Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri

| name = Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DPPN|MP}}

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|وان عزيزة وان إسماعيل}}}}

| image = Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 2019.jpg

| office = Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia

| term_label = Assumed role

| primeminister = Anwar Ibrahim

| term_start = 24 November 2022

| predecessor = Muhaini Zainal Abidin

| office1 = 12th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

| monarch1 = Muhammad V
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2020)}}

| primeminister1 = Mahathir Mohamad

| term_start1 = 21 May 2018

| term_end1 = 24 February 2020

| predecessor1 = Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

| successor1 = Ismail Sabri Yaakob

| office2 = 1st President of the Pakatan Harapan

| deputy2 = Lim Guan Eng
{{small|(2017–2022)}}
Anthony Loke Siew Fook
{{small|(since 2022)}}
Mohamad Sabu
Wilfred Madius Tangau
{{small|(2021–2023)}}
Ewon Benedick
{{small|(since 2023)}}

| 1blankname2 = Chairman

| 1namedata2 = Mahathir Mohamad
{{small|(2017–2020)}}
Anwar Ibrahim
{{small|(since 2020)}}

| term_start2 = 14 July 2017

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 =

| office3 = 1st President of the People's Justice Party

| deputy3 = Chandra Muzaffar
{{small|(1999–2001)}}
Syed Husin Ali
{{small|(2003–2010)}}
Azmin Ali
{{small|(2010–2018)}}

| term_start3 = 4 April 1999

| term_end3 = 17 November 2018

| predecessor3 = Position established

| successor3 = Anwar Ibrahim

| office4 = 11th and 13th Leader of the Opposition

| monarch4 = Abdul Halim
{{small|(2015–2016)}}
Muhammad V
{{small|(2016–2019)}}

| primeminister4 = Najib Razak

| term_start4 = 18 May 2015

| term_end4 = 10 May 2018

| predecessor4 = Anwar Ibrahim

| successor4 = Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

| constituency4 = Permatang Pauh

| monarch5 = Mizan Zainal Abidin

| primeminister5 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

| term_start5 = 9 March 2008

| term_end5 = 28 August 2008

| predecessor5 = Lim Kit Siang (DAP)

| successor5 = Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)

| constituency5 = Permatang Pauh

| office6 = Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

| monarch6 =

| term_label6 = In role

| term_start6 = 1 December 1993

| term_end6 = 2 September 1998

| primeminister6 = Mahathir Mohamad

| 1blankname6 = Deputy

| 1namedata6 = Anwar Ibrahim

| predecessor6 = Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim

| successor6 = Endon Mahmood

| constituency_MP7 = Bandar Tun Razak

| parliament7 = Malaysian

| term_start7 = 19 November 2022

| term_end7 =

| majority7 = 9,817 (2022)

| predecessor7 = Kamaruddin Jaafar
(PN–BERSATU)

| constituency_MP8 = Pandan

| parliament8 = Malaysian

| term_start8 = 9 May 2018

| term_end8 = 19 November 2022

| predecessor8 = Rafizi Ramli
(PR–PKR)

| successor8 = Rafizi Ramli
(PH–PKR)

| majority8 = 52,543 (2018)

| constituency_MP9 = Permatang Pauh

| parliament9 = Malaysian

| term_start9 = 7 May 2015

| term_end9 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor9 = Anwar Ibrahim
(PR–PKR)

| successor9 = Nurul Izzah Anwar
(PH–PKR)

| majority9 = 8,841 (2015)

| term_start10 = 29 November 1999

| term_end10 = 31 July 2008

| predecessor10 = Anwar Ibrahim
(BN–UMNO)

| successor10 = Anwar Ibrahim
(PR–PKR)

| majority10 = 9,077 (1999)
590 (2004)
13,388 (2008)

| constituency_AM11 = Kajang

| assembly11 = Selangor State Legislative

| term_start11 = 7 April 2014

| term_end11 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor11 = Lee Chin Cheh
(PR–PKR)

| successor11 = Hee Loy Sian
(PH–PKR)

| majority11 = 5,379 (2014)

| birth_name = Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Colony of Singapore (now Singapore)

