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In 1971, Muhyiddin joined the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the lynchpin of a coalition that ruled Malaysia for six decades until its defeat in 2018.
He was chief minister of southern Johor state, a heartland of the country's Malay Muslim majority, and later served in senior posts in central government.
Muhyiddin was named deputy prime minister in 2009 when Najib Razak was prime minister.
But he later fell out with Najib after criticising him over the multibillion-dollar scandal linked to state fund 1MDB, and was sacked in 2015.
Najib was accused of looting huge sums from 1MDB, allegations that contributed to his coalition's 2018 poll defeat.
He was convicted last year and sentenced to 12 years in jail, although he remains free pending an appeal.
Muhyiddin later joined a party set up by Mahathir, and helped to oust Najib and UMNO from power.
In a volte-face typical of Malaysia's turbulent politics, he joined hands with UMNO again last year to win enough support to become prime minister.
But when he refused to intervene in corruption cases against some of the party's members of parliament, several pulled support, leaving him without a parliamentary majority.
And crucially, the influential king, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, also turned against him.
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2021-08-16 08:40:46Z
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