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  Commanding Heights : Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad | on PBS
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: It's quite obvious that when the Eastern bloc was still there, it was a bustle between capitalism and communism.
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: I think the perception is all wrong, and the reasoning behind it is also wrong.
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: The globalization extremists are the people coming from the very rich countries who see in the form of globalization that they propose opportunities for making huge sums of money for themselves.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mahathir bin Mohamad   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mahathir bin Mohamad, born in 1925, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: Washington itself implied that this is something out of the rich Western countries, and if they agree on something that is to be imposed on the rest of the world, it means that there is no consultation.
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: It was difficult, because they keep on coming and telling you, "You must accept this; this is the trend; this is good for you." And of course, we have within the country people who feel that to be worldly they must support these kinds of ideas.
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 Mahathir bin Mohamad worldwidebase
Mahathir bin Mohamad was eerste minister van Maleisië van 1981 to 2003.
Op 31 oktober 2003 zette Mahathir Mohamad een punt achter zijn 22-jarige bewind als eerste minister van Maleisië.
In de euforie voor het aftreden van Mahathir wordt de premier in eigen land geroemd voor zijn succesvol economisch beleid, het vermijden van rassenrellen en het realiseren van politieke stabiliteit.
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 Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad Speaks Candidly with EIR
Mahathir is the former Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Mahathir: Recent actions to partially withdraw from the Gaza strip and all that: There is seemingly a kind of slowdown in all these activities, but I believe that the Palestinians will still demand to have their lands back, to have their people back in the country where they were forced out.
Mahathir: The world has now accepted that in the case of the environment, what happens in one country impacts on other countries, and on the rest of the world.
www.larouchepub.com /other/interviews/2005/3212mahathir.html   (2526 words)

  
  Mahathir bin Mohamad - MSN Encarta
Mahathir bin Mohamad, born in 1925, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.
Mahathir was born in Alur Setar, capital of the northwestern state of Kedah.
In 1973 Mahathir was appointed a senator but gave up the office to contest the 1974 general election, in which he was returned unopposed.
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 Mahathir bin Mohamad Biography and Summary
Despite a controversial career in politics, Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad (born 1925) became prime minister of Malaysia in 1981 and then won four consecutive elections.
Mahathir Bin Mohamad has significantly shaped his country's political landscape while also serving as an unofficial spokesman for the so-called Third World.
Mahathir bin Mohamad (born July 10, 1925) was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.
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 TUN DR. MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
Owing to his keen interest in the country's education, he was appointed Chairman of the first Higher Education Council in 1968, Member of the Higher Education Advisory Council in 1972, Member of the University Court and University of Malaya Council, and Chairman of the National University Council in 1974.
Tun Dr. Mahathir was elected as one of the three Vice Presidents of UMNO in 1975.
In the 1987 party elections, Tun Dr. Mahathir defeated his challenger to retain the Presidency and in 1990 and 1993, he was again returned unopposed as party President.
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 Capitalism's "True Self" DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD / PBS Interview 2jul01
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: If they are left unregulated then they will profiteer, because the market is all about making profits, as much profit as possible, and they will do anything in order to increase their profits.
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: Very early on we discovered that there is no future in the kind of culture that was suitable during the colonial days, simply because our population was growing.
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: Yes, the IMF praised the governor of the Central Bank for his very good management of the finances of this country, the policies that we follow.
www.mindfully.org /WTO/Mahathir-bin-Mohamad-PBS2jul01.htm   (6243 words)

  
  Mahathir bin Mohamad: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Mahathir bin Mohamad (December 20, 1925, Alor Setar) has been the prime minister of Malaysia since 1981.
In 1964 bin Mohamad entered the Malaysian parliament as a member of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party.
Bin Mohamad consciously guided this process through his policies of economic nationalism.
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 Mahathir bin Mohamad
Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad (born December 20, 1925 in Alor Setar, Kedah) was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.
During the racially turbulent 1960s and 1970s, Mahathir had been known as a Malay ultra (famously labelled as such by the Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew) or extremist, and was expelled by his party for the publication of The Malay Dilemma in 1970.
Mahathir, along with other Malaysian politicians (and many other Asian leaders) also heavily criticised Keating's successor John Howard for allegedly encouraging Pauline Hanson, whose views were widely perceived in Asia as racist and harking back to the earlier White Australia policy.
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 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Mahathir bin Mohamad"
Mahathir rejoined UMNO on 7 March, 1972, and was appointed as Senator in 1973.
Mahathir's relationship with Australia (the closest country in the Anglosphere to Malaysia, and the one whose foreign policy is most concentrated on the region), and his relationship with Australia's political leaders, has been particularly rocky.
Mahathir is keen that the rise of PRC could to some extent balance the American influence in Southeast Asia, as well as benefiting Malaysia from the PRC's economic prosperity.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=mahathir_bin_%4Dohamad   (10268 words)

