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Ismail Sabri Yaakob

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Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob (Jawi: اسماعيل صبري بن يعقوب; born 18 January 1960) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022. He is both the shortest-serving prime minister (served for 15 months) and the shortest-serving deputy prime minister (served for 40 days). He is also the first prime minister born after the independence of Malaya, the first former Leader of the Opposition to become prime minister, the only prime minister who did not hold the highest position of the governing party or coalition, and the only prime minister to serve without a deputy. A Member of Parliament (MP) for Bera since 2004, Ismail is the Division Chief of Bera of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ismail Sabri Yaakob is the 12,158th most popular politician (down from 10,664th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ismail Sabri Yaakob ranks 12,158 out of 19,576. Before him are Władysław Grabski, Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Habib Essid, Juan Lindo, and Ramón Puerta. After him are Mattan I, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Neferu III, Ali Larijani, Domitia, and Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ismail Sabri Yaakob ranks 162. Before him are Eric Betzig, Ko Wen-je, Buster Douglas, Igor Sechin, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Rimas Kurtinaitis. After him are Mart Laar, Jean-Marc Barr, Oksana Zabuzhko, RuPaul, Craig Mello, and Tommy Thayer.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Ismail Sabri Yaakob ranks 28 out of 90. Before him are Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898), K3 (null), Tsai Ming-liang (1957), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), and Salahuddin of Selangor (1926). After him are Putra of Perlis (1920), Ling Liong Sik (1943), Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922), Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (1962), Mokhtar Dahari (1953), and Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Ismail Sabri Yaakob ranks 20. Before him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), and Salahuddin of Selangor (1926). After him are Putra of Perlis (1920), Ling Liong Sik (1943), Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922), Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (1962), Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953), and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931).

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