Who is Mahathir Mohamad?

 Mahathir Mohammed is Malaysia's fourth prime minister. His reign was marked by Malaysia's economic growth and infrastructure boom, transforming it from a poor country to a developed country and making it a hero in the eyes of the people of developing countries.

About Mahathir Mohammed

Mahathir Mohammed is one of the most successful prime ministers in Malaysian history. Mahathir has shown leadership and success since childhood.He was a successful doctor before becoming a politician after joining the United Malays Nationalist Party (UMNO), and then rose to political positions from a member of parliament until his arrival as prime minister. During his 22 years of rule, he struggled for the rights of the Malay people and developing countries, followed policies that helped to flourish the economy and provided education opportunities for all Malaysians.He also welcomed foreign investment, reformed the tax system, reduced trade tariffs and privatized several state enterprises. During his long reign, Malaysia achieved the necessary political stability for economic growth and moved from a poor country to the developed countries.Mahathir's many accomplishments have made him one of the most influential figures in Malaysian history. 

 

 

 

The beginnings of Mahathir Mohammed

Born on July 10, 1925, Mahathir Mohammed grew up in a poor suburb of Alor Starr, the capital of the state of Kadh, Malaysia. His father, Muhammad ibn Iskandar, was a schoolmaster and his social and physical status was modest. His mother was a relative of the royal family in Kedah.Mahathir was a graduate of the College of Medicine at King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore and is now part of the National University of Singapore.

The achievements of Mahathir Mohammed

After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, Mahathir received his first medical career. He worked as a doctor of the Malaysian government until 1956. In the same year, he returned to his hometown of Allor Starr and set up his own clinic there. He was the only doctor of Malawi origin in the area at the time.Mahathir's first passion for medicine was politics. He was active in the demonstrations during his studies, where he was incensed for Malaysia's independence. He was a staunch supporter of the United Malays National Organization during his stay at Allor Starr, of which he later became a prominent member.In 1959, he was about to run in the parliamentary elections, but he retreated from voting in protest; to his disagreement with the then Prime Minister Tonko Abdul Rahman.In 1964, he ran for the first political office and won, and was elected a member of Parliament for the Kota Setar Seletan.Mahathir fought political life at a critical time. Ethnic unrest between China and Malawi reached its peak in 1969. In the same year, Mahathir ran for the second time but lost the campaign.In May 1969, ethnic violence erupted that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Chinese and Malay. Mahathir wrote an open letter criticizing the merciful bias of Chinese interests, which led to Mahathir's removal from the Supreme Council and his expulsion from the United Malays Nationalist Party.In 1970, his first book, The Malay Dilemma, was published in which he continued to criticize the lack of support from the Rahman administration for the Malay people and to criticize the laziness of the Malay, who had been behind other races. The book was banned because of these harsh criticisms, and the ban only increased after he became prime minister in 1981.In 1973, Mahathir returned to political life after a three-year deadline. He was appointed as a member of the Supreme Council of Parliament through the administration of the new Prime Minister Abdul Razzaq Hussein.In 1974, he was appointed Minister of Education and also won the seat of the Kupang Paso Chamber of Parliament.Mahathir ran for the post of deputy chairman of the United Malays Nationalist Party (UMNO) and won it, shortly after he was appointed deputy prime minister.In 1981, Mahathir Mohammed became prime minister. The first two years of his reign saw conflicts with the royal family; to increase his powers.Mahathir had a great impact on Malaysia's economy, culture and governance. He won the election five times in a row and continued to rule for 22 years, the longest serving prime minister in Malaysia's history.Under his rule, Malaysia has experienced strong economic growth. It began to privatize state enterprises, including airlines, services and telecommunications, which increased state income and contributed to improving working conditions for many employees. He set up a highway linking Thailand's northern border to Singapore in the south of the country, one of his most important infrastructure projects.Between 1988 and 1996, Malaysia experienced economic growth of 8%. Mahathir issued an economic plan entitled "Going Way Forward" or 2020 Vision 2020, stressing that Malaysia will be among the developed countries by 2020. Mahathir contributed to transforming the economic dependence in Malaysia from Agriculture and natural resources to industry and export, and per capita income doubled from 1990 to 1996. Despite the slowdown in Malaysia's current economic growth and may not achieve the goal by 2020, its economy is still stable.Mahathir retired from the premiership in 2003 and is still an active and influential member of Malaysian political life. During his retirement, Mahathir published several books, including his memoirs, Doctor in the House.Mahathir's most important work, along with the great economic and political reforms he made to Malaysia: his book The Malay Problem, published in 1970, and many scientists believe that the book played a major role in the fall of the Rahman government during the same year and push the people of Malay to work and progress.His greatest accomplishment during his term as prime minister was his economic recovery strategy following the Asian economic crisis of 1998. He broke the advice of his advisers and pegged the currency to the US dollar. This bold move brought Malaysia's economy to a faster recovery than other countries.Mahathir received many awards and accolades locally and internationally, including the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding Award in 1994 and the King Faisal International Prize for Islam in 1997.In 2007, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the sectarian war.

Mahathir Mohammed

I can not remain silent even if you are a lonely voice.

I may be rude and hard-tempered; because I have noticed that when people are nice and polite they make no progress.

No person should have absolute authority over any institution. We should all be equal within the institution, and we have to take care of each other's problems.

I am a fundamentalist in the true sense of the word, meaning: I follow religious origins. But for more than 1,400 years people have been interpreting religion according to their desires! These hard-line terrorist acts are not of Islamic origin, nor was the burning of Christian groups of people on wedges of Christian origin. In fact they are devoid of the teachings of religion in college!

Knowledge has always been very important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones of the pyramids by relying on the talisman. The water did not flow through the irrigation channels of the great Sindh civilization according to the laws of ignorance. Knowledge was always power and wealth.

We need the opposition; to remind us if we are wrong. If there is no opposition, you will think that everything you do is right.

I can not remain silent even if you are a lonely voice.

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The life of Mahathir Mohammed

In 1956, Mahathir married his colleague at the University of Severe City. They have seven sons, three of them by adoption.

Quick facts about Mahathir Mohammed

• He has written 16 books besides his politics.
• During his 40 years of political career, he held the positions of Minister of Economy, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Defense, Minister of Commerce and Minister of Education.
• He served as Malaysia's prime minister for 22 years, making him Malaysia's top prime minister remaining in power.
• He was the first prime minister of Malaysia from a socially modest family, as all his predecessors were members of the royal family.
• Is one of the most critical critics of the current Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, whom he had chosen himself to succeed in power.
• Founded in 1983, Proton is Malaysia's only automotive manufacturer.
• Recently resigned from the board of directors of Proton, ten years after taking office.