Najib Razak
Najib Razak
Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razakis the sixth and current Prime Minister of Malaysia. He was sworn in to the position on 3 April 2009 to succeed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He is the President of the United Malays National Organisation, the leading party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition...
NationalityMalaysian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 July 1953
CountryMalaysia
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.
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Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.
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My heart reaches out to those whose loved ones were lost on MH17.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
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In the space of one lifetime, the Internet has opened up opportunities that were previously inconceivable.
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It so happens, in Malaysia, the people who are in a way not doing as well constitute the majority of the people - the Bumiputeras.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.
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You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.
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In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
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I think the rise of China is inevitable, because China has moved from a low-cost producer, at low levels of technology, to higher levels of technology, and because it's very competitive, even in some high-tech products they offer at very competitive rates - much lower than their competitors.