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Mahathir bin Mohamad

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr
Mahathir bin Mohamad
S.M.N. D.K.
محضیر بن محمد
Mahathir 2007.jpg
Mahathir Mohamad during 2007 Hari Merdeka (Independence Day) celebrations
Chairman of Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Assumed office
7 September 2016
President Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by Position established
4th Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office
16 July 1981 – 31 October 2003
Monarch Ahmad Shah
Iskandar
Azlan Shah
Jaafar
Salahuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin (Regent)
Sirajuddin
Preceded by Hussein Onn
Succeeded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
4th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office
5 March 1976 – 16 July 1981
Monarch Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister Hussein Onn
Preceded by Hussein Onn
Succeeded by Musa Hitam
Minister of Finance
In office
5 June 2001 – 31 October 2003
Preceded by Daim Zainuddin
Succeeded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
In office
7 September 1998 – 7 January 1999
Preceded by Anwar Ibrahim
Succeeded by Daim Zainuddin
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
8 May 1986 – 8 January 1999
Preceded by Musa Hitam
Succeeded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister of Defence
In office
18 July 1981 – 6 May 1986
Preceded by Abdul Taib Mahmud
Succeeded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
1 January 1978 – 16 July 1981
Prime Minister Hussein Onn
Preceded by Hamzah Abu Samah
Succeeded by Ahmad Rithaudden Tengku Ismail
Minister of Education
In office
5 September 1974 – 31 December 1977
Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein
Hussein Onn
Preceded by Mohamed Yaacob
Succeeded by Musa Hitam
21st Secretary General of
Non-Aligned Movement
In office
20 February 2003 – 31 October 2003
Preceded by Thabo Mbeki
Succeeded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Member of the Dewan Negara
In office
30 December 1972 – 23 August 1974
Constituency Elected by Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Member of the Dewan Rakyat
In office
25 April 1964 – 10 May 1969
Preceded by Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam
Succeeded by Yusof Rawa
Constituency Kota Setar Selatan
In office
24 August 1974 – 21 March 2004
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Mohd Johari Baharum
Constituency Kubang Pasu
Personal details
Born Mahathir bin Mohamad
(1925-07-10) 10 July 1925 (age 91)
Kedah Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States (now Malaysia)
Political party

United Malays National Organisation (1946–69; 1972–2008; 2009–2016)

Malaysian United Indigenous Party (since 2016)
Spouse(s) Siti Hasmah
Children 7 (including Marina, Mokhzani and Mukhriz)
Parents Mohamad Bin Iskandar
Wan Tempawan binti Wan Hanafi
Alma mater National University of Singapore (formerly King Edward VII College of Medicine)
Profession Physician
Religion Sunni Islam
Signature
Website http://www.kelabchedet.com/

United Malays National Organisation (1946–69; 1972–2008; 2009–2016)

Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi:محضير بن محمد; IPA: [maˈhaðɪr bɪn moˈhamad]; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003, making him longest-serving holder of that office. His political career spanned more than 70 years since he first joined a newly-formed UMNO in 1946.

Born and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah, Mahathir excelled at school and became a medical doctor. He became active in the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysia's largest political party, before entering Parliament in 1964. He served one term before losing his seat, subsequently falling out with Prime MinisterTunku Abdul Rahman and being expelled from UMNO. When Abdul Rahman resigned, Mahathir re-entered UMNO and Parliament, and was promoted to the Cabinet. By 1976 he had risen to Deputy Prime Minister, and in 1981 was sworn in as Prime Minister after the resignation of his predecessor, Hussein Onn.

During Mahathir's tenure as Prime Minister, Malaysia experienced a period of rapid modernisation and economic growth, and his government initiated a series of bold infrastructure projects. Mahathir was a dominant political figure, winning five consecutive general elections and fending off a series of rivals for the leadership of UMNO. However, his accumulation of power came at the expense of the independence of the judiciary and the traditional powers and privileges of Malaysia's royalty. He deployed the controversial Internal Security Act to detain activists, non-mainstream religious figures, and political opponents including the Deputy Prime Minister he fired in 1998, Anwar Ibrahim. Mahathir's record of curbing civil liberties and his antagonism towards western interests and economic policy made his relationships with the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, among others, difficult. As Prime Minister, he was an advocate of third-world development and a prominent international activist.


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