DATUK Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob probably never imagined how much his life would change in only 46 days.He was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister on July 7 but more than a month later, he became the shortest-serving Deputy Prime Minister in Malaysia’s history when Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s administration collapsed.
With Muhyiddin handing his resignation letter to the King on Aug 16, it had seemed that the mild-mannered Pahang politician would be a footnote in history.
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