Rohani Abdul Karim

Rohani Abdul Karim
روحاني بنت عبدالكريم
Rohani in 2022
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
In office
16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2013–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyAzizah Mohd Dun
Chew Mei Fun
(2014–2018)
Preceded byNajib Razak (Acting)
Succeeded byWan Azizah Wan Ismail
ConstituencyBatang Lupar
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism
In office
4 June 2010 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Tan Lian Hoe
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
(2010–2011)
Abdul Halim
(2011–2013)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAhmad Bashah Md Hanipah
ConstituencyBatang Lupar
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries
In office
19 March 2008 – 4 June 2010
Serving with Mohd Johari Baharum
(2009–2010)
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterMustapa Mohamed
(2008–2009)
Noh Omar
(2009–2010)
Preceded byShariff Omar
Mah Siew Keong
Succeeded byChua Tee Yong
ConstituencyBatang Lupar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batang Lupar
In office
21 March 2004 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(BNPBB)
Succeeded byMohamad Shafizan Kepli
(GPS–PBB)
MajorityWalkover (2004)
8,092 (2008)
10,964 (2013)
10,277 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Santubong
In office
21 October 1990 – 21 March 2004
Preceded bySulaiman Daud
(BN–PBB)
Succeeded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(BN–PBB)
Majority7,368 (1990)
9,911 (1995)
1,895 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1990–2018Barisan Nasional
2018Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
2018–2022Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born
Rohani binti Abdul Karim

(1955-01-03) 3 January 1955 (age 69)
Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2018)
Children3
Alma materUniversiti Pertanian Malaysia
Ohio University
OccupationPolitician
Websitedatukrohanikarim.blogspot.com

Dato’ Sri Hajah Rohani binti Abdul Karim (Jawi: روحاني بنت عبدالكريم; born 3 January 1955) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Mustapa Mohamed and Noh Omar from March 2008 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batang Lupar from March 2004 to November 2022 and for Santubong from October 1990 to March 2004. She is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Najib Announces List of Members of His Transformation Cabinet". Bernama. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Rohani binti Haji Abd. Karim, Y.B. Datuk Hajah" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.