Mahathir Mohamad
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Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
1 books in the database
About the author
Mahathir Mohamad is a Malaysian politician and author, best known for serving as Prime Minister of Malaysia. According to the data, he held the office from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020. The Wikipedia material also places him in Malaysian public life over a very long period, with a career that spans decades.
As a writer, he is associated with political and social questions about Malaysia rather than with fiction or a literary genre. The book listed here, The Malay Dilemma, was published in 1970. Taken together, the data suggest a writer who uses essays and political argument to think through identity, policy, and national development.
A good place to start is The Malay Dilemma, especially if you want to understand the ideas that sit behind his public role. It fits readers interested in Malaysian politics, modern Southeast Asian history, or nonfiction that is closely tied to a political career.