Siti Zaharah Sulaiman | |
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| سيتي زهرة سليمان | |
| Minister of National Unity and Community Development | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy | Tiki Lafe |
| Preceded by | Zaleha Ismail |
| Succeeded by | Maximus Ongkili as Minister of Prime Minister's Department (National Unity and Integration) Shahrizat Abdul Jalil as Minister of Woman, Family and Community Development |
| Constituency | Paya Besar |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
| In office 12 November 1996 – 14 December 1999 | |
| Monarchs | Ja'afar Salahuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Fauzi Abdul Rahman |
| Preceded by | Chong Kah Kiat |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Giluk Dompok |
| Constituency | Paya Besar |
| Deputy Minister of Health | |
| In office 8 May 1995 – 12 November 1996 | |
| Monarch | Ja'afar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Chua Jui Meng |
| Preceded by | Mohd Farid Ariffin |
| Succeeded by | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Constituency | Paya Besar |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Paya Besar | |
| In office 25 April 1995 – 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Manan Ismail (UMNO–BN) |
| Majority | 16,759 (1995) 3,563 (1999) 12,518 (2004) |
| Women Chief of United Malays National Organisation | |
| In office 9 October 1996 – 16 January 2000 | |
| President | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Rafidah Aziz |
| Succeeded by | Rafidah Aziz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Siti Zaharah binti Sulaiman 24 April 1949 Lanchang, Temerloh, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Died | 26 July 2024 (aged 75) Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Section 21 Muslim Cemetery, Shah Alam, Selangor |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
| Spouse | Samarudin Md Rejab |
| Alma mater | University at Albany, SUNY University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Cornell University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Siti Zaharah binti Sulaiman (Jawi: سيتي زهرة سليمان; 24 April 1949 – 26 July 2024) was a Malaysian politician. She also was the Minister of National Unity and Community Development, Malaysia. She was Chief of the Women's wing of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from 1996 to 1999. Siti Zaharah also was a member of the parliamentary constituency of Paya Besar, in Pahang for four terms from 1995 to 2008.