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Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has received more than 1,035,234 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is the 13,050th most popular politician (up from 14,466th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Singapore (up from 15th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Singaporean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ranks 13,050 out of 19,576. Before her are Amr ibn al-Layth, Sergius Paulus, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Luis Ángel González Macchi, Akmal Ikramov, and Guaimar IV of Salerno. After her are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Ceolwulf of Wessex, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, and Rudolf Walden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ranks 285. Before her are Sandra Kalniete, Kurban Berdyev, Daniel Balavoine, Dumitru Prunariu, Miyuki Nakajima, and Cristóbal López Romero. After her are Wolfgang Rihm, Morgan Tsvangirai, Abel Braga, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Gregory David Roberts, and Erick Avari.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ranks 12 out of 42. Before her are Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), and Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957). After her are Ho Ching (1953), Julia Nickson (1958), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Leslie Charteris (1907), and Terry Butcher (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ranks 10. Before her are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), and Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957). After her are Ho Ching (1953), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), and David Marshall (1908).

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