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Fadhlina Sidek

Fadhlina Sidek

Fadhlina Sidek (Jawi: فَضْلِنَا صِدِّيق; born 16 October 1977) is a Malaysianpolitician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal since November 2022. She served as a Senator from September 2021 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She has also served as the Women Chief of PKR since July 2022. She is also the first female Minister of Education in Malaysian history.

Prior to her career in politics, Fadhlina was an activist and lawyer who specialized in Islamic family law and child welfare. She also had her own Sharia law firm, Tetuan Fadhlina Siddiq & Associates.