Wikipedia readers turned to Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali at 494x the usual rate

What this article is

Hasmah binti Mohamad Ali, better known as Siti Hasmah, was a Malaysian physician and civil servant who served as the spouse of the prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020, as the wife of Mahathir Mohamad, the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia. She was the spouse of the deputy prime minister from 1976 to 1981 when her husband was the deputy prime minister.

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• Mahathir Mohamad Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)

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