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = {{flagicon image|Parti Keadilan Rakyat logo.svg}} People's Justice Party (PKR) {{small|(1999–present)}}

| otherparty = Barisan Alternatif (BA)
{{small|(1999–2004)}}
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
{{flagicon image|Pakatan-harapan-logo.svg}} Pakatan Harapan (PH) {{small|(2015–present)}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Anwar Ibrahim|1980-02-26}}

| children = 6, including Nurul Izzah

| alma_mater = Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

| signature =

| caption = Wan Azizah in 2019

| constituency1 = Pandan

| profession = Ophthalmologist {{small|(retired)}}

| occupation = Politician

| relations = Ibrahim Abdul Rahman
{{small|(Father-in-law)}}

| residence = Seri Perdana, {{Flag|Putrajaya}} {{small|(official)}}
SL3, Bandar Sungai Long, {{Flag|Selangor}} {{small|(private)}}

| citizenship = {{MAS}}

}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mahathir-named-chairman-anwar-named-de-facto-leader-of-pakatan-rakyat|title=Mahathir named chairman, Anwar named de facto leader of Pakatan Harapan|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515185345/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mahathir-named-chairman-anwar-named-de-facto-leader-of-pakatan-rakyat|archive-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-pm-mahathir-mohamad-appointed-education-minister-in-new-10242684|title=Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad appointed education minister in new cabinet|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517123158/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-pm-mahathir-mohamad-appointed-education-minister-in-new-10242684|archive-date=17 May 2018|url-status=live}} 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.

Early life

Wan Azizah was born in 1952 at KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore.{{cite news|last1=Habibu|first1=Sira|last2=Rahim|first2=Rahimy|date=3 September 2014|title=Party lists PKR president and deputy for Selangor MB post|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/03/PAS-to-submit-two-names-Party-lists-PKR-president-and-deputy-for-Selangor-MB-post/|newspaper=The Star|location=Petaling Jaya, Malaysia|access-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905153956/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/03/PAS-to-submit-two-names-Party-lists-PKR-president-and-deputy-for-Selangor-MB-post/|archive-date=5 September 2014|url-status=live}} She has a Peranakan grandfather and was raised Malay Muslim.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/99/0604/nat2.html|title=Readying for Elections?|last=Healy|first=Tim|author2=Oorjitham, Santha|date=30 November 2000|work=Asiaweek|access-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531235614/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/99/0604/nat2.html|archive-date=31 May 2018|url-status=dead}}

She received her early education in St. Nicholas Convent School, Alor Setar and continued her education at Tunku Kurshiah College{{cite news|author=P Ramakrishnan|url=http://aliran.com/archives/ms990508.html|title=In Desperate Straits|website=Aliran.com|date=8 May 1999|access-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113054515/http://aliran.com/archives/ms990508.html|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live}} in Seremban. 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{{cite news|author=Bissme S.|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/05/15/wan-azizah-%E2%80%93-pillar-strength|title=Wan Azizah – a pillar of strength|work=The Sun Daily|date=14 May 2017|access-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510013813/http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/05/15/wan-azizah-%E2%80%93-pillar-strength|archive-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live}} and she later graduated as a qualified Ophthalmologist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nona.my/doktor-mata-fasih-bahasa-inggeris-hantar-anak-anak-ke-sekolah-kebangsaan-kesederhanaan-ds-dr-wan-azizah-cukup-menawan/ |title=Doktor Mata Fasih Bahasa Inggeris & Hantar Anak-Anak Ke Sekolah Kebangsaan, Kesederhanaan DS Dr Wan Azizah Cukup Menawan!|date=16 July 2021|author=Norazalina|website=Nona|language=ms|access-date=20 July 2021}}

Wan Azizah served as a government doctor for 14 years before deciding to focus on volunteering work, when her husband, 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.Parti Keadilan Rakyat: [http://en.keadilanrakyat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30 Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226050403/http://en.keadilanrakyat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30 |date=26 February 2007 }}Asiaweek : [http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/1231/year.azizah.html A Woman of Grace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115010845/http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/1231/year.azizah.html |date=15 January 2005 }}

Political career

=Party founder=

Following the dismissal and arrest of her husband on 20 September 1998, Wan Azizah became the leader of the fledgling Reformasi movement. She first led the Social Justice Movement (ADIL), a civil rights NGO, before helping to establish the Parti Keadilan Nasional on 4 April 1999. The establishment of the party saw Wan Azizah elected as the first party president, a position she was re-elected to in 2001.Parti Keadilan Rakyat: [http://en.keadilanrakyat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32 Background & History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224155614/http://en.keadilanrakyat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32 |date=24 February 2007 }} The position made her the second woman to lead a political party in Malaysia's history; after Ganga Nayar as the founder and first president of the Malaysian Worker's Party in 1978.Bernama Library & Infolink Service: [http://blisdemo.bernama.com/makearticle.phtml?SN=0e273ec6447607fbf8650ea2f365c258&s=11&p=708&SN=0e273ec6447607fbf8650ea2f365c258 Ganga Nayar Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519022544/http://blisdemo.bernama.com/makearticle.phtml?SN=0e273ec6447607fbf8650ea2f365c258&s=11&p=708&SN=0e273ec6447607fbf8650ea2f365c258 |date=19 May 2007 }}

On 3 August 2003, Wan Azizah brought the party into a merger with the older Malaysian People's Party (or Parti Rakyat Malaysia) which saw the establishment of the People's Justice Party and was elected as the president of the newly merged party.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

=Member of Parliament=

In the first election competed by the party in 1999, Wan Azizah led the party to win five seats in the Parliament and was herself elected as the Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh; the seat formerly held by Anwar Ibrahim; with a majority of 9,077 votes. She successfully retained the seat in the 2004 elections, after five recounts, with a reduced majority.Malaysian General Election 2004 : [http://mypolitician.com.my/index2004.php?page=map/pulaupinang#P44b Results for Permatang Pauh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421024804/http://mypolitician.com.my/index2004.php?page=map%2Fpulaupinang#P44b |date=21 April 2009 }}

As a political party leader and also a parliamentary representative, Wan Azizah has spoken at UN-sponsored programs, and the local and international media. She is also the Vice-Chair of the Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus for Democracy in Myanmar and a member of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aseanmp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=27 |title=ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus |access-date=2 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004214917/http://www.aseanmp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=27 |archive-date=4 October 2007 |url-status=live }}

=March 2008 general election=

Wan Azizah won her parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh in the 12th Malaysian general election with a majority of 13,388.Malaysian General Election 2008 : [http://mypolitician.com.my/indexpru.php?page=map2/pulaupinang#P44b Results for Permatang Pauh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919113759/http://mypolitician.com.my/indexpru.php?page=map2%2Fpulaupinang |date=19 September 2009 }} She was supported by all the component parties of Pakatan Rakyat to lead the opposition in the lower house of parliament, House of Representatives.

With the public announcement by Anwar Ibrahim regarding his intention to return to active politics despite being legally barred from doing so,Radio Australia: [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/programs/s1869902.htm MALAYSIA: Anwar Ibrahim to make political comeback] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920035702/http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/programs/s1869902.htm |date=20 September 2007 }} Wan Azizah indicated her readiness to vacate the position of party president if he was elected.Daily Express: [http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=47936 Wan Azizah agrees to make way for Anwar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234807/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=47936 |date=26 September 2007 }} Nonetheless, she has also indicated that she intends to defend her parliamentary seat for Permatang Pauh.Malaysiakini : [http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/64598 She's ready to make way for hubby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319201740/http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/64598 |date=19 March 2007 }} She resigned her parliamentary seat for Permatang Pauh on 31 July 2008, to make way for her husband, who won the subsequent by-election on 26 August 2008 with a large majority.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

=2014 Kajang by-election=

On 9 March 2014, PKR announced Wan Azizah as its new candidate for the Kajang by-election.{{Cite web |url=http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/256501 |title=Wan Azizah to replace Anwar in Kajang |date=9 March 2014 |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310131057/http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/256501 |archive-date=10 March 2014 |url-status=live }} This was following Anwar Ibrahim's sentencing to five years in prison after Malaysia's court of appeal overturned his sodomy acquittal, causing Anwar to be unable to run in the by-election.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-07/an-malaysian-court-overturns-anwar27s-sodomy-acquittal/5307456 |title=Anwar Ibrahim sentenced to five years' prison after Malaysia's court of appeal overturns sodomy acquittal |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=8 March 2014 |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309031343/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-07/an-malaysian-court-overturns-anwar27s-sodomy-acquittal/5307456 |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=live}}

