View source for Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Malay name|Wan Azizah|Wan Ismail|note=on}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Berhormat]] [[Malay styles and titles#Dato' Seri|Dato' Seri]] [[Doctor (title)|Dr.]] [[Haji|Hajah]]
| name                = Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
| native_name         = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|وان عزيزة وان إسماعيل}}}}
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100|DPPN|MP}}
| image               = Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 2019.jpg
| office              = [[Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
| term_label          = Assumed role<!--DO NOT REMOVE, as the Spouse of the PM is a role, not a political office-->
| primeminister       = [[Anwar Ibrahim]]
| term_start          = 24 November 2022
| predecessor         = [[Muhaini Zainal Abidin]]
| office1             = 12th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
| monarch1            = [[Muhammad V of Kelantan|Muhammad V]]<br />Abdullah
| 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]] (2017–2022)<br/> [[Anthony Loke Siew Fook]] (since 2022)<br/> [[Mohamad Sabu]] <br> [[Wilfred Madius Tangau]] (2021–2023) <br> [[Ewon Benedick]] <br> (since 2023)
| 1blankname2         = Chairman
| 1namedata2          = Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) <br> Anwar Ibrahim <br> (since 2020)
| term_start2         = 14 July 2017
| term_end2           =
| predecessor2        = ''Position established''
| successor2          =
| office3             = 1st President of the [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]]
| deputy3             = [[Chandra Muzaffar]] <br> (1999–2001) <br> Syed Husin Ali <br> (2003–2010) <br> [[Azmin Ali]] <br> (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 (Malaysia)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| monarch4            = [[Abdul Halim of Kedah|Abdul Halim]] <br> Muhammad V
| primeminister4      = [[Najib Razak]]
| term_start4         = 18 May 2015
| term_end4           = 10 May 2018
| predecessor4        = Anwar Ibrahim
| successor4          = [[Ahmad Zahid Hamidi]]
| constituency4       = [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]]
| monarch5            = [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu|Mizan Zainal Abidin]]
| primeminister5      = [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
| term_start5         = 9 March 2008
| term_end5           = 28 August 2008
| predecessor5        = [[Lim Kit Siang]] ([[Democratic Action Party|DAP]])
| successor5          = Anwar Ibrahim ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|PKR]])
| constituency5       = Permatang Pauh
| office6             = [[Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
| monarch6            = [[Azlan Shah of Perak|Azlan Shah]] <br> [[Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan|Ja’afar]]
| 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 (federal constituency)|Bandar Tun Razak]]
| parliament7         = Malaysian
| term_start7         = 19 November 2022
| term_end7           =
| majority7           = 9,817 ([[2022 Malaysian general election|2022]])
| predecessor7        = [[Kamaruddin Jaafar]] <br> ([[Perikatan Nasional|PN]]–[[Malaysian United Indigenous Party|BERSATU]])
| constituency_MP8    = [[Pandan (federal constituency)|Pandan]]
| parliament8         = Malaysian
| term_start8         = 9 May 2018
| term_end8           = 19 November 2022
| predecessor8        = [[Rafizi Ramli]] <br> ([[Pakatan Rakyat|PR]]–PKR)
| successor8          = Rafizi Ramli <br> (PH–PKR)
| majority8           = 52,543 ([[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]])
| constituency_MP9    = [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]]
| parliament9         = Malaysian
| term_start9         = 7 May 2015
| term_end9           = 9 May 2018
| predecessor9        = Anwar Ibrahim <br> (PR–PKR)
| successor9          = [[Nurul Izzah Anwar]] <br> (PH–PKR)
| majority9           = 8,841 ([[2015 Permatang Pauh by-election|2015]])
| term_start10        = 29 November 1999
| term_end10          = 31 July 2008
| predecessor10       = Anwar Ibrahim <br> ([[Barisan Nasional|BN]]–[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| successor10         = Anwar Ibrahim <br> (PR–PKR)
| majority10          = 9,077 ([[1999 Malaysian general election|1999]]) <br> 590 ([[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]) <br> 13,388 ([[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]])
| constituency_AM11   = [[Kajang (state constituency)|Kajang]]
| assembly11          = Selangor State Legislative
| term_start11        = 7 April 2014
| term_end11          = 9 May 2018
| predecessor11       = [[Lee Chin Cheh]] <br> (PR–PKR)
| successor11         = [[Hee Loy Sian]] <br> (PH–PKR)
| majority11          = 5,379 ([[2014 Kajang by-election|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 (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]] (PKR) {{small|(1999–present)}}
| otherparty          = [[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA) {{small|(1999–2004)}} <br> [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) {{small|(2008–2015)}} <br> {{flagicon image|Pakatan-harapan-logo.svg}} [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) {{small|(2015–present)}}
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Anwar Ibrahim]]|1980-02-26}}
| children            = 6, including [[Nurul Izzah Anwar|Nurul Izzah]]
| alma_mater          = [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]]
| signature           =
| caption             = Wan Azizah in 2019
}}
{{Politics of Malaysia}}
[[Malay styles and titles#Other Malay titles by inheritance|Wan]] '''Azizah binti''' [[Malay styles and titles#Other Malay titles by inheritance|Wan]] '''Ismail''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: وان عزيزة بنت وان إسماعيل; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:OVERLINK]] for further guidance --> politician who has served as [[Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia]] as the wife of [[Anwar Ibrahim]], [[Dewan Rakyat|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bandar Tun Razak (federal constituency)|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 of Malaysia|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[Minister of Women, Family and Community Development (Malaysia)|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 (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]] (PKR) from April 1999 to November 2018, the 11th and 13th [[Leader of the Opposition (Malaysia)|Leader of the Opposition]] from March 2008 to August 2008 and again from May 2015 to May 2018, MP for [[Pandan (federal constituency)|Pandan]] from May 2018 to November 2022, for [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|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 (state constituency)|Kajang]] from April 2014 to May 2018.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 [[Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials|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 [[Colony of Singapore|Singapore]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> She has a [[Peranakan]] grandfather and was raised Malay Muslim.<ref>{{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=live}}</ref>
She received her early education in [[SMK Convent, Alor Setar|St. Nicholas Convent School]], [[Alor Setar]] and continued her education at [[Tunku Kurshiah College]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and she later graduated as a qualified [[ophthalmologist]].<ref>{{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 (magazine)|Nona]]|language=ms|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
Wan Azizah served as a government doctor for 14 years before deciding to focus on [[Volunteering|volunteer]]ing 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#Charity|patron]] of [[MAKNA]] (''Majlis Kanser Nasional'' or ''National Cancer Council'') in that period.<ref>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 }}</ref><ref>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 }}</ref>
==Political career==
===Party founder===
Following the dismissal and [[Anwar Ibrahim#Trial and conviction|arrest of her husband]] on 20 September 1998, Wan Azizah became the leader of the fledgling [[Reformasi (Malaysia)|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 National Justice Party leadership election|2001]].<ref>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 }}</ref> 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 Workers' Party]] in 1978.<ref>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 }}</ref>
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 (Malaysia)|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 [[1999 Malaysian general election|elections]] competed by the party in 1999, Wan Azizah led the party to win five seats in the [[Dewan Rakyat|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 Malaysian general election|2004 elections]], after five recounts, with a reduced majority.<ref>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 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
===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.<ref>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 }}</ref> She was supported by all the component parties of [[Pakatan Rakyat]] to lead the opposition in the lower house of parliament, [[Dewan Rakyat|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,<ref>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 }}</ref> Wan Azizah indicated her readiness to vacate the position of party president if he was elected.<ref>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 }}</ref> Nonetheless, she has also indicated that she intends to defend her parliamentary seat for Permatang Pauh.<ref>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 }}</ref> She resigned her parliamentary seat for Permatang Pauh on 31 July 2008, to make way for her husband, who won the subsequent [[2008 Permatang Pauh by-election|by-election]] on 26 August 2008 with a large majority.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
===2014 Kajang by-election===
{{main|Kajang Move}}
On 9 March 2014, PKR announced Wan Azizah as its new candidate for the [[2014 Kajang by-election|Kajang by-election]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> This was following Anwar Ibrahim's sentencing to five years in prison after Malaysia's court of appeal overturned his [[Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials#2008 allegation|sodomy]] acquittal, causing Anwar to be unable to run in the by-election.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
On 23 March 2014, Wan Azizah was elected as the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly|Selangor state legislative assembly]] member for [[Kajang]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===2015 Permatang Pauh by-election===
{{main|2015 Permatang Pauh by-election}}
A by-election was held for the [[Dewan Rakyat]] seat of [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]] on 7 May 2015,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|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}}</ref> after Wan Azizah's husband [[Anwar Ibrahim]] was disqualified from holding the seat after being [[Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials|found guilty of sodomy]] in a controversial trial.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/bm/news.php?id=349697 Wan Azizah Kosongkan Kerusi Permatang Pauh Untuk Beri Laluan Kepada Anwar], ''Bernama''</ref> Wan Azizah contested the seat against three other candidates,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> retaining it for PKR with a majority of 8,841 votes.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===2018 general election===
{{main|2018 Malaysian 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It was announced as part of a deal for Mahathir to serve as interim if elected, seeking a pardon for [[Anwar Ibrahim|Anwar]] and making way for him to take over.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Others have speculated, however, that it would be Wan Azizah who would make way for her husband.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]'''
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| [[1999 Malaysian general election|1999]]
| rowspan="4"|'''P044 [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]]'''
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''keADILan''']])
| style="text-align:right" | '''23,820'''
| '''61.77%'''
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| Ibrahim Saad ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| style="text-align:right" | 14,743
| 38.23%
| 39,210
| 9,077
| 78.94%
|-
| [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''PKR''']])
| style="text-align:right" |'''21,737'''
| '''50.69%'''
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| [[Pirdaus Ismail]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| style="text-align:right" | 21,147
| 49.31%
| 43,734
| 590
| 80.93%
|-
| [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''PKR''']])
| style="text-align:right" |'''30,338'''
| '''64.16%'''
