Yang Berhormat Datuk Hajjah Norah Abdul Rahman MP |
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Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tanjong Manis, Sarawak |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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Preceded by | Constituency established |
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Born |
Crown Colony of Sarawak |
4 October 1959
Political party | PBB—Barisan Nasional |
Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Hajjah Norah Abdul Rahman (born 4 October 1959) is a Malaysian politician. She is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tanjong Manis constituency in Sarawak, representing the United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB) in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Norah is the daughter of former Sarawak Chief Minister and Governor Abdul Rahman Ya'kub. Before entering politics, she was a businesswoman. She was elected to Parliament unopposed in the 2008 election, replacing Wahab Dolah as the PBB's nominee for the Tanjong Manis seat. She was re-elected in 2013, winning almost 90% of votes cast to defeat a Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate.