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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was the fifth prime minister of Malaysia, from 2003 to 2009, succeeding Mahathir Mohamad. He promised to fight corruption, promoted 'Islam Hadhari', a moderate approach to Islam, and won a landslide in 2004, but the Barisan Nasional lost its two-thirds majority in the 2008 election and he handed over to Najib Razak in 2009.
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