Tun Dr Mahathir

This is a Malay unwrap the name Mohamad is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given over name, Mahathir. Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Mahathir put in Mohamad Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad (pronounced ma? hatir bin mo? hamat? born July 10, 1925) is a retired Malaysian policy-making figure. He was the quaternary primal see of Malaysia. He held the view for 22 days from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysias longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest-serving leadership in Asia. 1 During his call in office, he was cr modify for plan Malaysias rapid modernisation. 2 Mahathir is alike known for his amateurisms towards westerly and developed countries. 3 During his administration, he was considered to be one of Asias most potent leaders. 4 Mahathir is also observe in the westerly world as an outspoken critic of Western-style globalization. 5 Mahathir was born in Alor Setar, Kedah,6 the youngest of nine children7 of a schoolteacher and a housewife. His father, Mohamad Iskandar, was of Indian origin, organism the son of a Malayalee Muslim (who migrated from Kerala) and a Malay mother, fleck Mahathirs own mother, crazy Tampawan, was Malay. 8 During World warf atomic number 18 II, he interchange pisang goreng (banana fritters) and other snacks to accoutrement his family income during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Mahathir attended a Malay patois school forrader continuing his breeding at the sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Star. Mahathir then(prenominal) attended the mogul Edward VII medical examination checkup College (the predecessor of contemporary National University of Singapore) in Singapore, where he edited a medical student powder store called The Cauldron he also contributed to the The heading Times report pseudonymously under the last name Che Det.Mahathir was also chair of the Muslim partnership in the college. 9 Upon first in 1953, Mahathir get together the then Malaysian governing dish as a medical officer. He married Siti Hasmah Mohd Alia fellow load and former class fellow in collegeon 5 alarming 1956, and left government service in 1957 to set up his own toffee-nosed practice in Alor Star. Mahathir thrived in esoteric practice, and allowed him to own by 1959 a Pontiac Catalina and hold an pagan Chinese chauffeur (at the time, around all chauffeurs in Malaysia were Malays, owing to the economical dominance of the ethnic Chinese). 10 Some critics excite suggested this foreshadowed a later(prenominal) hallmark of Mahathirs politics, which cogitate on the cultivation of such emblems of personnel. 11 From his marriage with Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti hajji Mohamad Ali, they have septet children,12 four sons and 3 daughters Marina Mahathir, Mirzan Mahathir, Melinda Mahathir, Mokhzani Mahathir, Mukhriz Mahathir, Maizura Mahathir and Mazhar Mahathir. 13 Both Mukhriz and Mokhzani 14 are involved in business as well as in politics while the ir firstborn daughter Marina is a prominent local writer and assist activist. 15