'Tun Dr Mahathir\r'

'This is a Malayan name; the name â€Å"Mohamad” is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, â€Å"Mahathir”. Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Mahathir stash away Mohamad Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad (pronounced [ma? hatir bin mo? hamat? ]; born July 10, 1925) is a retired Malaysian political figure. He was the fourth fix Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 old age from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysias longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia. [1] During his term in office, he was credited for engineer Malaysias rapid modernisation. 2] Mahathir is also kn accept for his criticisms towards western and veritable countries. [3] During his administration, he was considered to be one of Asias most influential leaders. [4] Mahathir is also noted in the Western orbit as an outspoken critic of Western-style globalization. [5] Mahathir was born in Alor Setar, Kedah,[6] the youngest of ni ne children[7] 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, maculation Mahathirs own mother, Wan Tampawan, was Malay. 8] During being War II, he sold pisang goreng (banana fritters) and other snacks to tack his family income during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Mahathir accompanied a Malay vernacular school before continuing his teaching at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Star. Mahathir consequently attended the King Edward VII Medical College (the predecessor of current 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 low the nickname â€Å"Che Det”.\r\nMahathir was also President of the Muslim guild in the college. [9] Upon graduation in 1953, Mahathir joined the then Malayan government helping as a medical officer. He married Siti Hasmah Mohd Aliâ€a pesterer doctor and former classmate in collegeâ€on 5 August 1956, and left government service in 1957 to set up his own esoteric practice in Alor Star. Mahathir thrived in private practice, and allowed him to own by 1959 a Pontiac Catalina and employ an ethnic Chinese chauffeur (at the time, almost all chauffeurs in Malaysia were Malays, owe to the economic dominance of the ethnic Chinese). 10] Some critics stick suggested this foreshadowed a later hallmark of Mahathirs politics, which focused on the â€Å"cultivation of such emblems of power”. [11] From his marriage with Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti haji Mohamad Ali, they have seven children,[12] four sons and three 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 their eldest daughter Ma rina is a prominent local writer and AIDS activist. [15]\r\n'