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Lo' Lo' binti Mohd Ghazali (2 August 1957 – 17 July 2011; Jawi: ) was a

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n politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for the

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constituency in

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from 2008 until her death in 2011. Lo' Lo' was a career

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who was elected to the central committee of the

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamen ...

(PAS) in 2001.

Education

She was born on 2 August 1957 in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. She attended the Connolly National School, Ipoh, Perak, then Sekolah Raja Taayah, Ipoh, Perak and then Kolej Islam Kelang, Selangor. She continued her studies at

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majoring in medicine. She was a member of the UKM Student Leadership Council. She then studied at Adelaide for Alternative Medicine & Surgery - Acupunturist. She has been involved in KHIM, Malaysian Charity Foundation, Malaysian Islamic Consumers Association, PAPISMA, Allergy & Aesthetic Association, Hypertension Association, AFMY, ABIM, Al Khadeem,

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, FPUKM Alumni Association, ALKIS Alumni and SISTA Alumni.

Family

Her father was Dato' Hj. Mohd Ghazali Abdullah who was the first Imam of the

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as well as the former

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of Perak and her mother Datin Hjh Zainab. Her husband is Professor Dr Aminuddin Abdul Hamid Karim who is a medical lecturer at

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(UPNM). She has four children: Mawaddah, Muhd Fawwaz, Sakinah and Muhd Farhan, one son-in-law; Mohd Azizy (Mawaddah's husband) and a daughter-in-law; Nur Hafizzah (Fawwaz's wife) as well as a grandson; 'Izz Nu'man (son of Mawaddah).

Career

She served in the General Hospital of Alor Star, Kedah as a medical officer from 1983 to 1985. She served in the Great Health Center of Pokok Sena, Kedah from 1985 until 1987, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital (1987-1988), Kuala Lumpur Islamic Center of Medicine (1988 -1994) and became the medical officer and executive director of KOHILAL Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur from 1994 until the end of her life. She has also been a PAS Board of Director of

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Politics

In the 2008 general elections, she defeated the

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candidate Datuk Aziz Jamaludin Mhd. Tahir for the

seat with a majority of 1,972 votes. She earned 17,857 votes compared to her opponent with only 15,885 votes. She is among the 3 PAS Muslimat candidates who have won the General Election. Her victory was the first victory for PAS in the Federal Territories after more than 30 years of PAS trying to land in Kuala Lumpur. She previously contested for the

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seat in the 2004 general elections, losing to the

candidate,

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Death

She died on 17 July 2011 of cancer. She was 53 years old. She was buried in Kampung Dato Keramat Muslim Cemetery,

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Election results

References

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