{"slug": "prime-minister-of-malaysia", "label": "Prime Minister of Malaysia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862559", "qid": "Q862559", "description": "head of government of Malaysia", "entries": 12, "years": 10, "span": [1947, 2022], "span_label": ["1947 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 8}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Malaysian Prime Minister"], "related": [{"slug": "malaysia", "label": "Malaysia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "singapore", "label": "Singapore", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-malaysia", "label": "King of Malaysia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Anwar Ibrahim, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#August", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Najib Razak, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#July", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Births › July"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia, recommends the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia following a deterioration of PAP–UMNO relations, negotiating its separation with Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#July–August", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as prime minister of Malaysia, and is succeeded by his deputy Tun Abdul Razak.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#September", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 22", "text": "22 September – Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj resigned as prime minister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373376501#Events", "title": "1970 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373376501, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Mahathir Mohamad becomes the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#July", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "His passing was announced by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad via television and radio broadcasts. He announced a seven-days period of national mourning and directed that flags be flown at half-mast throughout that time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373350562#Events", "title": "2001 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373350562, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament as the result of the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since independence in 1957.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#May", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – The Pakatan Harapan coalition government of Malaysia collapses and is replaced by the Perikatan Nasional coalition. Muhyiddin Yassin becomes the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia on March 1.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#February", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is listed on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) online database of corruption offenders convicted locally. His name at the top of the first page of the MACC Corruption Offenders Database.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#September", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the main Malaysian opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan, sign a confidence and supply agreement ending the 18-month political crisis that has led to the fall of two successive governments in Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#September", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – The 2022 Malaysian general election results in a hung parliament, which is the first in the country's history. Long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah as prime minister five days later to break the political deadlock and form a unity government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#November", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › November"}}]}