Mahathir beaten after 53 years

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November 26, 2022

Mahathir beaten after 53 years

In what could be a long line of falling icons, Malaysia’s 97-year old Mahathir Mohamad, lost his parliamentary seat likely ending the career of one of Asia’s most enduring politicians. Mahathir beaten after 53 years and came in fourth in a five-way fight in his long-held constituency in the holiday resort island of Langkawi. Mahathir held the record of world’s oldest prime minister when he became premier for a second time in 2018 just two months shy of his 93rd birthday. Visibly slowed by age but still looking healthy, he ran this time around under his own Homeland Fighters’ Party and had laughed off suggestions that he should retire, telling reporters before the election he had a good chance of winning. Mahathir has been criticised for ruling the Southeast Asian nation with an iron fist from 1981 to 2003 but is also hailed for helping transform the country. Mahathir’s long leadership provided political stability and he gained the title of “Father of Modern Malaysia” as he oversaw the construction of highways and industrial parks in the 1980s and 1990s. His titanic clashes with Anwar Ibrahim, his erstwhile heir-in-apparent have dominated and shaped Malaysian politics over the past two decades but in the end Anwar Ibrahim won and became prime minister. TW

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