Mahathir Mohamad

Tun Dr. **Mahathir bin Mohamad** (Jawi: ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from May 2018 to March 2020. He was also the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the job for 22 years from 1981 to 2003. This made him Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister. His political career lasted for almost 70 years.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay styles and titles, Yang Amat Berbahagia Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara, Tun Doctor, Dr.
- **name**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **image**: Dr. Mahathir Mohamad attending the state funeral of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 15 April 2025 (21) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Mahathir in 2025
- **office1**: 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **deputy1**: Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Wan Azizah
- **monarch1**: Muhammad V of Kelantan, Muhammad V
Abdullah of Pahang, Abdullah
- **term start1**: 10 May 2018
- **term end1**: 1 March 2020
- **predecessor1**: Najib Razak
- **successor1**: Muhyiddin Yassin
- **monarch2**: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
Ja’afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja’afar
Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
Sirajuddin of Perlis, Sirajuddin
- **term start2**: 16 July 1981
- **term end2**: 31 October 2003
- **predecessor2**: Hussein Onn
- **successor2**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **deputy2**: Musa Hitam
Abdul Ghafar Baba
Anwar Ibrahim
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **monarch3**: Sirajuddin of Perlis
- **office3**: Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement
- **term start3**: 20 February 2003
- **term end3**: 31 October 2003
- **predecessor3**: Thabo Mbeki
- **successor3**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **monarch4**: Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
Sirajuddin of Perlis, Sirajuddin
- **office4**: Ministry of Finance (Malaysia), Minister of Finance
- **term start4**: 5 June 2001
- **term end4**: 31 October 2003
- **predecessor4**: Daim Zainuddin
- **successor4**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **monarch5**: Ja’afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja’afar
- **term start5**: 7 September 1998
- **term end5**: 7 January 1999
- **predecessor5**: Anwar Ibrahim
- **successor5**: Daim Zainuddin
- **monarch6**: Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
Ja’afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja’afar
- **office6**: Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia), Minister of Home Affairs
- **term start6**: 8 May 1986
- **term end6**: 8 January 1999
- **predecessor6**: Musa Hitam
- **successor6**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **monarch7**: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
- **office7**: Minister of Defence (Malaysia), Minister of Defence
- **term start7**: 18 July 1981
- **term end7**: 6 May 1986
- **predecessor7**: Abdul Taib Mahmud
- **successor7**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **monarch8**: Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
- **office8**: Minister of International Trade and Industry (Malaysia), Minister of Trade and Industry
- **primeminister8**: Hussein Onn
- **term start8**: 1 January 1978
- **term end8**: 16 July 1981
- **predecessor8**: Hamzah Abu Samah
- **successor8**: Ahmad Rithaudden Tengku Ismail
- **monarch9**: Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
- **office9**: 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **primeminister9**: Hussein Onn
- **term start9**: 5 March 1976
- **term end9**: 16 July 1981
- **predecessor9**: Hussein Onn
- **successor9**: Musa Hitam
- **monarch10**: Abdul Halim of Kedah, Abdul Halim
Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Yahya Petra
- **office10**: Minister of Education (Malaysia), Minister of Education
- **primeminister10**: Abdul Razak Hussein
Hussein Onn
- **term start10**: 5 September 1974
- **term end10**: 31 December 1977
- **predecessor10**: Mohamed Yaacob
- **successor10**: Musa Hitam
- **office11**: Member of the Dewan Rakyat
for Kubang Pasu (federal constituency), Kubang Pasu
- **term start11**: 24 August 1974
- **term end11**: 21 March 2004
- **predecessor11**: Constituency established
- **successor11**: Mohd Johari Baharum
- **office12**: Member of the Dewan Negara
for Kedah
- **term start12**: 30 December 1972
- **term end12**: 23 August 1974
- **office13**: Member of the Dewan Rakyat
for Kota Setar Selatan
- **term start13**: 25 April 1964
- **term end13**: 10 May 1969
- **predecessor13**: Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam
- **successor13**: Yusof Rawa
- **birth name**: Mahathir bin Mohamad
- **birth place**: Alor Setar, Unfederated Malay States
- **party**: Homeland Fighter's Party, PEJUANG
Malaysian United Indigenous Party, BERSATU-Pakatan Harapan
United Malays National Organisation, UMNO-Barisan Nasional
- **spouse**: Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
- **children**: 7 (including Marina Mahathir, Marina, Mirzan Mahathir, Mirzan, Mokhzani Mahathir, Mokhzani and Mukhriz Mahathir, Mukhriz)
- **relatives**: Ismail Mohamed Ali
Mohamed Hashim Mohd Ali
- **alma mater**: National University of Singapore