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e. Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi: مَحاضر بن محمد; [ 1 ]IPA: [mahaðɪ (r) bɪn mohamad]; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held office from 1981 to 2003 and later from 2018 to February 2020 for a cumulative total of 24 years, making him ...
The United Malays National Organisation (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu; abbreviated UMNO (/ ˈʌmnoʊ /) or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing [7] political party in Malaysia. As the oldest (but non-continuous) national political party within Malaysia (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has been known as Malaysia ...
Percentage. 51.4%. 48.5%. President of UMNO before election. Mahathir Mohamad. President of UMNO. Mahathir Mohamad. A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 24 April 1987. [1] [2] It was won by incumbent Prime Minister and President of UMNO, Mahathir Mohamad .
The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal is an ongoing political scandal in Malaysia, [1] in which then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channeling over RM 2.67 billion (approximately US$700 million) into his personal bank accounts from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-run strategic development company.
e. Operation Lalang (Malay: Operasi Lalang, also called Ops Lalang and taken to mean "Operation Weeding") was a major crackdown undertaken by the Royal Malaysian Police from 27 October to 20 November 1987, ostensibly to prevent the occurrence of racial riots in Malaysia. The operation saw the arrest of 106 to 119 people—political activists ...
v. t. e. The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis (also known as the 1988 judicial crisis) was a series of events that began with United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party elections in 1987 and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat.
Parent (s) Mahathir Mohamad. Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali. Mokhzani bin Tun Dr. Mahathir (born 2 January 1961) is a Malaysian businessman. He worked as a petroleum engineer before founding oil-equipment fabricator Kencana Petroleum. Kencana Petroleum later merged with SapuraCrest to form SapuraKencana Petroleum. The company is now known as Sapura ...
Hussein Onn 898 votes, nominated by. Sulaiman Ahmad "Palestin" 250 votes, nominated by 1 UMNO division. An election for the leadership of the United Malays National Organisation was prompted by outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein's death due in part of leukaemia. On 14 January 1976, Hussein Onn was selected to serve as interim leader.