Mahathir Mohamad
Also known as Father of Modern Malaysia, Che Det, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Chedet, YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Dr Mahathir, Mahathir bin Mohamad, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020
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Mahathir Mohamad was a Malaysian political leader who served as Prime Minister during two separate periods: a long initial tenure from 1981 to 2003, and a second, shorter term from 2018 to 2020. He is a significant figure in modern Malaysian history because of his extended influence on the country's politics and policies during the 1980s through 2000s.
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- “What we need today if we are to achieve some semblance of a fair distribution of international wealth is sincerity based on true friendship and a clear understanding of the moral obligations that we all have towards each other.”
- “Our economic policies are based on clear and definite political objectives. If we impose conditions on foreign investors, it is not because we grudge you your profits, but because we have a need to reconcile foreign economic incursions with national aspirations.”
- “The political stability we achieve is, for you, much more worthwhile commercially than the short-term profits you might make.”
- “We do not nationalize, for example. [...] The predictability pertaining to economic policies is our asset.”
- “The ASEAN nations are not intending to compete with the developed countries. Rather they wish to complement.”
- “Malaysia is ruled by conservatives whose only desire is to develop the country for the benefit of the people. Radicalism and extremism has been rejected not only by the Government but also by the people.”
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Ministerial roles 1974–1978Minister of Education 1976–1981Deputy Prime Minister 1978–1981Minister of Trade and Industry 1981–1986Minister of Defence 1986–1999Minister of Home Affairs 1998–1999Minister of Finance 2001–2003Minister of Finance 2020Acting Minister of Education Other roles 2003Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement
Personal details BornMahathir bin Mohamad (1925-07-10) 10 July 1925 100) Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States
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1925 births20th-century Malaysian writers21st-century Malaysian writersCommanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar StarCommanders of the National Order of the CedarDeputy prime ministers of MalaysiaEconomic history of MalaysiaFirst Classes of Royal Family Order of SelangorFirst Classes of the Royal Family Order of JohorForeign recipients of the Nishan-e-PakistanFormer Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians