Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail DPPN MP
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Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Preceded by	Muhaini Zainal Abidin
12th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office 21 May 2018 ? 24 February 2020
Monarch	Muhammad V Abdullah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Succeeded by	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Constituency	Pandan
1st President of the People's Justice Party
In office 4 April 1999 ? 17 November 2018
Monarch	Muhammad V Abdullah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Chandra Muzaffar (1999?2001) Syed Husin Ali (2003?2010) Mohamed Azmin Ali (2010?2018)
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Anwar Ibrahim
Constituency	Permatang Pauh
11th and 13th Leader of the Opposition
In office 18 May 2015 ? 10 May 2018
Monarch	Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Preceded by	Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
Succeeded by	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO?BN)
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
Monarch	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 Pandan
In office 9 May 2018 ? 10 October 2022
Preceded by	Rafizi Ramli (PKR)
Succeeded by	Rafizi Ramli (PKR)
Majority	52,543 (61.26%)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Permatang Pauh
In office 7 May 2015 ? 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
Succeeded by	Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR?PH)
In office 29 November 1999 ? 31 July 2008
Preceded by	Anwar Ibrahim (UMNO?BN)
Succeeded by	Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Kajang
In office 7 April 2014 ? 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Lee Chin Cheh (PKR)
Succeeded by	Hee Loy Sian (PKR?PH)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bandar Tun Razak
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Kamaruddin Jaafar (BERSATU-PN)
Majority	9,817 ( 2022 )
Personal details
Born	Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail ( 1952-12-03 ) 3 December 1952 (age 71) 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(s)	Anwar Ibrahim ( m.   1980 )
Children	Nurul Izzah Nurul Nuha Nurul Hana Nurul Iman Nurul Ilham Ehsan
Alma mater	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dato' Seri Dr Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail ( Jawi : ??? ????? ??? ??? ???????; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician . She is the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development since 12 May 2018, during the Mahathir Mohamad cabinet. ^[1]

She is the Member of Parliament for Pandan . She is the first woman to hold the position in Malaysia.

Currently, she is the President of the Pakatan Harapan coalition ^[2] and was President of the People's Justice Party (Malay: Parti Keadilan Rakyat ) from 1999 until 2018 and was elected Selangor State Legislative Assembly member for Kajang until May 2018.

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