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As prime minister, he was an advocate of Asian values and development models, and was particularly prominent across the Muslim world. In 2002, Mahathir announced his intention to resign as Prime Minister, [5] [6] officially stepping down in 2003 after 22 years in office, [7] but remained politically influential and was critical of his ...
Prime Minister of Portugal: Head of government Portugal: 28 August 1978 22 November 1978 86 days Lisbon, Portugal: Indo-Portuguese of Goan descent [3] 3 Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) Prime Minister of Malaysia: Head of government Malaysia: 16 July 1981 31 October 2003 24 years, 38 days Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States
The prime minister of Malaysia (Malay: Perdana Menteri Malaysia; Jawi: ڤردان منتري مليسيا ) is the head of government of Malaysia. The prime minister directs the executive branch of the federal government. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints the prime minister as a member of Parliament (MP) who, in his opinion, is most likely ...
When asked about the possibility of Anwar becoming the next Prime Minister, former leader Tun Dr Mahathir reacted by saying, "He would make a good Prime Minister of Israel". [ 64 ] On 14 April 2008, Anwar celebrated his official return to the political stage, as his ban from public office expired a decade after he was fired as deputy prime ...
As prime minister, he supervised the Malayan independence process and the formation of Malaysia. As a result, he is widely regarded as Malaysia's " founding father ". Born a prince in the Kedah Sultanate , Tunku studied law in St Catharine's College, Cambridge , and became a civil servant and district officer .
Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (1922-1976), second Prime Minister of Malaysia and is known as Malaysia's "Father of Development" Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925), fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia and is known as Malaysia's "Father of Modernisation" Tan Sri Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931-2015), former Chief Minister of Kelantan
For an example of a complex name, one former Prime Minister of Malaysia has the full name Dato' Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, where 'Dato' Seri' is a Malay title of honour, 'Mohd Najib' is his personal name (often further abbreviated to 'Najib'), 'bin' introduces his father's titles and names, Tun is a higher honour, 'Haji' denotes ...
On 12 May 2018, Mahathir named former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as Malaysia's new finance minister. He also named former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the home or interior minister and Mohamad Sabu, the President of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), as the defence minister.