Anwar Ibrahim becomes Malaysian prime minister after decades-long wait

Former deputy PM who spent nearly a decade in jail takes office after five days of post-election deadlock

Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as the prime minister of Malaysia after five days of post-election deadlock were broken in a moment his supporters say was two decades in the making.

The 75-year-old rose from student activist to deputy prime minister in the 1990s, but was jailed on charges of corruption and “sodomy” before returning to parliament as opposition leader.

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