Norpipah binti Abdol (27 July 1954 – 15 March 2022) was a Malaysian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

Biography

Norpipah served as a Member of the

Malacca State Executive Council The Malacca State Executive Council is the State Executive Council (or EXCO) as executive authority of the Government of Malacca, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Chief Minister, appointed by the Governor on the basis that he is able to command ...

(EXCO) from March 2008 to May 2013 and as a Deputy EXCO Member from May 2013 to May 2018. She was the Member of the

Malacca State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Ele ...

(MLA) for Rembia from March 2008 until her defeat in May 2018. She was a member of the

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation (Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its in ...

(UMNO), a component party of the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) coalition and was also the Alor Gajah UMNO Woman's Chief. On 15 March 2022, she died of cancer and tested positive for

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amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

Election results

Honours

* : ** Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (2004) * : ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Member of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DSM) (2006) ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2009) ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2016)

References

1954 births 2022 deaths Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Women MLAs in Malacca Malacca state executive councillors Deaths from cancer in Malaysia Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia 21st-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian women politicians Medallists of the Order of the Defender of the Realm {{Malaysia-politician-stub