Abdullah BadawiYab Dato's Seri Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi Abdullah Badawi, 62, was a well-respected and well-liked Foreign Minister before he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister. He is set to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia when Dr Mahathir steps down in 2003. Mr Badawi spent the late 1980s in the political wilderness after supporting Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's unsuccessful challenge to Dr Mahathir for the presidency in 1987. But he returned to the cabinet in 1991. | |||
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