  
 Mahathir bin Mohamad
Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (born July 10, 1925) was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.
During his twenty-two year rule, Mahathir was seen as a political "strongman", and was criticised for his authoritarian policies and use of state power to suppress opponents via the media, the judiciary and law enforcement agencies.
Mahathir amended it such that approval by parliament could be legally considered as royal assent after a period of 30 days, notwithstanding the views of the monarchs.
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 Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad’s lectures - Pravda.Ru
Mahathir bin Mohamad played a very important role in this respect, he has been the head of the Malaysian government for over twenty years, taking into consideration the fact that was re-elected on this position over and over again by means of honest and legal elections.
Mahathir bin Mohamad is also a big figure in another miracle, which is connected with the first one to a certain extent – the harmony between religions and races, which allowed for the Malaysian, Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Islamic, Christian communities to co-exist peacefully.
Mahathir bin Mohamad’s prestige as an ideologist, an expert in the global world and economic order is immense, so his opinions on the global issues of our times are serious and profound.
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Mahathir bin Mohamad was the fourth prime minister of
Mahathir bin Mohamad was born on the 10th of July 1925 in Alor Setar, the capital of the northern state of Kedah
Mahathir bin Mohamad was married to Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali on the 5th of August 1956.
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 Q&A with Mahathir bin Mohamad - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
Mahathir was praised for the modernization of Malaysia but criticized for eroding the independence of many institutions, the courts and the media among them.
When Mahathir retired in 2003 he vowed not to interfere with the government of his hand-picked successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who had replaced Anwar Ibrahim, the former finance minister dismissed by Mahathir.
Mahathir says he is being shut out of the press and stymied by police from holding meetings with supporters.
iht.com /articles/2006/11/06/news/mahatirQA.php   (901 words)

  
 Malaysia's Mahathir: Back to Production, Dump Globalization
Mahathir's speech, excerpts of which are printed below, took up the foremost issues confronting nations of the world today: the preparations for war, led by the utopians in President George W. Bush's Administration; the ill-defined threat of global terrorism; and the impact of both in feeding the threatened blowout of the world economy.
Mahathir, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar have gone to great lengths to improve Malaysia's ties to the United States, which had gradually recovered from then-Vice President Al Gore's grotesque attack on Malaysia's leader during the 1998 meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
Mahathir told 40 journalists attending the East Asia Economic Summit, that removing Iraq's President Saddam Hussein from power and bringing democracy to Iraq would not solve problems affecting that country, nor tackle international terrorism effectively.
www.larouchepub.com /other/2002/2940_mahathir.html   (1572 words)

  
 Mahathir Bin Mohamad - The London Speaker Bureau
Mahathir Bin Mohamad served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 - 2003 and oversaw his country's transition to an industrialized nation.
Mahathir was elected as one of the three Vice Presidents of UMNO in 1975.
Mahathir weathered several challenges to his leadership from within the UMNO, which won four general elections under his leadership in the period from 1982 to 1995.
www.londonspeakerbureau.co.uk /speakers/viewSpeaker.aspx?speakerid=348   (653 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mahathir's supporters believe that it was Anwar's attempt to replace Mahathir as the Prime Minister, upon seeing the downfall of Indonesia's Suharto, that has led him to be removed from politics altogether.
Mahathir expressed his disappointment regarding Abdullah's role in the oil-for-food programme with Iraq; Abdullah's name was listed as a beneficiary in a report published by the US government regarding the programme.
Mahathir had also criticised Abdullah's handling of the Approved Permits (AP) issue, expressing his surprise that Rafidah Aziz was still retained as a Cabinet although two people on the list of persons issued with highest number of APs were linked to Rafidah.
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 Mahathir bin Mohamad: America's best Muslim friend - World Watcher - Malaysian Prime Minister - leads racially divided ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mahathir, beginning his tenure in 1981, forged a new alliance among the ethnic groups and has led the repair of this torn and fragile social fabric.
When Mahathir took drastic action in response to the 1997 Asian financial crisis by implementing capital controls, many in the U.S. criticized and even ridiculed him, but American investors defended his moves and even took the initiative in responding to the complaints.
Mahathir's skill, in both international and domestic politics, is widely recognized among supporters and critics.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2694_131/ai_98829801   (994 words)

  
 TIMEasia Magazine: Malaysia - Archives
When Mahathir began his term in 1981, his resource-rich land had an assuredly comfortable future thanks to oil and gas reserves, tin and rubber, but it was hardly destined for a conspicuous spot on the skyline of the East Asian economic miracle.
Mahathir's ambitions are both lofty and costly: his edifice complex alone will cost the government billions and could bring on a recession.
Energized, Mahathir and Daim decided that the quotas and regulations of the NEP were insufficient to erect a Malay business community, so the twosome decided to do the job on their own.
www.time.com /time/asia/2003/mahathir/mahathir961209.html   (2971 words)

  
 Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia Prime Minister
Mahathir bin Mohamad (born July 10, 1925) was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003.
Mahathir was also President of the Muslim Society in the college [1] In 1953, Mahathir entered the then Malayan government service as a medical officer upon graduation.
Mahathir rejoined UMNO on 7 March 1972, and was appointed as Senator in 1973.
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 The Manila Times Internet Edition | WORLD > Ruling party turns Mahathir into a ‘political pariah’
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s former prime minister Ma-hathir bin Mohamad, who is locked in a bitter dispute with the government, has complained he is now a “pariah” in the ruling party he dominated for two decades, reports said Monday.
Mahathir has been accused of attempting to bring down the government with strident attacks on Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who he now publicly regrets handing the top job when he stepped down in 2003.
Mahathir’s recent proposal to address the November general assembly of the ruling party, the United Malaysia National Organization (UMNO), has received a lukewarm response from senior figures.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/aug/29/yehey/world/20060829wor4.html   (283 words)

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