Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir is currently 94.
PM Lee wants M’sia PM Mahathir a joyful 94th birthday
He had been born at a time before television was invented.
However, he is still very pertinent to the entire world today as the best man of Malaysia — in a time when traditional television is dying .
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In the event you do not actually understand Mahathir, here would be 94 random facts about him.
94 random facts about Mahathir
1. He had been born on July 10, 1925. Television was invented two years later in 1927.
2. His mom is the most influential person in his life who instructed him how to do things and behave, he explained.
3. Doing this in moderation is the secret to longevity.
Photo out of Marina Mahathir’s Facebook.
4. His birthplace was Kampung Seberang Perak, Alor Setar, Kedah.
5. Nelson Mandela and Peter the Great of Russia are the world leaders that prompted him .
6. His favourite singer that is local is Siti Nurhaliza.
7. He is the youngest of two siblings.
8. Japan is the favourite country he has seen.
9. His horoscope is Cancer.
10. He favors coffee to tea.
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11. His father, Mohamad Iskandar was of mixed Malay and Indian descent and his mother, Wan Tempawan, was Malay.
12. His father was a headmaster in a government English school he attended.
13. He had been Malaysia’s fourth prime minister in 1981 but murdered in 2003.
14. He wed Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali on Aug. 5, 1956.
15. His 94th birthday wish was to complete his work to place Malaysia on the path to recovery.
Photo from Mahathir’s Facebook.
16. He studied medicine at King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore in 1947.
17. He also met his wife from Singapore who also studied medicine.
18. Mahathir won his wife’s center by helping her with her studies but it was not love at first sight.
Photo from Mahathir’s Instagram.
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19. Proton cars were set by Mahathir in 1983.
20. He’s made a comeback in politics since Malaysia’s prime ministry in 2018.
21. He offered snacks and coffee like goreng pisang (banana fritters) through Japanese Occupation when schools were closed.
22. He is the oldest living prime minister.
23. He lived a heart attack in 1989. Lee Kuan Yew called his wife to provide the very best heart surgeon but he was already getting ready for a open heart surgery the next day.
24. His wife gave birth to two women and two boys — Marina, Mirzan, Mokhzani and Mukhriz.
25. The few adopted three kids too — Melinda, Mazhar and Maizura.
26. The secret to the few ’s adoring relationship is thought to be love and trust.
27. At college, he used to donate to The Straits Times under the pseudonym “C.H.E. Det”. “Det” is his family . Take a look at his website here.
1 year ago 
pic.twitter.com/L41vJiYF6m
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) September 27, 2017
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28. He loves reading, writing and some exercise in his spare time.
29. He had been named among those 100 most influential individuals on earth in 2019.
30. Mahathir’s birth certificate countries Dec. 20 as his birthday, but was a random date which his father selected for official records.
31. He had been a mentor to Najib Razak and Anwar Ibrahim.
32. He is called Malaysia’s “Father of Modernisation”.
33. Throughout his first term, he constructed a North-South Expressway which runs from Thailand to Singapore.
34. In 1987, he instituted the Internal Security Act in 1987, which he subsequently utilised to close down four newspapers and arrested over 106 activists, spiritual leaders and political opponents, including Anwar Ibrahim.
35. Throughout his sentence, Petronas Twin Towers were constructed. They continue to be the tallest twin towers on the planet.
Image by Pexels via Pixabay.
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36. He had been Malaysia’s Minister of Education in 1974. That year he stopped practising medicine.
37. He had been Malaysia’s Minister of Trade and Industry in 1978.
38. He had been Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister in 1976.
39. He had been Malaysia’s Minister of Finance in 2001.
40. He had been Malaysia’s Minister of Defence in 1981.
41. He had been Malaysia’s Minister of Home Affairs in 1986.
42. He doesn’t smoke or drink.
Yes, he took up many governmental portfolios.
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43. He shares the Identical birthday as Nikola Tesla, Harper Beckham, Gong Yoo, Jessica Simpson and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, Sun Xue Ling.
Happy belated birthday, Sun Xue Ling.
44. He is also the first Malaysian Prime Minister to have served under two distinct parties.
45. He had been the President of United Malays National Organization (Umno) from 1981 to 2003.
46. He’s been the Chairman of Pakatan Harapan coalition since 2017.
47. When he retired in 2003, Mahathir was appointed a Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm, which awarded him the title “Tun”.
