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Muhyiddin Yassin is the president and a founding member of Bersatu. He was the deputy president of UMNO and had formerly served as the deputy prime minister from 2009 until 2015 under the sixth prime minister, Najib Razak. He was fired from his position after he criticised Najib for his alleged involvement in the 1MDB scandal and was ultimately expelled from the party in 2016. He returned to the cabinet after the 2018 general election and became the Minister of Home Affairs. He was appointed as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia a week after Mahathir's resignation.  
Muhyiddin Yassin is the president and a founding member of Bersatu. He was the deputy president of UMNO and had formerly served as the deputy prime minister from 2009 until 2015 under the sixth prime minister, Najib Razak. He was fired from his position after he criticised Najib for his alleged involvement in the 1MDB scandal and was ultimately expelled from the party in 2016. He returned to the cabinet after the 2018 general election and became the Minister of Home Affairs. He was appointed as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia a week after Mahathir's resignation.  
[[File:Muhyiddin2.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Muhyiddin Yassin]]
[[File:Muhyiddin2.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Muhyiddin Yassin]]
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, also sometimes referred to as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch of Malaysia and its position is rotated between the nine Malay rulers every five years. He has the prerogative to appoint the prime minister based on whom he believes holds the majority support from the members of parliament, in accordance with Article 43 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The current and 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong is Abdullah of Pahang who ascended the throne in January 2019.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, also sometimes referred to as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch of Malaysia and its position is rotated between the nine Malay rulers every five years. He has the prerogative to appoint the prime minister based on whom he believes holds the majority support from the members of parliament, in accordance with Article 43 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The current and 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_of_Pahang Abdullah Ahmad of Pahang] who ascended the throne in January 2019.


Important Key Peoples:
Important Key Peoples:
* [[Mahathir Mohamad]] - Former Prime Minister of Malaysia and Former Chairman of BERSATU. Possibly the Mastermind on this crisis.
* [[Mahathir Mohamad]] - Former Prime Minister of Malaysia and Former Chairman of BERSATU. Possibly the mastermind on this crisis.
* [[Muhyiddin Yassin]] - President and Acting Chairman of BERSATU. Now as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
* [[Muhyiddin Yassin]] - President and Acting Chairman of BERSATU. Now as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
* [[Anwar Ibrahim]] - President of PKR. Before this crisis, he was the next-in-line for the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
* [[Anwar Ibrahim]] - President of PKR. Before this crisis, he was the next-in-line for the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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* [[Hadi Awang]] - President of PAS.
* [[Hadi Awang]] - President of PAS.
* Zahid Hamidi - President of [[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]].
* Zahid Hamidi - President of [[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]].
* Abdullah Ahmad of Pahang - The Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and play the main role on determining the next Government of Malaysia.
* Abdullah Ahmad of Pahang - Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and play the main role on determining the next Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Government of Malaysia.
* Members of the Lower House of Malaysia - Determining the majority of the house and the next Prime Minister of Malaysia.  
* Members of the Lower House of Malaysia - Determining the majority of the Lower House of Parliament of Malaysia and the next Prime Minister of Malaysia.  
* [[Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman]] - Former Minister of Youth and Sports and ARMADA Youth Chief of PPBM.  
* [[Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman]] - Former Minister of Youth and Sports and Former ARMADA Youth Chief of PPBM.  


== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==