Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

Dato' Seri Dr **Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail** (Jawi: وان عزيزه بنت وان اسماعيل; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician. She is the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development since 12 May 2018, during the Mahathir Mohamad cabinet.

She is the Member of Parliament for Pandan. She is the first woman to hold the position in Malaysia.

Currently, she is the President of the Pakatan Harapan coalition and was President of the People's Justice Party (Malay: Parti Keadilan Rakyat) from 1999 until 2018 and was elected Selangor State Legislative Assembly member for Kajang until May 2018.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles, Yang Berhormat Malay styles and titles#Dato' Seri, Dato' Seri Datin Seri Physician, Dr.
- **name**: Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
- **image**: Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 2019.jpg
- **office**: Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **monarch**: Abdullah of Pahang, Abdullah
- **prime minister**: Anwar Ibrahim
- **term start**: 24 November 2022
- **predecessor**: Muhaini Zainal Abidin
- **office1**: 12th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **monarch1**: Muhammad V of Kelantan, Muhammad V
Abdullah of Pahang, Abdullah
- **primeminister1**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **term start1**: 21 May 2018
- **term end1**: 24 February 2020
- **predecessor1**: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
- **successor1**: Ismail Sabri Yaakob
- **constituency1**: Pandan (federal constituency), Pandan
- **office2**: 1st President of the
 People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice Party
- **monarch2**: Muhammad V of Kelantan, Muhammad V
Abdullah of Pahang, Abdullah
- **primeminister2**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **deputy2**: Chandra Muzaffar
(1999–2001)
 Syed Husin Ali (2003–2010)
 Mohamed Azmin Ali (2010–2018)
- **term start2**: 4 April 1999
- **term end2**: 17 November 2018
- **predecessor2**: _Position established_
- **successor2**: Anwar Ibrahim
- **constituency2**: Permatang Pauh (federal constituency), Permatang Pauh
- **office3**: 11th and 13th Leader of the Opposition (Malaysia), Leader of the Opposition
- **monarch3**: Abdul Halim of Kedah, Abdul Halim
Muhammad V of Kelantan, Muhammad V
- **term start3**: 18 May 2015
- **term end3**: 10 May 2018
- **predecessor3**: Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
- **successor3**: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO–BN)
- **constituency3**: Permatang Pauh (federal constituency), Permatang Pauh
- **monarch4**: Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Mizan Zainal Abidin
- **term start4**: 9 March 2008
- **term end4**: 28 August 2008
- **predecessor4**: Lim Kit Siang (DAP)
- **successor4**: Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
- **constituency4**: Permatang Pauh (federal constituency), Permatang Pauh
- **constituency mp6**: Pandan (federal constituency), Pandan
- **parliament6**: Malaysian
- **term start6**: 9 May 2018
- **term end6**: 10 October 2022
- **predecessor6**: Rafizi Ramli (PKR)
- **successor6**: Rafizi Ramli (PKR)
- **majority6**: 52,543 (61.26%)
- **constituency mp7**: Permatang Pauh (federal constituency), Permatang Pauh
- **parliament7**: Malaysian
- **term start7**: 7 May 2015
- **term end7**: 9 May 2018
- **predecessor7**: Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
- **successor7**: Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR–PH)
- **term start8**: 29 November 1999
- **term end8**: 31 July 2008
- **predecessor8**: Anwar Ibrahim (UMNO–BN)
- **successor8**: Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)
- **constituency am9**: Kajang (state constituency), Kajang
- **assembly9**: Selangor State Legislative
- **term start9**: 7 April 2014
- **term end9**: 9 May 2018
- **predecessor9**: Lee Chin Cheh (PKR)
- **successor9**: Hee Loy Sian (PKR–PH)
- **office5**: Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **monarch5**: Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja’afar
- **term label5**: In role
- **term start5**: 1 December 1993
- **term end5**: 2 September 1998
- **primeminister5**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **deputy5**: Anwar Ibrahim
- **predecessor5**: Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim
- **successor5**: Endon Mahmood
- **constituency mp10**: Bandar Tun Razak (federal constituency), Bandar Tun Razak
- **parliament10**: Malaysian
- **term start10**: 19 November 2022
- **majority10**: 9,817 (2022 Malaysian general election, 2022)
- **predecessor10**: Kamaruddin Jaafar (BERSATU-PN)
- **birth name**: Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail
- **birth place**: KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Colony of Singapore (now Singapore)
- **party**: People's Justice Party (Malaysia) (PKR)
- **otherparty**: Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
- **children**: Nurul Izzah Anwar, Nurul Izzah
Nurul Nuha
Nurul Hana
Nurul Iman
Nurul Ilham
Ehsan
- **alma mater**: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland