Azalina Othman Said | |
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أزلينا عثمان سعيد | |
![]() Azalina Othman Said in 2023 | |
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
Assumed office 3 December 2022 (Law and Institutional Reforms) | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Deputy | Ramkarpal Singh (2022–2023) M. Kulasegaran (since 2023) |
Preceded by | Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law)) |
Constituency | Pengerang |
In office 29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018 (Parliamentary Affairs: 29 July 2015–9 May 2018) (Legal Affairs: 27 June 2016–9 May 2018) | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2015–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Deputy | Razali Ibrahim |
Preceded by | Nancy Shukri |
Succeeded by | Liew Vui Keong |
Constituency | Pengerang |
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Law and Human Rights | |
In office 30 September 2021 – 30 August 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Constituency | Pengerang |
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat II | |
In office 13 July 2020 – 23 August 2021 Serving with Mohd Rashid Hasnon | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021) |
Speaker | Azhar Azizan Harun |
Preceded by | Nga Kor Ming |
Succeeded by | Alice Lau Kiong Yieng |
Constituency | Pengerang |
Minister of Tourism | |
In office 18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib |
Preceded by | Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor |
Succeeded by | Ng Yen Yen |
Constituency | Pengerang |
Minister of Youth and Sports | |
In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 | |
Monarchs | Sirajuddin (2004–2006) Mizan Zainal Abidin (2006–2008) |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Ong Tee Keat (2004–2006) Liow Tiong Lai (2006–2008) |
Preceded by | Hishammuddin Hussein |
Succeeded by | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Constituency | Pengerang |
Information Chief of the United Malays National Organisation | |
Assumed office 22 March 2023 | |
President | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Preceded by | Isham Jalil |
1st Women Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation | |
In office 9 April 2001 – 25 September 2004 | |
President | Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy | Noraini Ahmad |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Noraini Ahmad |
Chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation | |
In office 1 June 2015 – 29 July 2015 | |
Minister | Ahmad Shabery Cheek |
Preceded by | Md Afendi Hamdan |
Succeeded by | Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pengerang | |
Assumed office 21 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Majority | Walkover (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 31 December 1963 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Alma mater | University of Malaya London School of Economics and Political Science |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Dato' Sri 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 has also served as the Information Chief of UMNO since March 2023 and also served as the 1st Women Youth Chief of UMNO from April 2001 to September 2004.[1][2]