On 23 March 2014, Wan Azizah was elected as the Selangor state legislative assembly member for Kajang.{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/barisan-claims-to-regain-chinese-support-despite-losing-kajang-by-election|author=Eileen Ng|title=Barisan claims to regain Chinese support despite losing Kajang by-election|website=The Malaysian Insider|date=23 March 2014|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005133915/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/barisan-claims-to-regain-chinese-support-despite-losing-kajang-by-election|archive-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead}}

=2015 Permatang Pauh by-election=

A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Permatang Pauh on 7 May 2015,{{cite news|newspaper=The Star|title=Four cornered fight in Permatang Pauh by-election|date=25 April 2015|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/04/25/Permatang-Pauh-by-election-candidates/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217145548/https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/04/25/Permatang-Pauh-by-election-candidates/|archive-date=17 February 2020|url-status=live}} after Wan Azizah's husband Anwar Ibrahim was disqualified from holding the seat after being found guilty of sodomy in a controversial trial.{{cite news|website=The Malaysian Insider|title=Anwar no longer Permatang Pauh MP|date=1 April 2015|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/anwar-has-lost-his-eligibility-as-mp-says-speaker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082900/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/anwar-has-lost-his-eligibility-as-mp-says-speaker|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}[http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/bm/news.php?id=349697 Wan Azizah Kosongkan Kerusi Permatang Pauh Untuk Beri Laluan Kepada Anwar], Bernama Wan Azizah contested the seat against three other candidates,{{Cite news |title=Election Commission expects Permatang Pauh by-election results by 9pm polling day |date=25 April 2015 |work=The Malaysian Insider |url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/election-commission-expects-permatang-pauh-by-election-results-by-9pm-polli |access-date=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082855/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/election-commission-expects-permatang-pauh-by-election-results-by-9pm-polli |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }} retaining it for PKR with a majority of 8,841 votes.{{cite news|publisher=Malaysiakini|title=Official: PKR retains Pmtg Pauh, smaller majority|date=7 May 2015|url=http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/297557|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112214742/https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/297557|archive-date=12 January 2018|url-status=live}}

=2018 general election=

On 7 January 2018, the opposition alliance Pakatan Harapan announced Mahathir Mohamad as their candidate for Prime Minister in the 2018 election, with Wan Azizah as Deputy.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42603220|title=Mahathir Mohamad: Ex-Malaysia PM, 92, to run for office|date=8 January 2018 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=11 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111033621/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42603220|archive-date=11 January 2018|url-status=live}} It was announced as part of a deal for Mahathir to serve as interim if elected, seeking a pardon for Anwar and making way for him to take over.{{cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/commentary-mahathir-opposition-shot-at-topping-barisan-nasional-9841224|title=Commentary: Why the opposition has a shot at toppling the Barisan Nasional with Mahathir at the helm|first=Ooi|last=Kee Beng|work=Channel News Asia|date=8 January 2018|access-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035447/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/commentary-mahathir-opposition-shot-at-topping-barisan-nasional-9841224|archive-date=13 January 2018|url-status=live}} Others have speculated, however, that it would be Wan Azizah who would make way for her husband.{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2018/01/323295/rpk-asks-dr-mahathir-interim-pm-or-wan-azizah-interim-dpm|title=RPK asks: Is Dr Mahathir the interim PM or is Wan Azizah the interim DPM?|first=Raja Petra|last=Kamarudin|date=9 January 2018 |work=New Straits Times |access-date=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160226/https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2018/01/323295/rpk-asks-dr-mahathir-interim-pm-or-wan-azizah-interim-dpm|archive-date=12 January 2018|url-status=live}}

Election results

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms |access-date=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{Cite web

| title = Malaysia General Election

| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data

| publisher = Malaysiakini

| url = http://undi.info/

| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the 2004 election.