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| [[Pirdaus Ismail]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| style="text-align:right" | 16,950
| 35.84%
| 47,442
| 13,388
| 81.17%
|-
| [[2015 Permatang Pauh by-election|2015]]
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''PKR''']])
| style="text-align:right" |'''30,316'''
| '''57.09%'''
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| Suhaimi Sabudin ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| style="text-align:right" |21,475
| 40.44%
| 53,102
| 8,841
| 74.53%
|-
| rowspan=4|[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
| rowspan=4|'''P100 [[Pandan (federal constituency)|Pandan]]'''
| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| rowspan=4| {{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''PKR''']])
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:right"|'''64,733'''
| rowspan=4|'''75.47%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Leong Kok Wee ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|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 ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|style="text-align:right" |8,335
|style="text-align:right" |9.72%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Parti Rakyat Malaysia}} |
| [[Lee Ying Ha|Jenice Lee Ying Ha]] ([[Parti Rakyat Malaysia|PRM]])
| style="text-align:right" |442
| style="text-align:right" |0.52%
|-
| {{Party shading/Independent}} |
|{{nowrap| Wan Muhd Azri Wan Deris}} ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|style="text-align:right" |73
|style="text-align:right" |0.09%
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2022 Malaysian general election|2022]]
|rowspan=2|'''P124 [[Bandar Tun Razak (federal constituency)|Bandar Tun Razak]]'''
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PH}} |
|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''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 ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]])
|align="right" |15,886
|17.08%
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]'''
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| [[2014 Kajang by-election|2014]]
| '''N25 [[Kajang (state constituency)|Kajang]]'''
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Wan Azizah Wan Ismail'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''PKR''']])
| style="text-align:right" | '''16,741'''
| '''59.57%'''
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| [[Chew Mei Fun]] ([[Malaysian Chinese Association|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 [[List of post-nominal letters (Penang)|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|Penang}} :
** [[File:MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Knight Commander - DPPN.svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Defender of State]] (DPPN) – '''Dato' Seri''' (2008)<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Pakatan Rakyat]]
* [[Pakatan Harapan]]
* [[Reformasi (Malaysia)]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}}
{{wikiquote|Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}}
* [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-start}}
{{s-ppo}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=Position established}}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]]|years=1999–2018}}
{{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Anwar Ibrahim]]}}
|-
{{s-ttl|title=Leader of the [[Pakatan Rakyat|People's Pact]]|years=2008}}
|-
{{s-par|my}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=Anwar Ibrahim}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Dewan Rakyat]]<br />for [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]]|years=1999–2008}}
{{s-aft|after=Anwar Ibrahim}}
|-
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Dewan Rakyat]]<br />for [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]]|years=2015–2018}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Nurul Izzah Anwar]]}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=[[Rafizi Ramli]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Dewan Rakyat]]<br />for [[Pandan (federal constituency)|Pandan]]|years=2018–present}}
{{s-inc}}
|-
{{s-off}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Lim Kit Siang]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[Leader of the Opposition (Malaysia)|Leader of the Opposition]]|years=2008, 2015–2018}}
{{s-aft|after=Anwar Ibrahim}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=Anwar Ibrahim}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Ahmad Zahid Hamidi]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Ahmad Zahid Hamidi]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia]]|years=2018–2020}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Ismail Sabri Yaakob]]}}
{{S-end}}
{{Malaysia 15th FedRep}}
{{Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia}}
{{Leaders of the Opposition (Malaysia)}}
{{Seventh Mahathir cabinet}}
{{Pakatan Harapan}}
{{Portal bar|Malaysia|Biography|Politics}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Anwar Ibrahim family]]
[[Category:People from Singapore]]
[[Category:People who lost Singaporean citizenship]]
[[Category:Singaporean emigrants to Malaysia]]
[[Category:Malaysian politicians of Malay descent]]
[[Category:Peranakan people in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Malaysian Muslims]]
[[Category:Malaysian obstetricians]]
[[Category:Malaysian gynaecologists]]
[[Category:Malaysian ophthalmologists]]
[[Category:Women ophthalmologists]]
[[Category:Malaysian civil rights activists]]
[[Category:Malaysian democracy activists]]
[[Category:Malaysian political party founders]]
[[Category:Leaders of political parties in Malaysia]]
[[Category:People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Spouses of prime ministers of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Spouses of deputy prime ministers of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Women's ministers of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Women government ministers of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition (Malaysia)]]
[[Category:Women opposition leaders]]
[[Category:Women members of the Dewan Rakyat]]
[[Category:Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Women MLAs in Selangor]]
[[Category:Women in Penang politics]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]]
[[Category:21st-century Malaysian women politicians]]
[[Category:Malaysian MPs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Malaysian MPs 2004–2008]]
[[Category:Malaysian MPs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Malaysian MPs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Malaysian MPs 2018–2022]]