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Here’s a take a look at Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia.
Beginning date: July 10, 1925 (formally recorded as December 20, 1925)
Beginning place: Alor Setar, Kedah
Father: Mohamad Iskandar, an Indian Muslim and a instructor in Northern Malaysia
Marriage: Siti Hasmah Ali (1956)
Youngsters: Marina, Mirzan, Melinda, Mokhzani, Mukhriz, Maizura and Mazhar
Schooling: Entered the King Edward VII Faculty of Medication in Singapore in 1947
Faith: Islam
He turned the oldest world chief at 92 when he was sworn into workplace as prime minister of Malaysia in 2018, a decade-and-a-half after retirement. Mahathir was additionally prime minister of Malaysia from July 1981 to October 2003.
Is a doctor, and one among his nicknames is Dr. M.
After dropping his first seat in parliament, wrote a e book known as “The Malay Dilemma.” The e book contained racist stereotypes however helped set up Mahathir as an advocate for Malay rights.
Credited with turning Malaysia into a significant buying and selling and financial drive in southeast Asia.
1946 – Joins the United Malays Nationwide Group (UMNO).
1964 – Is elected to Parliament for the primary time.
1969 – Loses his seat in Parliament and is expelled from the UMNO.
1972 – Returns to the UMNO.
1973 – Is appointed a Senator within the Malaysian parliament.
1974 – Is elected as minister of schooling.
1976 – Turns into deputy prime minister.
July 1981 – Turns into Malaysia’s fourth prime minister, minister of residence affairs, and minister of justice.
January 1989 – Has coronary heart bypass surgical procedure.
1998 – Dismisses his deputy Anwar Ibrahim and accuses him of sodomy and corruption.
June 2002 – Broadcasts his resignation.
October 16, 2003 – At a 57-nation Islamic summit in Malaysia, Mahathir claims in a speech that Jews “rule the world by proxy. They get others to combat and die for them.”
October 31, 2003 – Mahathir retires and passes management to his deputy, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
September 2007 – Has coronary heart bypass surgical procedure following two coronary heart assaults inside 10 months.
Might 16, 2008 – The Malaysian authorities declares it has begun an investigation into corruption by the Mahathir administration within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.
Might 19, 2008 – Mahathir resigns from the United Malays Nationwide Group, the ruling occasion of Malaysia.
December 1, 2013 – Steps down as an adviser to grease and gasoline firm Petronas, because of unwell well being.
March 30, 2016 – Resigns as chairman of the board from Malaysian automaker Proton Holdings after serving greater than two years. Proton is Malaysia’s main auto producer and was based by Mahathir in 1983 as the only Nationwide auto firm.
January 2018 – Mahathir is known as a candidate for prime minister. He says the nation is being hampered by Prime Minister Najib Razak and that the opposition events want him as a result of they “haven’t been capable of get rural Malay votes.”
Might 9, 2018 – Mahathir’s coalition wins 121 seats within the nation’s parliament, sufficient to kind a easy majority and take management of the Home. Voter turnout is over 76% in response to Malaysia’s Election Fee.
Might 10, 2018 – Is sworn into workplace as prime minister by Malaysia’s constitutional ruler, King Muhammad V.
February 24, 2020 – Mahathir’s workplace declares his submission of resignation as prime minister of Malaysia.
November 19, 2022 – Mahathir loses his seat in parliament, in his first election defeat since 1969.
