Nurul Izzah Anwar
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Yang Berhormat Puan Nurul Izzah Anwar MP |
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Lembah Pantai |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Shahrizat Abdul Jalil |
| Majority | 2,895 (2008) 1,847 (2013) |
| Vice-President of People's Justice Party | |
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Assumed office 28 November 2010 |
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19 November 1980 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Political party | PKR – Pakatan Rakyat |
| Spouse(s) | Raja Ahmad Shahrir (m. May 2003 - d. January 2015) |
| Children | Raja Nur Safiyah Raja Harith |
| Parents |
Anwar Ibrahim Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| Alma mater |
University Tenaga Nasional Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www |
Nurul Izzah Anwar (born 19 November 1980) is a Malaysian politician from a leading political family. Nurul Izzah is the current, second-term Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai. Prior to being an MP, Nurul Izzah was and still is a strong proponent of human and civil rights with a special interest in prisoners of conscience, pursuing a holistic reform agenda to expand democracy in Malaysia.
She is the daughter of Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and the current de facto opposition leader and leader of the PKR. Her mother, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, is the President of PKR.
Prior to entering politics, she earned her master's degree from the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University studying International Relations specializing in Southeast Asia Studies. Her bachelor's degree was in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University Tenaga Nasional where she graduated from in 2004, two days after her father, Anwar Ibrahim, was released from six years imprisonment.
Nurul Izzah"s political career began with the creation of the People's Justice Party (KEADILAN) in 1999 where she played a vital role in its establishment and is currently on her second term as highest ranking Vice President Elect, as well as the party's Election Director – a post she holds jointly with Dato Saifuddin Nasution (former Party Secretary-General).
She 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 draconian 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.
She 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.
She has worked with a number of agencies and institutes on advocacy work, among them are the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (ABIM), Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Women Leaders International Forum (WLIF) and Friedrich-Ebert Stifung (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.
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