From 2003 to 2009, he brought a quiet style of leadership to his Southeast Asian nation after the strongman rule of Mahathir ...

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country’s political freedoms but was ...

He faced criticism inside and outside his party for generally lackluster and ineffectual leadership over six years.

Dubbed “Mr Clean” and “Mr Nice Guy”, Abdullah introduced various institutional and human rights reforms during his tenure as ...

In a statement yesterday, 16 April, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state executive council unanimously approved ...

Former Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has died aged 85, medics said. The Institut Jantung Negara, the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country’s political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership ...

FILE - Malaysian outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, also Defense Minister, waves during a farewell ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, April 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin ...