The story of Malaysia’s general elections has been recounted numerous times by various local and international media outlets. Many of them rightfully highlighted the miraculous result – an unlikely victory by an alliance cobbled together three years before the country’s elections - led by two former political foes, Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim, defeating a coalition that has been in power for 60 years.

Malaysia saw a change of government for the first time in May this year after the 14th general election. Soon after that election, in June, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad remarked that the election results might have an impact on Singapore, where the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has been in power since 1959.

In the aftermath of a watershed election in Malaysia last May, newly minted Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamed set about fulfilling his reform pledge which catapulted him back into office for a second term.

Riding the euphoria of the #MalaysiaBaru movement, it is easy to lose sight of the undercurrents driving Malaysia’s youth which led to the National Front’s (Barisan Nasional) now-historic defeat after more than 60 years of political hegemony.However, amid the wave of optimism and energy gripping the nation following its 14th general election (GE14), it is crucial that the leaders of the new Alliance of Hope (Pakatan Harapan) administration, including its Cabinet and the Council of Eminent Per

Malaysia’s 92-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is moving quickly to meet his 100-day campaign pledges that helped sweep him into office.To help him do that, he appointed a team of five advisers who are well-known in official and business circles in Malaysia, with most of them having worked with the prime minister during his more than two decades in office previously.This “council of eminent persons” has become the face of Mahathir’s economic program, meeting with investors and credit

Anwar Ibrahim has a simple message for ethnic Malays who fear losing benefits they enjoyed under the previous government’s six-decade rule: don’t worry.Anwar, who is expected to replace 92-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in a year or two, said Malaysia must assure the nation’s largest racial group that its security would be upheld.

Mahathir, traders' one-time foe, gets a cautious market welcomeFor a leader who once suggested outlawing currency trading, newly (re)installed prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad got a decent welcome from financial markets on Monday.In retrospect, closing the onshore markets for two days after Wednesday’s election looks like a wise move.

On 9 May, Malaysians from all walks of life exercised their right to vote and made history. For the first time in over 60 years, Malaysia will see a new ruling party in power.Barisan Nasional – a coalition made up of various parties such as the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) – and its predecessor the Alliance Party, have ruled Malaya and Malaysia since the nation’s independence in 1957.