<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad" id="mwAZo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mahathir Mohamad">Mahathir Mohamad</a> resigns as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" id="mwAZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Prime Minister of Malaysia</a> following an attempt to replace the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakatan_Harapan" id="mwAZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pakatan Harapan">Pakatan Harapan</a> government, which triggered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2022_Malaysian_political_crisis" id="mwAZ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis">2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis</a>.<sup about="#mwt164" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_24#cite_note-29" id="mwAZ4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZ8">[29]</span></a></sup>
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