Noraini Ahmad

Noraini Ahmad
نورعيني أحمد
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterNancy Shukri
Preceded byAiman Athirah Sabu
ConstituencyParit Sulong
Chairperson of the
Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority
In office
26 March 2023 – 31 January 2024
MinisterAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Director GeneralAbdullah Zainal
Preceded bySalim Shariff
Succeeded byManndzri Nasib
Minister of Higher Education
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyAhmad Masrizal Muhammad
Preceded byHerself
Succeeded byMohamed Khaled Nordin
ConstituencyParit Sulong
In office
10 March 2020 – 6 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyMansor Othman
Preceded byMahathir Mohamad
(Acting Minister of Education)
Succeeded byHerself
ConstituencyParit Sulong
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
(2008–2009)
Najib Razak
(2009)
MinisterSubramaniam Sathasivam
Preceded byAbdul Rahman Bakar
Succeeded byMaznah Mazlan
ConstituencyParit Sulong
Chairperson of the
Public Accounts Committee
In office
11 April 2019 – 10 March 2020
Nominated byMahathir Mohamad
Appointed byMohamad Ariff Md Yusof
DeputyWong Kah Woh
Preceded byRonald Kiandee
Succeeded byWong Kah Woh
ConstituencyParit Sulong
Second Deputy President and
the 10th Women Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
Assumed office
24 June 2018
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
DeputyNorliza Abdul Rahim
Preceded byShahrizat Abdul Jalil
2nd Women Youth Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
In office
2004–2009
PresidentAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyRosnah Shirlin
Preceded byAzalina Othman Said
Succeeded byRosnah Shirlin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Parit Sulong
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded bySyed Hood Syed Edros
(BNUMNO)
Majority13,599 (2008)
11,753 (2013)
6,341 (2018)
2,021 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2013–2018Chairperson of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
2017–2019Chairperson of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian (CWP)
2017–2019Member of the Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association
2018–Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association of Malaysia
Personal details
Born
Noraini binti Ahmad

(1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 57)
Kampung Bintang, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(since 1985)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(since 1985)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan (BComm)
Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (MBA)
Universiti Utara Malaysia (PhD)
Asia e University (DBA)
OccupationPolitician
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.

  1. ^ "Zahid sah Noraini dilantik Pengerusi Risda, pertahan pelantikan Asyraf Wajdi". Astro Awani. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.