Azman Ismail
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 63–64) Kedah |
| Citizenship | Malaysia |
| Political 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). He entered Parliament after winning the Kuala Kedah federal seat in the 2013 general election, replacing the Ahmad Kassim as the party's candidate. At the election, Azman defeated the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate and fellow medical doctor Zaki Zamani Abd Rashid by 4,947 votes. 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).