Siti Zaharah Sulaiman

Tan Sri **Siti Zaharah binti Sulaiman** (24 April 1949 – 26 July 2024) was a Malaysian politician. She was the Minister of National Unity and Community Development, and the leader of the women’s wing of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from 1996 to 1999. She was also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paya Besar in Pahang for four terms, from 1995 to 2008.

Siti Zaharah died on 26 July 2024 at 11:23 pm. She was 75 years old.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles, Yang Berbahagia Malay styles and titles#Tan Sri, Tan Sri Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Sri
- **name**: Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
- **birth name**: Siti Zaharah binti Sulaiman
- **birth place**: Lanchang, Temerloh District, Temerloh, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
- **death place**: Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
- **resting place**: Section 21 Muslim Cemetery, Shah Alam, Selangor
- **office**: Minister of Women, Family and Community Development (Malaysia), Minister of National Unity and Community Development
- **term start**: 15 December 1999
- **term end**: 26 March 2004
- **predecessor**: Zaleha Ismail
- **successor**: Maximus Ongkili
 Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
- **constituency**: Paya Besar (federal constituency), Paya Besar
- **deputy**: Tiki Lafe
- **primeminister**: Mahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **monarch**: Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
Sirajuddin of Perlis, Sirajuddin
- **office1**: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
- **term start1**: 12 November 1996
- **term end1**: 14 December 1999
- **monarch1**: Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja'afar
Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
- **primeminister1**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **deputy1**: Fauzi Abdul Rahman
- **predecessor1**: Chong Kah Kiat
- **successor1**: Bernard Giluk Dompok
- **constituency1**: Paya Besar (federal constituency), Paya Besar
- **office2**: Deputy Minister of Health (Malaysia), Deputy Minister of Health
- **term start2**: 8 May 1995
- **term end2**: 12 November 1996
- **predecessor2**: Mohd Farid Ariffin
- **successor2**: Mohd Ali Rustam
- **constituency2**: Paya Besar (federal constituency), Paya Besar
- **minister2**: Chua Jui Meng
- **primeminister2**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **monarch2**: Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja'afar
- **constituency mp3**: Paya Besar (federal constituency), Paya Besar
- **parliament3**: Malaysian
- **term start3**: 25 April 1995
- **term end3**: 8 March 2008
- **majority3**: 16,759 (1995)
3,563 (1999)
12,518 (2004)
- **successor3**: Abdul Manan Ismail (United Malays National Organisation, UMNO–Barisan Nasional, BN)
- **predecessor3**: _Constituency created_
- **office4**: Women Chief of United Malays National Organisation
- **term start4**: 9 October 1996
- **term end4**: 16 January 2000
- **predecessor4**: Rafidah Aziz
- **successor4**: Rafidah Aziz
- **1blankname4**: President
- **1namedata4**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **party**: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
- **otherparty**: Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
- **occupation**: Politician
- **spouse**: Samarudin Md Rejab
- **alma mater**: University at Albany, SUNY
 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
 Cornell University