Dr_Mahatir_Muhamad

Biography Mahathir bin Mohammad Name: Mahathir Mohammad Birth Date: December 20, 1925 Place of Birth: Perak, Malaysia Nationality: Malaysian Gender: Male Occupations: Former prime minister Personal Mahathir was the youngest of nine children of a schoolteacher and a housewife. His father, Mohamad Iskandar, was of Indian origin, being the son of a Malayalee Muslim (who migrated from Kerala) and a Malay mother, while Mahathir's own mother, Wan Tampawan, was Malay. Educational Life During World War II, he sold pisang goreng (banana fritters) and other snacks to supplement his family income during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Mahathir attended a Malay vernacular school before continuing his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Star. Mahathir then attended the King Edward VII Medical College (the predecessor of present-day National University of Singapore) in Singapore, where he edited a medical student magazine called The Cauldron; he also contributed to the The Straits Times newspaper pseudonymously under the nickname "Che Det". Mahathir was also President of the Muslim Society in the college. Upon graduation in 1953, Mahathir joined the then Malayan government service as a medical officer. Political career Despite a controversial career in politics, became prime minister of Malaysia in 1981 and then won four consecutive elections till 2003. He is listed as the 41st oldest office-holders among the worldwide leadership. One of the most distinctive of Prime Minister Mahathir's characteristics, his imposing titles notwithstanding, was that he was the first chief executive of Malaysia to come from a modest social background. Whereas the first three prime ministers were members of the “royal families”. Books & Speech By Dr. Mahathir 1. 1976 - ON FACING CHALLENGES 2. 1980 - LEADERSHIP HERITAGE 3. 1982 - THE MALAY DILEMMA 4. 1986 - THE CHALLENGE 5. 1989 - REGIONALISM, GLOBALISM AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE: ASEAN and the Challenge of Change into the 21st Century(Presentation) 6. 1994 - COMBATING POVERTY: FARMERS AND FISHERMEN(Selected speeches) 7. 1995 - THE MALAYSIAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 8. 1995 - THE VOICE OF ASIA 9. 1998 - THE WAY FORWARD 10. 1999 - A NEW DEAL FOR ASIA 11. 2000 - THE MALAYSIAN CURRENCY CRISIS: HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENED 12. 2001 - MALAYS FORGET EASILY 13. 2002 - GLOBALISATION AND THE NEW REALITIES 14. 2002 - THE ROLE OF ISLAM IN THE MODERN STATE ISLAM, TERRORISM AND MALAYSIA'S RESPONSE.( Selected speeches) 15. 2002 - ISLAM AND THE MUSLIM UMMAH