48. He resigned from Umno, the ruling party of Malaysia on May 19, 2008.
49. Mahathir joined Umno in 1946 and has been elected to Parliament in 1964.
50. Even at older age, he moves on movie dates with his wife.
Hope he has time for it.
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51. He uses an iPhone 7 and.
52. He doesn’t remember his birthday but his wife always does.
53. His favourite Marvel personality is Thor, although it was mistaken as Thanos before.
54. He had a dish of glutinous rice and meat rendang on his 93th birthday last year.
55. He works harder than previously. He was able to work from 8am to 5pm, but he now works until 6pm daily.
56. He is attending Singapore’s National Day Parade 2019, together with Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
57. His 80th birthday wish would be to “be about ” and that he jumped for Malaysia to continue to flourish.
58. He doesn’t like to eat fish, as influenced by his mommy.
59. He received a Proton car-shaped cake 94th birthday this past year.
Photo from Ikhmal Mohamad’s Facebook.
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60. His favourite pen is Pilot Ball Liner from the black.
Photo from Mahathir’s Instagram.
61. He knew he needed to sign many files so that he chose to have a brief signature.
62. Nehru jacket is his style signature.
Photo from Mahathir’s Instagram.
63. He ignored Anwar Ibrahim who had been his deputy prime minister in 1998, and accused him of sodomy and corruption.
64. He had been expelled from Umno following the 1969 riots and rejoined into the celebration in 1972.
65. He quit Umno in 2008 and rejoined in 2009 later Najib became prime minister.
66. Then he quit Umno in 2016 due to Najib.
67. He wears Bata sandals.
Mahathir wears S$4 Bata sandals
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68. His wife is 93 years old and her birthday is July 12, two days later.
Photo out of Marina Mahathir’s Facebook.
69. He explained in an interview that his main failure was not being able to change the character of the Malays and their value system.
70. He suggested to deliver Singapore and Malaysia time half an hour before, which Lee Kuan Yew consented to.
S’pore is truly in the wrong time zone because we put our clocks in 1981. Here’s on it
One of those rare instances they consented with each other.
71. He is anti-LGBT.
72. His kids call him “daddy” because he had been wed during British times and it was fashionable to be called “daddy” and “mummy”.
73. His favourite song is My Way or Torna a Surriento.
Hear him sing My Way :
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74. He loves to read history publications or detective stories like Sherlock Holmes.
75. His birthday want in 77 was for Malaysia to become peaceful and prosperous. Pretty much the identical wish every year.
76. He’s 15 grandchildren.
77. His granddaughter Ineza Roussille, made a documentary called M For Malaysia. It had been all around the 14th General Election, that Mahathir won and became the Prime Minister again.
M For Malaysia can also mean, “Mahathir for Malaysia”. Clever pun.
Here’s the trailer:
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78. He chooses 15-minute power naps.
79. He could dance ronggeng, a Javanese dance.
80. He doesn’t play golf because it takes up too much time.
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81. His favourite authors are Wilbur Smith, Dick Francis, and Ken Follett.
82. His fifth kid, Mukhriz Mahathir, 58, can be a politician. He is now the Chief Minister of the State of Kedah.
83. Of all kids, Mukhriz is the only one engaged with politics.
84. Mukhriz used to be a manager in a company which produces TV shows put up with Benedict Cumberbatch, who cut business ties over Mahathir’s anti-semitic opinions.
85. His eldest daughter, Marina Mahathir, 62, is a socio-political activist who focuses on actively for women’s rights and people with Aids.
Photo out of Marina Mahathir’s Facebook.
86. Marina was among those eight Malaysians who had been conferred the Chevalier de la Légion Id ’Honneur by the French government for her social causes.
87. Before entering politics, he put up his own practice in Alor Setar, his birthplace, in 1957. His practice was called “Maha Clinic” and it had been the first Malay-owned private practice in Malaysia.
88. He’s just one great-granddaughter.
Photo out of Marina Mahathir’s Facebook.
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89. He was named the 47th greatest leader from the world by Fortune magazine.
90. He had a heart bypass operation in 2007 following two heart attacks in 10 weeks.
91. He was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Laws from the National University of Singapore in 2018.
Photo from NUS.
92. Mahathir is famous for his hard-hitting viewpoints. You likely understand.
93. He loves horse-riding.
94. He explained a leader should be well-aware of domestic problems in the country and improvements on the planet.
This ’s . Happy birthday again, Mahathir.
Best photo collage from Mahathir’s Facebook and Marina Mahathir’s Facebook
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