Yearender2018: Game changers who raised the stakes

Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 66, became Malaysia’s first female Deputy Prime Minister when the new Cabinet was announced in May after GE14. She is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister. She stepped down as PKR president in November to make way for her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who took over the party’s stewardship. Photo: Bernama

[caption id="attachment_445686" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Closer to home was the wedding of Chryseis Tan, daughter of Berjaya Corporation founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan, and SM Faliq SM Nasimuddin, son of Naza Group founder, the late Tan Sri Nasimuddin Amin. It was seen as a union not only between two lovebirds, but also of two of the richest families in Malaysia. Faliq, 33, is currently the deputy executive chairman and group managing director of Naza TTDI Group. Chryseis, 29, is the executive director of Berjaya Assets Bhd and an investor in several brands, including Greyhound Cafe and La Juiceria, and is known as a fashionable jet-setter. Photo: Instagram[/caption]

Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 66, became Malaysia’s first female Deputy Prime Minister when the new Cabinet was announced in May after GE14. She is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister. She stepped down as PKR president in November to make way for her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who took over the party’s stewardship. Photo: Bernama

Newly appointed Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng is the first ethnic minority to hold the powerful post in 44 years. The former senior executive of bank and qualified chartered accountant served as DAP’s secretary-general since 2004, and was Penang’s chief minister between 2008 and 2018. Photo: Bernama