Noraini Ahmad | |
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نورعيني أحمد | |
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister | Nancy Shukri |
Preceded by | Aiman Athirah Sabu |
Constituency | Parit Sulong |
Chairperson of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority | |
In office 26 March 2023 – 31 January 2024 | |
Minister | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Director General | Abdullah Zainal |
Preceded by | Salim Shariff |
Succeeded by | Manndzri Nasib |
Minister of Higher Education | |
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Deputy | Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad |
Preceded by | Herself |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Khaled Nordin |
Constituency | Parit Sulong |
In office 10 March 2020 – 6 August 2021 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Deputy | Mansor Othman |
Preceded by | Mahathir Mohamad (Acting Minister of Education) |
Succeeded by | Herself |
Constituency | Parit Sulong |
Deputy Minister of Human Resources | |
In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) Najib Razak (2009) |
Minister | Subramaniam Sathasivam |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Bakar |
Succeeded by | Maznah Mazlan |
Constituency | Parit Sulong |
Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee | |
In office 11 April 2019 – 10 March 2020 | |
Nominated by | Mahathir Mohamad |
Appointed by | Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof |
Deputy | Wong Kah Woh |
Preceded by | Ronald Kiandee |
Succeeded by | Wong Kah Woh |
Constituency | Parit Sulong |
Second Deputy President and the 10th Women Chief of the United Malays National Organisation | |
Assumed office 24 June 2018 | |
President | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Deputy | Norliza Abdul Rahim |
Preceded by | Shahrizat Abdul Jalil |
2nd Women Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
President | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Rosnah Shirlin |
Preceded by | Azalina Othman Said |
Succeeded by | Rosnah Shirlin |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Parit Sulong | |
Assumed office 8 March 2008 | |
Preceded by | Syed Hood Syed Edros (BN–UMNO) |
Majority | 13,599 (2008) 11,753 (2013) 6,341 (2018) 2,021 (2022) |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2008– | Barisan Nasional |
Other roles | |
2013–2018 | Chairperson of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation |
2017–2019 | Chairperson of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian (CWP) |
2017–2019 | Member of the Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association |
2018– | Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association of Malaysia |
Personal details | |
Born | Noraini binti Ahmad 7 November 1967 Kampung Bintang, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (since 1985) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (since 1985) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan (BComm) Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (MBA) Universiti Utara Malaysia (PhD) Asia e University (DBA) |
Occupation | Politician |
Noraini Ahmad on Facebook Noraini Ahmad on Parliament of Malaysia | |
Noraini binti Ahmad (Jawi: نورعيني بنت أحمد; born 7 November 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Nancy Shukri since December 2023, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Parit Sulong since March 2008. She served as the Minister of Higher Education for the second term under the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of BN administration in November 2022, the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to her resignation in August 2021. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. She has also served as the 10th Women Chief of UMNO since June 2018 and 2nd Women Youth Chief of UMNO from 2004 to 2009 and 1st Deputy Women Youth Chief from 2001 to her promotion to women youth chief in 2004. She is formerly a Chairperson of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) from March 2023[1] to January 2024. She is also the first female PAC chairperson in Malaysian history. Her appointment as a deputy minister in December 2023 is a rare occurrence in Malaysian politics since she was a former federal minister in the Muhyiddin cabinet and Ismail Sabri cabinet. She is one of the three deputy ministers who were previously a federal minister alongside Shamsul Anuar Nasarah and M. Kulasegaran.