Dr. Siti Mariah binti Mahmud ( Jawi: ; born 14 February 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of the

Selangor State Executive Council The Selangor State Executive Council ('' Malay: Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor'') is the executive authority of the Government of Selangor, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he i ...

(EXCO) for the portfolios of Health, Women and Family Empowerment in the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari and Member of the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Selangor) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the sta ...

(MLA) for Seri Serdang since May 2018. She is also a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), in the PH opposition coalition. Siti Mariah was the

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(MP) for Kota Raja from March 2008 to May 2018 for a decade when she was a member of the

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

(PAS) in the

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DA ...

(PR) opposition coalition.

Education

She obtained

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United Ki ...

(MBBS) from the Cairo University, Master of

Physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemic ...

from

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degr ...

and Master of Business Management (MBA) from

National University of Malaysia The National University of Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, abbreviated as UKM) is a public university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Mala ...

(UKM).

Early career

Before entering politics, Siti Mariah was a doctor and lecturer.

Political career

Siti Mariah was elected to Parliament in the

2008 Malaysian general election A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominan ...

, gaining the seat of Kota Raja from the then-ruling

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 ...

(BN) coalition. It was reported that her victory—for the Islamist PAS—came with the support of ethnic Chinese and Indian voters. She was successfully reelected again in the 2013 election but she did not seek a third term reelection for her Kota Raja parliamentary seat in the 2018 election to make way for

Mohamad Sabu Mohamad bin Sabu ( Jawi: محمد بن سابو), commonly known as Mat Sabu, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibr ...

, the president of AMANAH. She contested and won the

constituency of Seri Serdang instead as AMANAH of PH candidate for the first time. In 2005, Siti Mariah was the first female candidate for vice-president of PAS, but her candidacy was defeated. She has subsequently been portrayed as representing the "new dynamic progressive voice" of PAS.

Personal life

She has six children.

Election results

References

Living people 1958 births People from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian medical doctors Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Women members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly Selangor state executive councillors Women MLAs in Selangor Cairo University alumni Alumni of the University of London National University of Malaysia alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian women politicians National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub