Fadhlina Sidek

فَضْلِنَا صِدِّيق‎Minister of EducationAssumed office
3 December 2022MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)Prime MinisterAnwar IbrahimDeputyLim Hui Ying
(2022–2023)
Wong Kah Woh
(since 2023)Preceded byRadzi JidinConstituencyNibong TebalWomen Chief of the People's Justice PartyAssumed office
17 July 2022PresidentAnwar IbrahimDeputyJuwairiya ZulkifliPreceded byFuziah SallehMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for Nibong TebalAssumed office
19 November 2022Preceded byMansor Othman
(PH–BERSATU)Majority16,293 (2022)Senator
Elected by the
Penang State Legislative AssemblyIn office
1 September 2021 – 5 November 2022MonarchAbdullahPrime MinisterIsmail Sabri YaakobPreceded byYusmadi YusoffSucceeded byAmir Md Ghazali &
Lingeshwaran R. Arunasalam Personal detailsBorn
(1977-10-16) 16 October 1977 (age 46)
Bangi, Selangor, MalaysiaPolitical partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)Other political
affiliationsPakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)RelationsSiddiq Fadzil (father)Alma materInternational Islamic University Malaysia

National University of MalaysiaOccupationPoliticianProfessionLawyer

Fadhlina binti Sidek (Jawi: فَضْلِنَا صِدِّيق‎; born 16 October 1977) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar 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 the 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.^[1]

Early life and education

Fadhlina is the daughter of the late Siddiq Fadzil, former President of the Islamic Youth Association of Malaysia (ABIM). She received her early education at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Semenyih before completing her secondary education at Sekolah Agama Menengah Hulu Langat, Kajang, Selangor in 1994. She went on to study at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), where she received her LLB and LLB (Sharia) degrees in 2002, and her LLM from the National University of Malaysia in 2008.^[1]

Career

Fadhlina began her political career in 2020 when she joined the PKR party and was appointed as the Chairman of the Women's Bureau of Law and Community Development. She was also elected as the party's Women's Chief in July of the same year. In September 2021, she was appointed to the Senate to represent the state of Pulau Pinang.^[1]

In the 2022 general election, she was the PKR candidate for the Nibong Tebal parliamentary seat and was successful in defeating the incumbent, Mansor Othman of the PN, by a margin of 16,293 votes.^[1]

Personal life

Fadhlina is married to Mohd Fadzli Arsad and they have six children.^[1]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P047 Nibong Tebal		Fadhlina Sidek (PKR)	42,188	53.20%		Mansor Othman (BERSATU)	25,895	32.65%	79,308	16,293	79.26%
							Thanenthiran Ramankutty (MMSP)	10,660	13.44%
							Goh Kheng Huat (Independent)	565	0.71%

References