Azalina Othman Said

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Azalina binti Othman Said (born 31 December 1963) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament for Pengerang since 2004 and as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department since 2022. Azalina was born on 31 December 1963 in Johor Bahru, grew up in Penang and comes from a mixed Buginese and Hadrami Arab heritage. She pursued legal and public administration studies, earning degrees from Universiti Teknologi MARA, the University of Malaya, International Islamic University Malaysia, and the London School of Economics. Azalina began her legal career as a legal assistant at Messrs Raja Darryl & Loh in 1988, was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1989, and joined UMNO in 1990. She specialised in women's affairs, civil claims, and corporate banking, becoming a partner at Azalina Chan & Chia in 1994 and later at Messrs Skine and Zaid Ibrahim & Co., including its Singapore branch. In 2000, she was elected to the UMNO Supreme Council, becoming the youngest woman to...

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