{"id":10539,"date":"2019-07-06T07:33:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T05:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10539"},"modified":"2025-03-11T05:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T04:21:08","slug":"malaysia-92-year-old-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/07\/malaysia-92-year-old-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia’s 92-year-old Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahathir Mohamad, 92, is Malaysia’s next prime minister and the world’s oldest elected leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is known as one of Malaysia’s strongmen. He has ended 60 years of rule of the Barisan Nasional (BN) party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about the oldest leader from the link below and be ready to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/1805\/180512-oldest-leader-4.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Do you agree or disagree that there should be an age at which all leaders must start with\/retire from their political careers? Explain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What are the most important things for a leader to have (e.g. experience, charisma, qualifications, youth, etc.)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What is your opinion about having a 90-plus-year-old leader in your country?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. How are younger\/older leaders better leaders?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Would you be a good leader? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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