Mahathir bin Mohamad served as the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 until 2003, when he retired.
Famous Facts
- The son of a schoolmaster, he was educated at Sultan Abdul Hamid College and the University of Malaya in Singapore where he studied medicine
- First elected to parliament in 1964 as a member of the United Malays National Organisation, he became a forceful advocate of policies to ensure Malaysia’s economic success and modernisation
- Born Mahathir bin Mohamad on 20th December 1925 in Kedah, Malaysia
