Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday (March 1^st) after the king picked him after the resignation of 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad.

Muhyiddin, 72, was sworn in at a palace ceremony in front of Malaysia's king, Sultan Ab dullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, and promised to fulfil his duties as prime minister.

The swearing-in capped a week of turmoil that began with Mahathir's resignation in an apparent bid to consolidate power.

The change in leadership comes less than two years after Mahathir joined old rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72, to defeat the ruling party of six decades, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), on an anti-corruption platform.