Azizan Abdul Razak

Azizan Abdul Razak
عزيزان عبدالرزاق
10th Menteri Besar of Kedah
In office
9 March 2008 – 6 May 2013
MonarchAbdul Halim
Preceded byMahdzir Khalid
Succeeded byMukhriz Mahathir
ConstituencySungai Limau
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
for Sungai Limau
In office
21 March 2004 – 26 September 2013
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byMohd Azam Abd Samat
(PRPAS)
Majority1,080 (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 byAhmad Awang
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byconstituency renamed to Sungai Limau
Majority? (1995)
2,621 (1999)
Personal details
Born(1944-10-25)25 October 1944
Alor Setar, Syburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand (now Malaysia)
Died26 September 2013(2013-09-26) (aged 68)
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Political partyPan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Pakatan Rakyat
SpouseFaikah Syeikh Hamzah
Alma materUniversity of Kent
Al-Azhar University
OccupationState 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]

  1. ^ Portal Kerajaan Negeri Kedah Archived 5 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "PAS & calon wanita /susunan Ustaz Haji Azizan Abdul Razak. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 28 November 2022.