Dato seri Anwar
Ibrahim Former Deputy Prime
Minister of Malaysia
Dato
Seri Anwar Ibrahim is currently a Distinguished
Visiting Professor Georgetown University, teaching
in the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim
Christian Understanding. Formerly the Deputy Prime
Minister and Finance Minister of Malaysia, and the
Vice-President of the United Malays National Organization,
Ibrahim started the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia
(ABIM) in 1971, the first mass-based NGO in the
country to raise social and political awareness
and emphasize social justice and human rights.
His criticism
of corruption and abuse of power within the Malaysian
government and his vocal demands for reform resulted
in his arrest and imprisonment in September 1998.
Ibrahim, who led a new democratic movement in Malaysia
from his prison cell, was released in September
2004.
Since his release
from prison, Ibrahim has also held lecturing positions
at St. Anthony's College at Oxford University and
at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies. He addresses audiences and university campuses
around the world on the topics of justice, human
rights, freedom, democracy, transparency, and the
rule of law.
