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They say age just a number, and that you are as young as you . The former prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, is this to be true. Mr Mahathir is back the years and running for office at the ripe old age of 97. He has the country's leader twice before. The first time was for 22 years, between 1981 and 2003; the second time was a near-two-year term from May 2018. He has he will run for parliament in his country's upcoming general election. He typically coy on whether or not he has his eyes on the top job once again. He told journalists: "We have not who will be prime minister because the prime minister candidate is only relevant if we ."

Mahathir Mohamad has an ever-present force in Malaysian politics. He first a member of parliament in 1964. He is widely as being a visionary for changing his country's economic fortunes. He Malaysia's rapid economic transformation throughout the 1980s. Mahathir's decision to the parliamentary seat of Langkawi his 11th general election campaign. Many commentators in Malaysia are sceptical about Mr Mahathir's chances because of his recent ill health. He a history of heart trouble and has had several heart attacks and bypass operations, a quadruple bypass surgery. He was from hospital last month after Covid-19.