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Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad has a remarkable political comeback to the six-decade rule of the Barisan Nasional (BN) party. It still unclear when Mr Mahathir, 92, will sworn in as Malaysia's next prime minister. When he power, he will be the world's oldest elected leader. Mahathir was Malaysia's prime minister from 1981 to 2003. At that time, he was leader of the BN party, which to power in 1957 after Malaysia independence from British colonial rule. He was instrumental in his country's economic success and in making Malaysia an "Asian tiger". He was also of being an authoritarian leader who security laws to his opponents.

Official polling results Mahathir's Pakatan Harapan party has 113 seats. This is sufficient to a simple majority in the country's 222-seat parliament. Mahathir out of retirement and the opposition party. In an often bitterly-contested election race, he his former protégé Najib Razak. Mr Najib had been beset by allegations of corruption and a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal. Mahathir reporters that he wanted to put Malaysia back on the right track. He said: "What we want to do is to the rule of law." When reporters asked about his advancing years, he about age. He said his new cabinet would , "a gathering of men and women, including a young person".

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