Anwar Ibrahim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysian politician

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1947

Place of Birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Anwar bin Ibrahim (Jawi: ???? ?? ???????; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician.
He is currently the president of the People's Justice Party (PKR) and leader of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
Anwar is also the present Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since 2018.
He is styled Yang Berhormat if he is not accompanying his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who is the present Deputy Prime Minister, meanwhile he is referred to as Yang Amat Berbahagia if he is not. Anwar himself had served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 1993 to 1998 and Finance Minister from 1991 to 1998 when he was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the major party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition then.
However, he was removed from his post by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and jailed in April 1999.
Following his release in 2004, Anwar became the leading figure in the opposition and helped coalesce the opposition parties into the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), which contested the 2008 and 2013 general elections.
He was the Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2015. Anwar was sentenced to a five-year imprisonment after a second sodomy conviction in 2015.
He received a royal pardon from Sultan Muhammad V, and was released from prison on 16 May 2018 in the aftermath of Pakatan Harapan victory in 2018 general election.
He soon made a come back as a back-bencher MP by contesting and winning the Port Dickson by-election.