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نور العزة أنور
Nurul Izzah in 2021
Co-chairperson of the Secretariat of the Special Advisory Body to the Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 February 2023 Serving with Khairil Anuar Ramli
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Chairman of the Special Advisory Body	Hassan Marican
Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Economics and Finance
In office 3 January 2023 – 12 February 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Preceded by	Position established
Vice President of the People's Justice Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 July 2022 Serving with Aminuddin Harun & Amirudin Shari & Nik Nazmi & Chang Lih Kang & Awang Husaini Sahari & Saraswathy Kandasami
President	Anwar Ibrahim
In office 28 November 2010 – 17 December 2018 Serving with Chua Tian Chang (2010–2018) & Fuziah Salleh (2010–2014) & Mansor Othman (2010–2014) & Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin (2014–2018) & Rafizi Ramli (2014–2018) & Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (2018) & Zuraida Kamaruddin (2018)
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2010–2018) Anwar Ibrahim (2018)
Chairperson of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee
In office 4 December 2018 – 18 July 2019
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ramkarpal Singh
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Permatang Pauh
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PH–PKR)
Succeeded by	Muhammad Fawwaz Mohamad Jan (PN–PAS)
Majority	15,668 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Lembah Pantai
In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Fahmi Fadzil (PH–PKR)
Majority	2,895 (2008) 1,847 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–2022	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Nurul Izzah binti Anwar (1980-11-19) 19 November 1980 (age 43) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Spouses	Raja Ahmad Shahrir Iskandar Raja Salim ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2015)​ Yin Shao Loong ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	2
Parents	Anwar Ibrahim (father) Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (mother)
Residences	Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor
Alma mater	University Tenaga Nasional (BE) Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Occupation	Politician
Nickname	Princess of Reformasi (Puteri Reformasi)

Nurul Izzah binti Anwar (Jawi: نور العزة بنت أنور; born 19 November 1980) is a Malaysian public servant with an extensive history of dedicated service as a legislator, activist, advocate and champion of social change. She also served as Co-chairperson of the Secretariat of the Special Advisory Body to the Minister of Finance (ACFIN) serving Tan Sri Hassan Marican since February 2023. She served as Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Economics and Finance briefly before Encik Nurhisham bin Hussein, former EPF Chief Economist, assumed the position in the PMO. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Permatang Pauh from May 2018 to November 2022 and for Lembah Pantai from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalitions. She has also served as the Vice President of PKR from November 2010 to her resignation in December 2018 and again since July 2022. She served on the Public Accounts Committee from 2018 to 2022 and was the KEADILAN Spokesperson for the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development. She was also an active member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia for the Reform of All Places of Detention (APPGM). She also served as Chairperson of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee from December 2018 to July 2019. In July 2021, Nurul Izzah, in a collaboration with Prof. Fatimah Kari, published a new report on Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). This study calculated the varying dimensions of poverty experienced by 332 B40 households in Permatang Pauh. This index would go beyond economic factors and consider social, political, and environmental aspects to provide a comprehensive assessment. By including dimensions like women's empowerment and environmental sustainability, the index aims to promote a well-rounded approach to rebuilding after conflict, prioritizing the well-being of all individuals, especially women. Six months later, Mustapa Mohamed, former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Economic Affairs, revealed the government’s plan to revamp the national MPI methodology in response to the study. Mustapha Mohamed officially launched the report on October 2021.

Family background

Nurul Izzah is the daughter of Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, current President of PKR and current Prime Minister of Malaysia. Her mother, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, was the outgoing President of the party and former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and also former Minister of Women, Family and Community Development.

Education

Prior to entering politics, Nurul Izzah did her bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Universiti Tenaga Nasional where she graduated from in 2003. She then furthered her studies in the U.S. and earned her master's degree from the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University studying International Relations specializing in Southeast Asia Studies.

Prior to becoming an MP, Nurul Izzah was (and still is) a strong proponent of human and civil rights with a special interest in prisoners of religious prejudice.