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

1999

| rowspan="4"|P044 Permatang Pauh

| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| {{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (keADILan)

| style="text-align:right" | 23,820

| 61.77%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Ibrahim Saad (UMNO)

| style="text-align:right" | 14,743

| 38.23%

| 39,210

| 9,077

| 78.94%

2004

| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| {{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (PKR)

| style="text-align:right" |21,737

| 50.69%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Pirdaus Ismail (UMNO)

| style="text-align:right" | 21,147

| 49.31%

| 43,734

| 590

| 80.93%

2008

| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| {{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (PKR)

| style="text-align:right" |30,338

| 64.16%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Pirdaus Ismail (UMNO)

| style="text-align:right" | 16,950

| 35.84%

| 47,442

| 13,388

| 81.17%

2015

| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| {{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (PKR)

| style="text-align:right" |30,316

| 57.09%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Suhaimi Sabudin (UMNO)

| style="text-align:right" |21,475

| 40.44%

| 53,102

| 8,841

| 74.53%

rowspan=4|2018

| rowspan=4|P100 Pandan

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| rowspan=4| {{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (PKR)

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:right"|64,733

| rowspan=4|75.47%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Leong Kok Wee (MCA)

|style="text-align:right" |12,190

|14.21%

| rowspan=4|85,774

| rowspan=4|52,543

| rowspan=4|84.66%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Mohamed Sukri Omar (PAS)

|style="text-align:right" |8,335

|style="text-align:right" |9.72%

bgcolor={{party color|Parti Rakyat Malaysia}} |

| Jenice Lee Ying Ha (PRM)

| style="text-align:right" |442

| style="text-align:right" |0.52%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|{{nowrap| Wan Muhd Azri Wan Deris}} (IND)

|style="text-align:right" |73

|style="text-align:right" |0.09%

rowspan=2|2022

|rowspan=2|P124 Bandar Tun Razak

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PH}} |

|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (PKR)

|rowspan=2 align="right" |43,476

|rowspan=2|46.74%

|bgcolor={{Party color|Perikatan Nasional }} |

|Kamarudin Jaffar (BERSATU)

|align="right" |33,659

|36.18%

|rowspan=2|93,021

|rowspan=2|9,817

|rowspan=2|78.74%

{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Chew Yin Keen (MCA)

|align="right" |15,886

|17.08%

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|+ Selangor State Legislative Assembly

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2014

| N25 Kajang

| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| {{nowrap|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}} (PKR)

| style="text-align:right" | 16,741

| 59.57%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Chew Mei Fun (MCA)

| style="text-align:right" | 11,362

| 40.43%

| 28,314

| 5,379

| 72.09%

Honours

=Honours of Malaysia=

Wan Azizah was honoured on the occasion of the official birthday of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri (State Governor) of Penang on 12 July 2008 when she was awarded the Darjah Panglima Pangkuan Negeri (Order of the Defender of the State), a chivalric order of the second rank in the state which carries the title Dato' Seri.

{{flag|Malaysia}} :
50px Recipient of the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (1994)
50px Recipient of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2019)
50px Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
{{flag|Kedah}} :
50px Recipient of the Sultan Sallehuddin Installation Medal (2018)
{{Flag|Penang}} :
50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DPPN) – Dato' Seri (2008){{cite news |title=CJ and Dr Wan Azizah top Penang awards list |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/10/nation/20080710170019&sec=nation |work=The Star |date=10 July 2008 |access-date=12 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713112536/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F7%2F10%2Fnation%2F20080710170019&sec=nation |archive-date=13 July 2008 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.penang.gov.my/index.php?ch=21&pg=13&ac=105&lang=eng |title=Darjah Panglima Pangkuan Negeri |work=Penang State Government Portal |publisher=Government of the State of Penang, Malaysia |access-date=12 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610074900/http://www.penang.gov.my/index.php?ch=21&pg=13&ac=105&lang=eng |archive-date=10 June 2011 |url-status=live }}

References

External links

[http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/1231/year.azizah.html Asia Week: A Woman of Grace]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090919113759/http://mypolitician.com.my/indexpru.php?page=map2%2Fpulaupinang#P44b Result of Malaysian General Election 2008 for Permatang Pauh]

{{s-ttl|title=President of the People's Justice Party|years=1999–2018}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Dewan Rakyat
for Permatang Pauh|years=1999–2008}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Dewan Rakyat
for Permatang Pauh|years=2015–2018}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Dewan Rakyat
for Pandan|years=2018–present}}

{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=Leader of the Opposition|years=2008, 2015–2018}}

{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia|years=2018–2020}}