Azizan Abdul Razak | |
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عزيزان عبدالرزاق | |
10th Menteri Besar of Kedah | |
In office 9 March 2008 – 6 May 2013 | |
Monarch | Abdul Halim |
Preceded by | Mahdzir Khalid |
Succeeded by | Mukhriz Mahathir |
Constituency | Sungai Limau |
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Limau | |
In office 21 March 2004 – 26 September 2013 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | Mohd Azam Abd Samat (PR–PAS) |
Majority | 1,080 (2004) 3,212 (2008) 2,774 (2013) |
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Sala | |
In office 25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Awang (BN–UMNO) |
Succeeded by | constituency renamed to Sungai Limau |
Majority | ? (1995) 2,621 (1999) |
Personal details | |
Born | Alor Setar, Syburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand (now Malaysia) | 25 October 1944
Died | 26 September 2013 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | (aged 68)
Political party | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) Pakatan Rakyat |
Spouse | Faikah Syeikh Hamzah |
Alma mater | University of Kent Al-Azhar University |
Occupation | State assemblyman |
Azizan bin Abdul Razak[1] (25 October 1944 – 26 September 2013) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 10th Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the state of Kedah from 2008 to 2013. A member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), he was the first Chief Minister of Kedah from a party other than the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He held the seat of Sungai Limau in the Kedah state assembly from 2004 until his death in 2013. He was also the state commissioner for PAS in Kedah and a member of the central committee of the national party.[2]