Malaysian Doctors: Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Tan Chee Khoon, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Mahathir Mohamad, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Tan Chee Khoon, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Chua Soi Lek, Samy Azer, Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof, Jafri Malin Abdullah, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, Lim Chong Eu, Lim Keng Yaik, Jemilah Mahmood, Subramaniam Sathasivam, Tan Seng Giaw, Mani Jegathesan, Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, Yahya bin Awang, Abu Bakar Suleiman. Excerpt: Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (pronounced ), (born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest serving Prime Minister. His political career spanned almost 40 years. Born and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah, Mahathir excelled at school and became a medical doctor. He became active in the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysia's largest political party, before entering parliament in 1964. He served one term before losing his seat, before falling out with the then Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman and being expelled from UMNO. When Abdul Rahman resigned, Mahathir re-entered UMNO and parliament, and was promoted to the Cabinet. By 1976, he had risen to Deputy Prime Minister, and in 1981 was sworn in as Prime Minister after the resignation of his predecessor, Hussein Onn. As Prime Minister, Mahathir was credited with engineering Malaysia's rapid modernisation and economic growth, and initiated a series of bold infrastructure projects. He was a dominant political figure, winning five consecutive general elections and seeing off all of his rivals for the leadership of UMNO. However, his accumulation of power came at the expense of the independence of the judiciary and the traditional powers and privileges of Malaysia's royalty. He also deployed the controversial Internal Security Act to detain activists, non-mainstream religious ...