaced by Perikatan Nasional (PN) formed by Mr Muhyiddin Yassin in March 2020.
As coordinating minister in-charge of the COVID-19 response task force, Mr Ismail Sabri was one of the key ministers in the battle to control the surge of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia.
He hosted daily briefings on the implementation of COVID-19 curbs, including the enforcement of public health standard operating procedures and movement restrictions.
On Jul 7, 2021, he was promoted to deputy prime minister by Mr Muhyiddin, just a day before UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced the party’s immediate withdrawal of support for the PN government.
However, Mr Ismail Sabri, along with other 18 UMNO and BN Cabinet ministers decided to stay put, saying they would remain to support the PN government at least until the tabling of a motion of confidence in the parliament.
Mr Ismail Sabri became the deputy prime minister with the shortest stint in office when Mr Muhyiddin resigned on Aug 16 and the consequential dissolution of his Cabinet.
UMNO and BN backed Mr Ismail Sabri as the prime minister’s candidate in the race to identify the next leader.
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2021-08-20 09:44:00Z
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