Marina Mahathir

Datin Paduka Marina binti Tun Dr. Mahathir (born 11 May 1957)[1] (Jawi: مرينة بنت محاضر) is a Malaysian socio-political activist and writer.

Marina is a dynamic leader in many non-governmental organizations such as the Malaysian AIDS Foundation and is an active socio-political blogger.

It includes a foreword by Dr Farish A. Noor, a local political scientist and historian.

[citation needed] Marina has called for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientations in 1998 and 1999.

In 2016, Marina was conferred the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government for “her voice and charisma to many causes”, citing her work with the Malaysian AIDS Council and with migrants as examples.

The photo taken one month after Marina was born in June 1957
On 28 August 2012, Marina (Left), Hisham Hussein, Chairman of PT Foundation (Middle) and Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia H.E. Shigeru Nakamura (Right)