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Mahathir bin Mohamad was the leading force in making Malaysia into a major industrial power.
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Malaysia, under Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, had been one of the strongest supporters of the Bosnian cause during the war and the only Asian country that accept Bosnian refugees.
He was succeeded by Datuk Hussein Onn, the son of UMNO ’ s founder Onn Jaafar, and then by Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, who had been Education Minister since 1981, and who held power for 22 years.
Mahathir bin Mahamad was chosen, an advocate of bumiputra who also tried to benefit the other ethnic communities.
Under the premiership of Mahathir bin Mohamad, Malaysia experienced economic growth from the 1980s, a 1985-86 property market depression, and returned to growth through to the mid-1990s.
Under Mahathir bin Mohamad ’ s long Prime Ministership ( 1981 – 2003 ), Malaysia ’ s political culture became increasingly centralized and authoritarian, due to Mahathir's belief that the multiethnic Malaysia could only remain stable through controlled democracy.
Critics generally agree that although authoritarianism in Malaysia preceded the administration of Mahathir bin Mohamad, it was he who " carried the process forward substantially "
In early September 1998, Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad dismissed Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and accused Anwar of immoral and corrupt conduct.
* Mahathir bin Mohamad's interview with the PBS series " Commanding Heights " on the subject of East Asian economic development.
This policy shift was continued and strengthened by Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, who pursued a regionalist and pro-South policy with at times strident anti-Western rhetoric.
* 2003 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
In December 1993, Keating was involved in a diplomatic incident with Malaysia, over Keating's description of Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad as " recalcitrant ".
* July 10 – Mahathir bin Mohamad becomes the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
* July 10 – Mahathir bin Mohamad, fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia
In 2001, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad proposed a new currency that would be used initially for international trade among Muslim nations.
The official opening ceremony for Cyberjaya was held in May 1997 by then Prime Minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad.
Former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his predecessor Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad have both suggested that Malays should depend less on government assistance.
The building was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad on 1 August 1999.
* October 31: Mahathir bin Mohamad, resigns as the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi takes office as the fifth prime minister of the country.
* Mahathir bin Mohamad – The Malay Dilemma
Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad successfully amended the constitution to make the monarchies more accountable to their actions.
Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad ( Jawi: محضير بن محمد ; pronounced ; born 10 July 1925 ) is a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia.
On September 29, 2001, the then Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad declared that the country was an Islamic state ( negara Islam ).
After Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad sacked Anwar Ibrahim, he appointed Abdullah as Deputy Prime Minister.
UMNO backbencher Mahathir bin Mohamad, who had lost his Parliamentary seat in the election, wrote a letter to the Tunku, commenting his leadership.
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* 1981 – Mahathir Mohamad becomes Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister ; his 22 years in office, ending with retirement on 31 October 2003, made him Asia's longest-serving political leader.
During the terms of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad as the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, many constitutional amendments were made.
* Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ( Malaysia )
Mahathir Mohamad promoted the concept on the basis of its economic merits as a stable unit of account and also as a political symbol to create greater unity between Islamic nations.
** Malaysia becomes a developed country, under the Wawasan 2020 plan initiated by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Doctor Mahathir Bin Mohamad instigated the project as part of the development of the Multimedia Super Corridor a grand development plan for the nation.
This campus was the brainchild of the country's fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, as a center of learning and research for the Multimedia Super Corridor ( MSC ), a 750 km² area designated as the country's high-tech research and industrial area.
Proton was established on 7 May 1983 under the direction of the former Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
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The second arm of government policy, driven mainly by Mahathir first as Education Minister and then as Prime Minister, was the transfer of economic power to the Malays.
He stood at barricades with the Penan people in Sarawak, Malaysia and was condemned by Prime Minister Mahathir.
When Abdul Rahman resigned, Mahathir re-entered UMNO and parliament, and was promoted to the Cabinet.
Mahathir was born at his parents ' home in a poor neighbourhood of Alor Setar, the capital of the state of Kedah, British Malaya, on 10 July 1925.
Mahatir's father was a school principal whose low socio-economic status meant his daughters were unable to enroll in secondary school, while Wan Tempawan Mahathir had only a distant relationship to Kedah's royalty.
Mahathir was a hard-working student.
While practising as a doctor in Alor Setar, Mahathir became active in UMNO ; by the time of the first general election for the independent state of Malaya in 1959, he was the chairman of the party in Kedah.
Despite his prominence in UMNO, Mahathir was not a candidate in the 1959 election, ruling himself out following a disagreement with then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.
For Mahathir this was a significant enough slight to delay his entry into national politics in protest.
The ban was only lifted after Mahathir became prime minister in 1981 ; he thus served as a minister and deputy prime minister while being the author of a banned book.
Each of Razak's preferred candidates was elected: former Chief Minister of Melaka, Ghafar Baba ; Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, a wealthy businessman and member of Kelantan's royal family ; and Mahathir.
After six weeks of indecision Mahathir was, much to his surprise, appointed as Hussein's deputy.
The appointment meant that Mahathir was the anointed successor to the prime ministership.
However, Mahathir was not an influential Deputy Prime Minister.
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