Azalina Othman Said

Azalina Othman Said
أزلينا عثمان سعيد
Azalina Othman Said in 2023
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Assumed office
3 December 2022
(Law and Institutional Reforms)
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyRamkarpal Singh
(2022–2023)
M. Kulasegaran
(since 2023)
Preceded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law))
ConstituencyPengerang
In office
29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018
(Parliamentary Affairs: 29 July 2015–9 May 2018)
(Legal Affairs: 27 June 2016–9 May 2018)
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyRazali Ibrahim
Preceded byNancy Shukri
Succeeded byLiew Vui Keong
ConstituencyPengerang
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Law and Human Rights
In office
30 September 2021 – 30 August 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyPengerang
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat II
In office
13 July 2020 – 23 August 2021
Serving with Mohd Rashid Hasnon
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021)
SpeakerAzhar Azizan Harun
Preceded byNga Kor Ming
Succeeded byAlice Lau Kiong Yieng
ConstituencyPengerang
Minister of Tourism
In office
18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputySulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib
Preceded byTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Succeeded byNg Yen Yen
ConstituencyPengerang
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
(2004–2006)
Mizan Zainal Abidin
(2006–2008)
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyOng Tee Keat
(2004–2006)
Liow Tiong Lai
(2006–2008)
Preceded byHishammuddin Hussein
Succeeded byIsmail Sabri Yaakob
ConstituencyPengerang
Information Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
Assumed office
22 March 2023
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded byIsham Jalil
1st Women Youth Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
In office
9 April 2001 – 25 September 2004
PresidentMahathir Mohamad
DeputyNoraini Ahmad
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNoraini Ahmad
Chairperson of the
National Film Development Corporation
In office
1 June 2015 – 29 July 2015
MinisterAhmad Shabery Cheek
Preceded byMd Afendi Hamdan
Succeeded byMohd Khusairi Abdul Talib
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pengerang
Assumed office
21 March 2004
Preceded byPosition established
MajorityWalkover (2004)
Walkover (2008)
22,508 (2013)
11,417 (2018)
5,010 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2004–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Azalina binti Othman Said

(1963-12-31) 31 December 1963 (age 60)
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
London School of Economics and Political Science
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Azalina binti Othman Said (Jawi: ازلينا بنت عثمان سعيد; born 31 December 1963) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from July 2015 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 and in the Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet since December 2022 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pengerang since March 2004. She served as the Special Advisor to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Law and Human Rights from September 2021 to her resignation in August 2022, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat II from July 2020 to her resignation in August 2021, Minister of Tourism from March 2008 to April 2009 and the Minister of Youth and Sports from March 2004 to March 2008 in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and Chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation from June 2015 to her ministerial appointment in July 2015. She created history by being the first female deputy speaker. She is a Member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Pengerang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. She also served as the Information Chief of UMNO since March 2023 and as the 1st Women Youth Chief of UMNO from April 2001 to September 2004.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Asyraf Wajdi is new Umno sec-gen, Azalina appointed info chief". The Star. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ Bernama (1 September 2022). "Azalina resigns as PM's special adviser". Malaysiakini.