Mahathir Mohamad | Former Prime Minister of Malaysia | Biography In English |

 

Mahathir Muhammad, he is the Prime Minister and the father of modernization of Malaysia he was born in a lower setter unfed rated Malay states on 10 July 1925 his father's name was Muhammad Iskander and mother's name was Wang tempo in one Hanafi 

his father was a principal with low socio-economic standing madatha excelled throughout school he won a scholarship to an English secondary school he completed secondary school once the war ended he enrolled in medical school at the King Edward the

seventh College of Medicine in Singapore after graduating medical school mad have there got his first job in the medical industry he worked as a government service doctor until 1956 Mahathir married his college sweetheart city hasma in 1956 in the same year he returned to his home region of a lore

center and opened up a private practice he was the only male doctor in the area at the time he was active in protests as a student where he advocated for malaysian independence he was a strict supporter of the United Malays national organization during his time in a lower setter he quickly became a prominent

member through charismatic advocacy of his positions in 1959 he came close to running for office but ended up with holding himself from the election in protests due to conflict with a prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman in 1964 he ran for his first political office in one he was elected to the seat representing Kota Setter Selatan in the federal parliament madatha began his career in politics

during a volatile time racial tensions between the Chinese and Malay reached a fever pitch in 1969 in that same year mad after lost his re-election campaign the race riots of May 1969 saw hundreds of Chinese and Malay killed in 1970 he published his first book the Malay dilemma madatha returned to politics in 1973

after a three-year hiatus he was appointed as a senator in new Prime Minister Abdul Raziq Hussein's regime in 1974 he was appointed as the Minister of Education he also won the seat for Khun Bang passu in the House of Representatives he ran for a Vice Presidency position in the young no party and won this set him up to be named Deputy Prime Minister shortly after in 1981 he became prime minister

from 1981 to 2003 madethe er made a great impact on Malaysian politics with his progressive policies his tenure spanning over two decades is the longest any elected leader has served in his country which attests to his list of accomplishments he announced his retirement from politics in 2003 in retirement mat have--they wrote several books with the most recent being his memoirs in 2011 after several years 

he returned to the political arena in the wake of the Malaysia development bird scandal in 2015 he openly criticized Prime Minister Najib Razak government and repeatedly called for his resignation he associated himself with the party Pakatan hora Pen and formed a new political party which he merged with Pakatan hora pan to form a coalition by 2017 he was actively participating in

the politics of the country and was proposed as a possible prime ministerial candidate of Pakatan hora pan in January 2018 his official candidacy as a prime ministerial candidate was announced in the 14th Malaysian general election held on 9 May 2018 madethe thermo hamat is all set to become the new Prime Minister of Malaysia he was granted the

title of the father of modernization by the Malaysian people for his work in economic development if you can't be famous at least you can be notorious said master Muhammad.