DATUK SERI DR WAN AZIZAH WAN ISMAIL
Date of Birth: December 3, 1952
Place of Birth: Singapore
Primary School: St. Nicholas Convent School, Alor Setar, Kedah.
Secondary School: Tunku Kurshiah Colllege, Seremban, Negri Sembilan
University: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. Awarded gold medal in obstetrics and gynaecology. Graduated as a qualified ophthalmologist.
Occupation: Ophthalmologist for 14 yeears (Serving with the government)
POLITICAL CAREER
> Led Social Justice Movement (ADIL) in 1998 > Established Parti Keadilan Rakyat on AprilA 4,
1999
> PKR under her leadership won five parliamentary seats in 1999 general elections
> Elected as Permatang Pauh MP after
1999 general elections
> Re-elected as Permatang Pauh MP in
2004 and 2008 elections.
> Vacated Permatang Pauh seat in July
31, 2008 to make way for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
> Return to politics after re-elected as
Kajang assemblyman in 2014
> Re-elected as Permatang Pauh MP
in 2015 by-elections
> Announced as Pakatan Harapan
president on July 14, 2017
> Won Pandan parliamentary seat in GEE14 > Sworn in as Malaysia’s first female
Deputy Prime Minister on May 21, 2018