Azman Ismail
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(PN–PAS)
Azman Ismail | |
|---|---|
| عزمان إسماعيل | |
| Chairman of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2023 | |
| Minister | Mohamad Sabu |
| Director-General | Mohamad Zabawi Abdul Ghani |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kuala Kedah | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Kassim (PR–PKR) |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (PN–PAS) |
| Majority | 4,947 (2013) 13,481 (2018) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2013–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| 2018–2022 | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Azman bin Ismail 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Party |  People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)  Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Alma mater | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
| Azman Ismail on Parliament of Malaysia | |
Azman bin Ismail (Jawi: عزمن بن إسماعيل) is a Malaysian politician and physician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Kedah from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.
Before entering politics, Azman was a General Practitioner (GP).[1] He entered Parliament after winning the Kuala Kedah federal seat in the 2013 general election, replacing the Ahmad Kassim as the party's candidate.[2] At the election, Azman defeated the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate and fellow medical doctor Zaki Zamani Abd Rashid by 4,947 votes.[3] In the 2018 general election, he was re-elected as the MP for Kuala Kedah. In the 2022 general election, he lost the seat to Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi of Perikatan Nasional (PN).
