Malaysia in 2018

In: Asian survey, Band 59, Heft 1, S. 147-155

Abstract

After decades of rule by the Barisan Nasional, spearheaded by the United Malays National Organisation, 2018 witnessed a change in government when the Pakatan Harapan opposition secured a stunning victory in the general election. The incumbent prime minister, Najib Razak, was defeated by his political nemesis, Mahathir Mohamad. Malaysia's economy was stable but sluggish, growing slower than expected in 2018.