Jamilah binti Anu ( Jawi: جميلة بنت آنو; born 14 August 1955) is a

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who served as Member of

Sarawak State Legislative Assembly The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly is the legislative chamber of the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Sarawak; the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak forms the other part of the legislature. The Assembly is modelled after the ...

(MLA) for Tanjong Datu from March 2017 to December 2021. She is also the widow and the second wife of fifth

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Adenan Satem Pehin Sri Tan Sri Haji Adenan bin Haji Satem ( ms, حاج عدنان بن حاج صتيم , label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 27 January 1944 – 11 January 2017), popularly known as Tok Nan, was a Malaysian politician who served as the ...

Politics

In 2017, Jamilah was elected as the MLA of Tanjong Datu after she successfully defended the seat in the

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triggered by the sudden demise of the incumbent MLA, who was also her husband

. Jamilah opted to retire after four years in politics and not run in the 2021 state election in order to give the responsibility of defending her seat to her son Azizul Annuar Adenan.

Election results

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