Azizan Abdul Razak

Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri  Azizan Abdul Razak
10th Chief Minister of Kedah
Incumbent
Assumed office  9 March 2008
Preceded by	Mahdzir bin Khalid
Born	1940 Alor Setar, Kedah
Political party	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Occupation	Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the Malaysian state of Kedah
Religion	Islam

Datuk Seri Haji Azizan bin Abdul Razak^[1] (born c. 1940) is the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the Malaysian state of Kedah after his Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) formed a coalition government of Kedah with Parti KeADILan Rakyat and independent V. Arumugam after their victory in the 2008 Malaysian election.^[2] Azizan holds the federal parliamentary seat of Sungai Limau and is the PAS Commissioner for Kedah and member of the PAS Central Committee.

Azizan was sworn in as the Menteri Besar of Kedah at 3.40pm Sunday, 9 March 2008, before Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah at Wisma Darul Aman, witnessed by royalty and dignitaries.

On 16 July 2008, Azizan has been awarded the Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Kedah (SPMK) which carries the "Datuk Seri" title. The award has been presented by Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah, the Sultan of Kedah at Istana Anak Bukit in conjunction with the Sultan's Golden Jubilee celebration^[3].

Personal life

Azizan has two wives (polygamously) and 16 children. He is a graduate of Al-Azhar University and the University of Kent, and a former head of the sharia law department of the National University of Malaysia.

References

Preceded by Mahdzir bin Khalid

Menteri Besar of Kedah 2008 - present

Succeeded by Incumbent

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