Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia

Mahathir Mohamad

Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020. He was the country's longest-serving prime minister, serving for a cumulative total of 24 years. His political career has spanned more than 75 years, from joining protests opposing citizenship policies for non-Malays in the Malayan Union in the 1940s to forming the Gerakan Tanah Air coalition in 2022. During his premiership, Mahathir was granted the title "Father of Modernisation" for his pivotal role in transforming the country's economy and infrastructure.

Born

1925

July 10

Died

Living

Era

1920s

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1925 Born

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138 Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
420 Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty.
645 Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
988 The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.

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The world in 1925

When Mahathir arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Nikola Tesla 1856–1943 Serbian-American inventor and engineer (born 1856) Isabela Merced 2001– American actress John Calvin 1509–1564 French pastor and theologian (died 1564) John Wyndham 1903–1969 English author (died 1969) Karl Plagge 1897– German general and engineer (died 1957) Mary McLeod Bethune 1875–1955 American educator and activist (died 1955) Nick Adams 1931–1968 American actor and screenwriter (born 1931) Rajnath Singh 1951– Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India Urban Meyer 1964– American football player and coach

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Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Allan Blakeney 1925–2011 Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Art McNally 1925– American football referee (died 2023) Carlos Castaneda 1925–1998 Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) Carmine Infantino 1925–2013 American illustrator (born 1925) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

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