Hishamuddin eyeing Umno veep post, say insiders

comments     Nash Rahman     Published     Updated

Umno Youth chief Hishamuddin Hussein appears set to move up the ranks when the transition of power at the top comes into effect this October, said a party source today.

Anticipating that vice-president Najib Razak would be named deputy president when premier-in-waiting Abdullah Ahmad Badawi takes over the party, Hishamuddin and several other younger leaders have expressed their desire to contest for the vice-president post.

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