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Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
http://youngleadershipvoices.blogspot.com/2012/11/leadership.html
DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD – MALAYSIAN TRUE HERO Introduction Leadership is the process by which a person exerts influence over other people and inspires, motivates and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals. The person who exerts such influence is a leader. When leaders are effective, the influence they exert over others helps a group or organization achieve its performance goal. When leaders are ineffective, their influence does not contribute to and often detracts from goal attainment. In Malaysia, one of my first and foremost choice in leadership is our fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad. I admire him most not only because he was an effective leader, exerts strong influence and the way he motivates and inspires the Malaysian people with his beyond vision and plans.
Under his leading period, Malaysia economy has shifted from traditional agriculture to modern technology. He was making Malaysia economy grew strongly and the name of country outshine internationally. Under his leadership, the aim, mission, vision and country development ideas were successfully carried out continuously. Profile and Career Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad was born on 20 December 1925 in Alor Setar, Kedah. His primary and secondary school were in his hometown and further his study at the King Edward College of Medicine in Singapore. He is married with Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali and they have seven children. Upon graduation, he joined the Malaysian government service as a Medical Officer until 1957 and then entered private practise. He was first elected to parliament in 1964 as a member of a United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). His career in cabinet position started as he was appointed as Education Minister in 1974 rose to Deputy Prime Minister in 1976 in addition to his Education portfolio and relinquished the



References: http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBM/detail.php?section=sm02&spesifik_id=101&ttl_id=5 A Doctor In The House; The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Muhammad; MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd, 2011

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