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.
