Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
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Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail MP, MLA, D.P.P.N. |
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| Leader of the Opposition of Malaysia | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2015 |
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| Monarch |
Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Constituency | Permatang Pauh |
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In office 9 March 2008 – 28 August 2008 |
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| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Preceded by | Lim Kit Siang |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Constituency | Permatang Pauh |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Permatang Pauh |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Majority | 8,841 (2015) |
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In office 29 November 1999 – 28 August 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Majority | 9,077 (1999) 590 (2004) 13,388 (2008) 8,841 (2015) |
| Member of the Selangor State Assembly for Kajang |
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Assumed office 7 April 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Chin Cheh (PKR—PR) |
| Majority | 5,379 (2014) |
| President of the People's Justice Party | |
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Assumed office 4 April 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| General Chief of the People's Pact | |
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In office 1 April 2008 – 28 August 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Personal details | |
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Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail 3 December 1952 Crown Colony of Singapore |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | PKR |
| Other political affiliations |
Pakatan Harapan |
| Spouse(s) | Anwar Ibrahim |
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Nurul Izzah Anwar Nurul Nuha Anwar Mohd Ehsan Anwar Nurul Ilham Anwar Nurul Iman Anwar Nurul Hana Anwar |
| Parents | Wan Ismail Wan Mahmood Mariah Khamis |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Occupation | Politician Surgeon |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail (born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician. She is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Dewan Rakyat after elected as the Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh from 2015. She is also the president of People's Justice Party (Parti KeADILan Rakyat) and elected Selangor state legislative assembly member for Kajang.
She was previously also elected as the Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh from 1999 to 2008 and was the Leader of Opposition in Dewan Rakyat from March 2008 until 31 July 2008, before she vacated both the positions to expedite her husband Anwar Ibrahim's return to political office.
Born in 1952 in Singapore, Wan Azizah received her early education in St. Nicholas Convent School, Alor Setar. She continued her education at Tunku Kurshiah College in Seremban before she went on to study medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland where she was awarded a gold medal in obstetrics and gynaecology and she later graduated as a qualified ophthalmologist.
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