Rafizi Ramli

Rafizi Ramli
رافضي رملي
Rafizi in 2023
Minister of Economy
Assumed office
3 December 2022
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyHanifah Hajar Taib
Preceded byMustapa Mohamed
(Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy))
ConstituencyPandan
5th Deputy President of the People's Justice Party
Assumed office
17 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byAzmin Ali
Vice President of the People's Justice Party
In office
20 August 2014 – 17 July 2022
Serving with
Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin (2014–2018)
Nurul Izzah Anwar (2014–2018)
Chua Tian Chang (2014–2022)
Zuraida Kamaruddin (2018–2020)
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (2018–2021)
Chang Lih Kang (2018–2022)
Michael Teo Yu Keng (2020–2022)
PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(2014–2018)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2018–2022)
Secretary-General of the People's Justice Party
In office
13 October 2014 – 25 November 2016
PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail
Preceded bySaifuddin Nasution Ismail
Succeeded bySaifuddin Nasution Ismail
Strategic Director of the People's Justice Party
In office
18 December 2010 – 13 October 2014
PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail
Preceded byChua Tian Chang
Succeeded bySim Tze Tzin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pandan
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(PHPKR)
Majority48,296 (2022)
In office
5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byOng Tee Keat
(BNMCA)
Succeeded byWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(PH–PKR)
Majority26,729 (2013)
Personal details
Born
Mohd Rafizi bin Ramli

(1977-09-14) 14 September 1977 (age 47)
Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 1998)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Children2
EducationMalay College Kuala Kangsar
Alma materUniversity of Leeds (BEng)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionChartered accountant
WebsiteOfficial website
Rafizi Ramli on Facebook

Mohd Rafizi bin Ramli (Jawi: محمد رافضي بن رملي; born 14 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Economy in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pandan from May 2013 to May 2018 and again since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of presently the PH and formerly the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the 5th Deputy President of PKR since July 2022. He served as Vice-President of PKR from August 2014 to July 2022,[1] Secretary-General of PKR from October 2014 to November 2016 and Strategic Director of PKR from December 2010 to October 2014.[2] He is the founder of both the whistleblower organisation, National Oversight and Whistleblowers Centre (NOW)[3] and the election volunteerism organisation, Invoke Malaysia (INVOKE).[4]

  1. ^ Rahimy Rahim (28 December 2018). "Rafizi Ramli, Chang Lih Kang and Ali Biju appointed as PKR VPs (Updated)". The Star Online. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ "PKR names 3 new vice-presidents".
  3. ^ "NOW Malaysia - National Oversight & Whistleblowers". nowmalaysia.org.
  4. ^ "INVOKE Malaysia : Objective". invokemalaysia.org.