Political career

Vice President of the People's Justice Party (2010–2018 & 2022–present)

Nurul Izzah's political career began with the creation of the People's Justice Party (KEADILAN or PKR) in 1999 where she played a vital role in its establishment and, up until December 2018, was on her second term as highest ranking Vice President Elect, as well as the party's Election Director – a post she holds jointly with Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (former Party Secretary-General).

Resignation as Vice President of PKR and from other party positions

On 17 December 2018, Nurul Izzah announced her resignation as the party's vice president as well as chair of its Penang chapter, but retains her post as MP of Permatang Pauh.

Nurul Izzah is the founding member for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Caucus; and Women's Caucus respectively. She also holds the position of Honorary Treasurer on behalf of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Malaysia. She has also moved the Parliamentary Bill in Malaysia's Parliament to Revoke Emergency Declarations in the country, including the eventual abolishment of the Internal Security Act – all of which were adopted by the Prime Minister six months later. Granted, other laws were then re-introduced, in line with Malaysia's semi-autocratic regime.

Nurul Izzah is also a Board of Director for the Centre of Reform, Democracy and Social Initiatives and has founded Akademi Manusiawi, a training centre for future activists and politicians.

Nurul Izzah has worked with a number of agencies and institutes on advocacy work, among them are the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM), Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Women Leaders International Forum (WLIF) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). She has in the past advocated on behalf of Malaysian political prisoners and Malaysian human rights movements at the international level, most noted being an intervention in the main session at the 55th Commission on Human Rights, Geneva.

Nurul Izzah also actively contributes to the Malay publication Sinar – continuously educating the electorate with positive thoughts on reform.

She was replaced as chairperson by Bukit Gelugor MP, Ramkarpal Singh, in July 2019.

Return as Vice President of PKR

On 20 July 2022, 3 days after the PKR party elections officially ended, she returned to the PKR vice presidency after being appointed along with two new officeholders Putatan MP Awang Husaini Sahari and Saraswathy Kandasami after resigning from it nearly 4 years prior on 17 December 2018.

Election

In the 2008 general election, Nurul Izzah contested the seat of Lembah Pantai in Kuala Lumpur. There was speculation that she ran for the seat with the intention of handing it over to her father, who was disqualified from running for office until April 2008, though she quickly rejected such claims. The seat was defended by three-term incumbent Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, who was Minister for Women, Family and Community Development in the Barisan Nasional government. Initial reports suggested that Shahrizat would retain the seat, as she had been a popular minister, and in the 2004 election retained her seat with a majority of 15,288. However, on polling day, Nurul Izzah won 21,728 votes to Shahrizat's 18,833, and was elected as the new MP for Lembah Pantai. The defeat of the powerful three-term incumbent by a new face was one of the many surprises in the 2008 election, which saw significant losses of parliamentary seats by the ruling party. When her father returned to electoral politics he did so by replacing his wife and Nurul Izzah's mother, Wan Azizah, in a by-election for the Penang-based seat of Permatang Pauh.

In November 2010, Nurul Izzah was elected one of the vice-presidents of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. She was narrowly returned to Parliament in the 2013 election. The governing Barisan Nasional coalition had targeted her by fielding the incumbent Federal Territories Minister Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin as its candidate against her in a high-profile campaign.

In November 2015, Princess Jacel Kiram and Nurul Izzah posted a photo demanding Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to free opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim which was received negatively in the media, prompting Nurul Izzah to apologize.

In May 2018, Nurul Izzah contested for the parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh in Pulau Pinang and won. She as the MP for Permatang Pauh from 2018 until her defeat in 2022.

Personal life

Nurul Izzah married Raja Ahmad Shahrir on 9 May 2003, and has two children together, namely Raja Safiyah and Raja Harith. They were officially divorced by the Syariah High Court in January 2015.

She later remarried Yin Shao Loong, on 5 August 2022 and has a stepchild from Yin's previous marriage.

Election results

See also

In Spanish: Nurul Izzah Anwar para niños

• Consideration of Bills Select Committee (Malaysia)
• Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)
• Lembah Pantai (federal constituency)