WORLD BRIEFING / MALAYSIA
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The prime minister, in office for 5 1/2 lackluster years, resigned to make way for his deputy, who must now try to fix an economy close to recession, heal the country’s deep racial divisions and revive a moribund ruling party.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 69, submitted his resignation to the king, the constitutional monarch, as part of a power transition dictated by the ruling United Malays National Organization to have Najib Razak installed as the next leader.
The king accepted the resignation and will swear in Najib, a 55-year-old British-educated politician, as prime minister today, said the chief secretary to the government, Sidek Hassan.
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