Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim shows his inked finger after voting at a polling station during the general election in Permatang Pauh, Malaysia, November 19, 2022. /CFP
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was appointed the 10th prime minister of Malaysia on Thursday, the sultan's palace said, days after the nation's 15th General Elections, which resulted in a hung parliament.
He will be sworn in as new prime minister later on Thursday.
The 75-year-old was deputy prime minister in the 1990s and the official prime minister-in-waiting in 2018.