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Women in the Dewan Rakyat

Women in the Dewan Rakyat

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There have been 97 women in the Dewan Rakyat since the establishment of the Parliament of Malaysia. In the 15th Malaysian Parliament, there are 28 female representatives, or 13.5% of the body.[1]

Women have had the right to both vote and sit in parliament since 1959 and all states and territories have been represented by a woman in the Dewan Rakyat.[2][3][4]

List of female members

This is a complete list of women who have served as members of the Dewan Rakyat, ordered by seniority. This list includes women who served in the past and who continue to serve in the present.[5][6]

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Proportion of women in the Dewan Rakyat

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Timeline

Rodiyah SapieeSiti Aminah AchingZaleha MustafaAiman Athirah SabuHalimah AliRodziah IsmailYoung Syefura OthmanFadhlina SidekLim Hui YingSyerleena Abdul RashidSiti Mastura MohamadMumtaz Md NawiVivian Wong Shir YeeHanifah Hajar TaibChristina Liew Chin JinNoorita SualIsnaraissah Munirah MajilisWong Shu QiYeo Bee YinNatrah IsmailRosnah AluaiRina HarunHannah YeohMaria Chin AbdullahLeow Hsiad HuiNor Azrina SuripMastura Mohd YazidAlice Lau Kiong YiengRubiah WangMary Yap Kain ChingNormala Abdul SamadMas Ermieyati SamsudinKasthuriraani PattoLinda TsenNorah Abdul RahmanNancy ShukriChua Soon BuiHalimah Mohd SadiqueNoraini AhmadNurul Izzah AnwarLo' Lo' Mohd GhazaliSiti Mariah MahmudSiti Mariah MahmudTeo Nie ChingZuraida KamaruddinFuziah SallehSiti Zailah Mohd YusoffAzizah Mohd DunAzizah Mohd DunRosnah ShirlinTan Ah EngAzalina Othman SaidRozaidah TalibNoriah KasnonTan Lian HoeKalthom OthmanMashitah IbrahimRobia KosaiNapsiah OmarTeresa KokP. Komala DeviChew Mei FunNg Yen YenFong Po KuanKhamsiyah YeopChong EngWan Azizah Wan IsmailWan Azizah Wan IsmailLim Bee KauMastika Junaidah HusinSukinam DomoChua Soon BuiShahrizat Abdul JalilSeripah Noli Syed HussinTan Yee KewTan Yee KewG. LeelavathiAinon Khairiyah Mohd. AbasRohani Abdul KarimRakibah Abdul ManapIlani IsahakLim Lay HoonSiti Zainabon Abu BakarLing Chooi SengSiti Zaharah SulaimanTeng Gaik KwanNapsiah OmarRahmah OthmanZaleha IsmailSharifah Dorah Syed MohammedRafidah AzizYong Fatimah Mohd. RazaliAishah GhaniRosemary Chow Poh KhengOon Zariah Abu BakarTengku Noor Asiah Tengku AhmadWan Zainab M. A. BakarBibi Aishah Hamid DonFatimah Abdul MajidAjibah AbolZainon Munshi SulaimanKhadijah SidekFatimah Hashim

References

  1. [1]
    "IPU PARLINE database: MALAYSIA (Dewan Rakyat), Full text".
  2. [2]
    Meredith L. Weiss (17 October 2014). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia. Routledge. pp. 354–. ISBN 978-1-317-62959-7.
  3. [3]
    Commonwealth Secretariat (1999). Women in Politics: Voices from the Commonwealth. Commonwealth Secretariat. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-85092-569-2.
  4. [4]
    Maznah Mohamad; Cecilia Ng; tan beng Hui (18 April 2006). Feminism and the Women's Movement in Malaysia: An Unsung (R)evolution. Routledge. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-1-134-18883-3.
  5. [5]
    "Representatives List of Members". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  6. [6]
    "Representatives Archive List of Members". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
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