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Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail DPPN MP | |
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| وان عزيزة وان إسماعيل | |
 Wan Azizah in 2019 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed role 24 November 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Muhaini Zainal Abidin |
| 12th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
| In office 21 May 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Succeeded by | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| 1st President of the Pakatan Harapan | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 14 July 2017 | |
| Deputy | Lim Guan Eng (2017–2022) Anthony Loke Siew Fook (since 2022) Mohamad Sabu Wilfred Madius Tangau (2021–2023) Ewon Benedick (since 2023) |
| Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| 1st President of the People's Justice Party | |
| In office 4 April 1999 – 17 November 2018 | |
| Deputy | Chandra Muzaffar (1999–2001) Syed Husin Ali (2003–2010) Azmin Ali (2010–2018) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| 11th and 13th Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 18 May 2015 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Constituency | Permatang Pauh |
| In office 9 March 2008 – 28 August 2008 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Preceded by | Lim Kit Siang (DAP) |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim (PKR) |
| Constituency | Permatang Pauh |
| Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
| In role 1 December 1993 – 2 September 1998 | |
| Monarchs | Azlan Shah Ja’afar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim |
| Succeeded by | Endon Mahmood |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bandar Tun Razak | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Kamaruddin Jaafar (PH–BERSATU) |
| Majority | 9,817 (2022) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pandan | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rafizi Ramli (PR–PKR) |
| Succeeded by | Rafizi Ramli (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 52,543 (2018) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Permatang Pauh | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim (PR–PKR) |
| Succeeded by | Nurul Izzah Anwar (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 8,841 (2015) |
| In office 29 November 1999 – 31 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim (PR–PKR) |
| Majority | 9,077 (1999) 590 (2004) 13,388 (2008) |
| Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Kajang | |
| In office 7 April 2014 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Chin Cheh (PR–PKR) |
| Succeeded by | Hee Loy Sian (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 5,379 (2014) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail 3 December 1952 KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Colony of Singapore (now Singapore) |
| Political party | People's Justice Party (Malaysia) (PKR) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Barisan Alternatif (BA) |
| Spouse |
Anwar Ibrahim (m. 1980) |
| Children | 6, including Nurul Izzah |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| This article is part of a series on the |
| Politics of Malaysia |
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Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail (Jawi: وان عزيزة بنت وان إسماعيل; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia as the wife of Anwar Ibrahim, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bandar Tun Razak since November 2022 and 1st President of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition since July 2017. She served as the 12th Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, 1st President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) from April 1999 to November 2018, the 11th and 13th Leader of the Opposition from March 2008 to August 2008 and again from May 2015 to May 2018, MP for Pandan from May 2018 to November 2022, for Permatang Pauh from November 1999 to March 2008 and again from May 2015 to May 2018 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kajang from April 2014 to May 2018.[1][2] She was the first female Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition as well as the highest ever female political officeholder in the history of Malaysia. She joined politics and held a number of political offices on behalf of her husband Anwar to retain his political influence during his absence from politics due to a series of his sodomy trials and prison sentences that had prevented him from holding the offices. She most notably served as the 1st President of PKR from the party formation to officially handing over the party leadership to Anwar after his release from prison while Anwar served as the "de facto" leader during the period.
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- ^ "Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad appointed education minister in new cabinet". Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.