Fatimah Abdul Majid
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(Alliance–UMNO)
1919
Fatimah Abdul Majid | |
|---|---|
| فاطمه عبدالمجيد | |
| Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Plentong | |
| In office 23 November 1959 – 25 April 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Noah Omar (Alliance–UMNO) |
| Majority | 2,320 (1959) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1964-1978 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fatimah Abdul Majid 1919 |
| Died | 12 April 2013 (aged 93–94) |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Spouse | Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Fatimah binti Abdul Majid was one of the founders of the establishment and fight another UMNO since 1946. She and other members of the campaign day and night in the interior of a bike ride, boat and on foot to meet people to find support and influence.[citation needed]
In 1959 she won Plentong by-election and was elected as the first woman to be a member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly.[1] Malaysia's 1964 general election she won and became the first woman elected to the Johor state of Malaysia Parliament. The next she was winning until the 1978 Malaysian general election.[2]
She founded and established the Territorial Army Women's team in 1964. While the country is facing tough scenario the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.[3][4]
On 27 November 2008 she was awarded the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) which carries the title Datuk by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin at Istana Negara.[5] She died on 12 April 2013 at the National Heart Institute (IJN) due to old age.[6]
