Anwar’s Wife Pipped in Tussle to Run Malaysia’s Selangor
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The ruler of Malaysia’s most populous state chose the deputy president of the opposition People’s Justice Party to head the regional government in a setback for party head Anwar Ibrahim, who had sought to install his wife in the post.
Azmin Ali was sworn in today as chief minister of Selangor and replaced Khalid Ibrahim, who was forced out of the post by Anwar’s coalition, which controls the region that accounted for almost a quarter of Malaysia’s gross domestic product in 2012. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah made the appointment yesterday.