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This is the biography of Mahathir bin Mohamad, a Malaysian physician, politician, and author who has been Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2018, having previously held the office from 1981 to 2003. He is the chairman of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, as well as a member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Langkawi constituency in the state of Kedah. Mahathir’s political career has spanned more than 70 years starting with his participation during the Malayan Union in protests against non-Malays gaining Malaysian citizenship; he formed his own party, the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM), in 2016.