An uncle, Hussein Onn, was the third prime minister of Malaysia.
In Kuala Lumpur, he won promises of co-operation from Abdullah Badawi, the prime minister of Malaysia, which Mr Thaksin used to accuse of sheltering militant leaders.
Nor do Asia's intellectuals and politicians come close to unanimity about the notion of Asian values propagated by the concept's leading promoters, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's senior minister, and Mahathir Mohamad, the prime minister of Malaysia.
After Mahathir Mohamad, the prime minister of Malaysia, recently gave an anti-Semitic speech, Mr Krugman argued that the Bush administration's ham-fisted foreign policy had forced Dr Mahathir to make the remarks in order to shore up domestic political support most unlikely, given that he was about to step down.
How else to explain their treatment at the hands of Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister of neighbouring Malaysia?
President Obama met with Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia today to discuss matters of mutual interest including, non-proliferation, trade and investment, human rights, Afghanistan, and Iran.
The prime minister has identified one of Malaysia's most daunting challenges: how to practice Islam in a modern world.
The Malaysian police's revelations came at the end of their investigation into how a company linked to the son of Malaysia's prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, had made centrifuge parts which were found on a ship bound for Libya last October.
Besides the mundane tasks of quelling mass demonstrations and preparing to hold a summit, Malaysia's prime minister has also had to endure the stress and toil of settling into a new job.
Yet what most Americans recall about the meltdown are the ill-chosen words of Malaysia's then-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
And legend has it that ex-prime minister Mahathir cordoned off Malaysia in the regional crisis of the late 1990s.
The fight is also personal the latest in a long feud that pits Mr. Anwar, a humble-born opposition figurehead who has led calls for reform for much of the past 15 years, against Mr. Najib, the British-educated son of the Malaysia's second prime minister.
In July, Malaysia's prime minister accused the billionaire of deliberately undermining Southeast Asian currencies for political reasons, and later labeled him a moron.
The prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, vigorously defended Malaysia's system of justice to delegates attending the Commonwealth Law Conference, which was being held in Kuala Lumpur this week.
What future then for Dr Wan Azizah, the wife of Anwar Ibrahim, formerly Malaysia's deputy prime minister and now its most famous convict?
That is the sort of image that Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's prime minister for the past 22 years, has sought to cultivate as a man not afraid to speak his mind, to call a spade a spade, to stand up against foreign pomposity and bullying.
On one side of this debate is Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's prime minister.
Prime Minister Najib informed President Obama that at the request of the Government of Afghanistan, Malaysia recently deployed a team to assess possible ways to contribute to the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
She has also extended a public podium to Wan Azizah Ismail, who--shades of the young Cory--is struggling to fill the political shoes of her jailed husband, Malaysia's ex-Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Repeated tirades by Malaysia's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, against the evils of currency speculation have fuelled fears of the imposition of capital controls, and hence led to sales of the currency, the ringgit.
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's former prime minister, viewed all these issues as grave points of principle.
They argued that the prime minister and others had prejudiced the outcome of the case by publicly commenting on the benefits for Malaysia should Mr Anwar be convicted.
But Malaysia cut off gasoline exports ahead of the bilateral meeting between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and U.S. President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Summit in Washington early in the week of April 11.
"I think the decision was made before the prime minister left, " says Zakaria Ahmad, dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at the National University of Malaysia.
Keen to keep Malaysia competitive, the prime minister has recently declared war on costs and set a target of zero inflation, though the current 3.5% rate is already the envy of other countries.
" That was in 2003, when he decided to return home and reacquaint himself with Malaysia, which was in the last months of the 22-year rule of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and "to get a better understanding of my identity.
On November 29th, the coalition led by Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's prime minister, was returned to power with a majority barely dented by the turbulence of the past two years (see article).
Prime Minister Najib Razak has tried to frame this shift in conceptual terms, establishing a Global Movement of Moderates and signaling Malaysia's clear intention to pursue peaceful coexistence and conflict resolution as bedrock policies.
In 1966, a treaty to end three years of hostilities between Malaysia and Indonesia was signed in Jakarta by the Indonesian foreign minister and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak.
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