Rafidah Aziz

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Early career

Rafidah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1966 and a master's degree in Economics in 1970 from the University of Malaya. She then began her career as a tutor and lecturer in the Faculty of Economics, University of Malaya from 1966 to 1976.[2]

Political career

Rafidah was an active member in the Malaysian political scene, having previously been appointed as a Member of the Malaysian Parliament. She was appointed as Senator in 1974 and resigned to contest in the General Elections in 1978. She served as Member of Parliament in the Selayang Constituency (from 1978 to 1982) and Kuala Kangsar Constituency (from 1982 to 2013). She served in the UMNO Supreme Council for 38 years since winning a seat in the council in 1975. She is Malaysia's longest-serving Trade Minister, having served in that capacity from 1987 to 2008. Previously, she also hold the portfolio of Minister of Public Enterprises from 1980 to 1987 and Deputy Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1980. In 1976, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Public Enterprises.

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Rafidah with Mahathir Mohamad and Vladimir Putin in 2002

Rafidah was the head of United Malays National Organisation's Woman Wing (Wanita UMNO in Malay) from 1999 to 2009, before losing out in the 2009 UMNO General Assembly election to Shahrizat Abdul Jalil after seeking re-election for another term. She is holding the title of the longest serving woman MP in Malaysia from 1978 to 2013 for 35 years.

In 2006, Rafidah was accused of corruption related to the issuance of Approved Permits (AP) for importing foreign vehicles by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in his series of criticisms against the Government of Malaysia. Mahathir had also criticised then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's handling of the Approved Permits (AP) issue, expressing his surprise that Rafidah was still retained as a Cabinet member although two people on the list of persons issued with highest number of APs were linked to her.[3]

In March 2008, following the general election held in that month, Rafidah was dropped from cabinet, despite winning her parliamentary seat when other ministers had lost theirs. After thirty-two years in government service, and twenty years as a minister, she described herself as being "blessed and content."[4] When asked if she was saddened, she said that she wished Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had told her earlier on not to contest the election.[5]

In 2018, she was fired from UMNO ahead of the 2018 general election which saw the failure of the party and BN to maintain the power as a ruling government for the first time in history.[1]

Post political career

Rafidah currently serves as the Non-Executive Independent Chairman and Director of AirAsia X since March 3, 2011.[6] She was also the Chairman of Supermax Corporation Berhad from June 16, 2015 until her resignation on April 16, 2018.[7]

On 5 May 2018, UMNO had announced it had fired three party veterans including Rafidah with Daim Zainuddin and Rais Yatim for supporting the opposition, Pakatan Harapan then.[1][8] However she claimed she had ceased being a member of UMNO since almost a decade ago.[9]

Rafidah was appointed one of the members Economic Action Council (EAC) by the new PH government on 11 February 2019.[10][11]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[12]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1978 P077 Selayang rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 38,627 66.65% Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Zainal Rampak (DAP) 17,357 29.95% 21,270
Template:Party shading/PEKEMAS | Zainuddin Karim (PEKEMAS) 1,973 3.40%
1982 P052 Kuala Kangsar rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 12,159 65.27% Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Harikrishnan Vallappan (DAP) 3,603 19.34% 19,156 8,556 72.19%
Template:Party shading/PAS | Muhammad Harun (PAS) 2,867 15.39%
1986 P061 Kuala Kangsar Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 16,196 71.05% Template:Party shading/PAS | Ab Aziz Ishak (PAS) 6,598 28.95% 23,452 9,598 63.94%
1990 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 16,548 65.92% Template:Party shading/S46 | Jamaluddin Mohd Din (S46) 8,554 34.08% 25,926 7,994 68.84%
1995 P064 Kuala Kangsar Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 15,393 76.44% Template:Party shading/S46 | Abdul Kahlid Mohd Nasir (S46) 4,744 23.56% 20,989 10,649 65.56%
1999 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 12,074 56.49% Template:Party shading/PAS | Asmuni Awi (PAS) 9,300 43.51% 21,886 2,774 64.69%
2004 P067 Kuala Kangsar Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 12,938 65.73% Template:Party shading/PAS | Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (PAS) 6,747 34.27% 20,184 6,191 71.09%
2008 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rafidah Aziz (UMNO) 10,735 53.64% Template:Party shading/PAS | Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS) 9,277 46.36% 20,773 1,458 73.34%

Awards and recognitions

Rafidah was the main recipient of the Nona Superwoman Award in 2018.[13]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign honours

References

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