Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Women and Family Development

Name: Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail

Age: 66 years old

Title: The first female Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is also the Minister of Women and Family Development. She is also the Member of Parliament for Pandan. Currently, she is also the President of the Pakatan Harapan coalition as well as the President of the People's Justice Party (Malay:Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

Personal Details: Wife of Datuk Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim and the mother of six children Nurul Izzah, Nurul Nuha, Mohamed Ehsan, Nurul Iman, Nurul Ilham and Nurul Hana. She is also a grandmother to nine grandchildren.

Result for GE14: Parliament for Pandan - Datuk Seri Dr Azizah (64,733) won with 52,543 majority against MCA’s Leong Kok Wee (12,190), PAS’ Syukri Omar (8,335), PRM’s Jenice Lee Ying Ha (442) and Independent Wan Muhd Azri Wan Deris (73).

1st term MP for Pandan (2018). MP for Permatang Pauh from 1999 to 2017. State Assmblywoman for Kajang (2014-2017).

Fun Facts #1:

Dr Wan Azizah was born in December 3, 1952 in Singapore but grew up in Kedah. She went on to pursue her tertiary education at Tunku Kurshiah College in Seremban before furthering her studies in medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Before graduating as a qualified ophthalmologist from Dublin’s Royal College of Surgeons, she was the recipient of the MacNaughton Jones gold medal in 1977.

Fun Facts #2:

Dr Wan Azizah served as a government doctor for 14 years before deciding to focus on volunteering work, when her husband, atuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1993. As part of her voluntary pursuits, she became a patron of MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional or National Cancer Council) in that period.

Fun Facts #3:

She has a good sense of humour

Dr Wan Azizah has captured the heart of Malaysian with her sense of humour in social media such as in Instagram and Twitter. Most of her postings in Instagram are both inspiring and amusing as she managed to take a candid picture despite being busy with political issue. Daughter Nurul Izzah once mentioned to The Sun that, "She has a great sense of humour and she always makes us laugh. She could have her own stand-up comedy show." She is an active user of Twitter and Instagram. She engages with the rakyat via Twitter, answering questions and giving statements. Not just that, she also has an Instagram account and use it to update her followers about current issues.

Fun Facts #4:

She believes in the power of women.

Even after her husband, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sent to jail, she never once gave up on proving the innocence of her husband. She also continued to be the president of Parti Keadilan even when her ambition was never to become a politician, let alone Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister. However, when Anwar was sentenced to jail in 1998 and again in 2015, she stepped up to aid her husband. Dr Azizah has proven that women are capable to do many awesome things. We just have to stay strong and have faith.

Fun Facts #5:

Second Malaysian Woman to Lead A Political Party.

She is the second woman to lead a political party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) in Malaysia's history (Ganga Nayar founded and became the first president of the Malaysian Workers' Party in 1978).

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