Malaysia's former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (C), who was also the defence minister, reviews a guard of honour during his traditional farewell at the defence ministry in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2009. Abdullah resigned after six years in office, clearing the way for his deputy to take over the task of steering the nation out of economic crisis. Najib Razak will be sworn in on 03 April 2009, completing a transition that has been in the planning since elections last year in which the ruling United Malays National Organisation party (UMNO) put up its worst performance in 39 years. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

Malaysia's former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (C), who was also the defence minister, reviews a guard of honour during his traditional farewell at the defence ministry in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2009. Abdullah resigned after six years in office, clearing the way for his deputy to take over the task of steering the nation out of economic crisis. Najib Razak will be sworn in on 03 April 2009, completing a transition that has been in the planning since elections last year in which the ruling United Malays National Organisation party (UMNO) put up its worst performance in 39 years.

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