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Yang Berhormat Puan
Fadhlina Sidek
MP
فَضْلِنَا صِدِّيق‎
Minister of Education
Assumed office
3 December 2022
Monarchs Abdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy Lim Hui Ying
(2022–2023)
Wong Kah Woh
(since 2023)
Preceded by Radzi Jidin
Constituency Nibong Tebal
Women Chief of the People's Justice Party
Assumed office
17 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Deputy Juwairiya Zulkifli
Preceded by Fuziah Salleh
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Nibong Tebal
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded by Mansor Othman
( PH– BERSATU)
Majority16,293 ( 2022)
Senator
Elected by the
Penang State Legislative Assembly
In office
1 September 2021 – 5 November 2022
Serving with Lim Hui Ying
MonarchAbdullah
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded by Yusmadi Yusoff
Succeeded byAmir Md Ghazali &
Lingeshwaran R. Arunasalam
Personal details
Born
Fadhlina binti Siddiq

(1977-10-16) 16 October 1977 (age 46)
Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Political party People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		 Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Relations Siddiq Fadzil (father)
Alma mater International Islamic University Malaysia

National University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Fadhlina binti Sidek ( Jawi: فَضْلِنَا صِدِّيق‎; born 16 October 1977) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal since November 2022. She served as a Senator from September 2021 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She has also served as the Women Chief of PKR since July 2022. She is also the first female Minister of Education in the Malaysian history.

Prior to her career in politics, Fadhlina was an activist and lawyer who specialized in Islamic family law and child welfare. She also had her own Sharia law firm, Tetuan Fadhlina Siddiq & Associates. [1]

Early life and education

Fadhlina is the daughter of the late Siddiq Fadzil, former President of the Islamic Youth Association of Malaysia (ABIM). She received her early education at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Semenyih before completing her secondary education at Sekolah Agama Menengah Hulu Langat, Kajang, Selangor in 1994. She went on to study at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), where she received her LLB and LLB (Sharia) degrees in 2002, and her LLM from the National University of Malaysia in 2008. [1]

Career

Fadhlina began her political career in 2020 when she joined the PKR party and was appointed as the Chairman of the Women's Bureau of Law and Community Development. She was also elected as the party's Women's Chief in July of the same year. In September 2021, she was appointed to the Senate to represent the state of Pulau Pinang. [1]

In the 2022 general election, she was the PKR candidate for the Nibong Tebal parliamentary seat and was successful in defeating the incumbent, Mansor Othman of the PN, by a margin of 16,293 votes. [1]

Personal life

Fadhlina is married to Mohd Fadzli Arsad and they have six children. [1]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P047 Nibong Tebal Fadhlina Sidek ( PKR) 42,188 53.20% Mansor Othman ( BERSATU) 25,895 32.65% 79,308 16,293 79.26%
Thanenthiran Ramankutty ( MMSP) 10,660 13.44%
Goh Kheng Huat ( Independent) 565 0.71%

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bernama (3 December 2022). "Fadhlina Sidek: Dari aktivis kepada menteri pendidikan". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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