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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ismail is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Rodziah.
Yang Berhormat Puan
Rodziah Ismail
MLA
رضية إسماعيل
Women Chief of the People's Justice Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyJuwariya Zulkifli
Preceded byFuziah Salleh
Exco roles (Selangor)
2008–2013Chairwoman of the Welfare, Women Affairs, Science, Technology and Innovation
2013–2014Chairwoman of the Welfare and Women Affairs[1]
2018–2020Chairwoman of the Entrepreneurial Development, Rural Development and Traditional Village
2020–Chairwoman of the Development, Housing and Urban Well-being
Faction represented in Selangor State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018People's Justice Party
2018–Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Rodziah binti Ismail

(1964-07-08) 8 July 1964 (age 60)
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Alma materUniversity of Technology, Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Rodziah binti Ismail (born 8 July 1964) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairwoman of the Development, Housing and Urban Well-being Committee, Chairwoman of the Entrepreneurial Development, Rural Development and Traditional Village Committee, Chairwoman of the Welfare and Women Affairs Committee, Chairwoman of the Welfare, Women Affairs, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee of Selangor in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under Menteris Besar Khalid Ibrahim, Azmin Ali and Amirudin Shari from March 2008 to her resignation in August 2014 and again since May 2018 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Batu Tiga since March 2008. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of presently the PH and formerly PR state ruling but federal opposition coalitions. She has served as the Women Chief of PKR since June 2022.

Cow-head protest

On 28 August 2009, a group of Malaysian Muslims staged a protest against the proposal that a Hindu shrine be relocated to a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. The 50 or so protestors marched from a mosque to the Selangor state government headquarters at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building with the head of a cow – an animal deemed sacred in Hinduism – and "stomped on the head and spat on it before leaving the site".[2] The protest was caught on video by the popular Malaysian news online portal Malaysiakini.[3]

Malaysia’s Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein defended the cow head protests, arguing that building a Hindu shrine is unsuitable because the neighborhood is Muslim, and that “the residents only wanted their voices to be heard [and] it was unfortunate that 'the publicity they received was negative because it was linked with racial and religious sentiments.'"[4]

Rodziah was directly involved in this conflict as the residential area involved was within her constituency and as state executive councillor,[vague] the relocation of the temple was under her purview. The temple will be relocated and constructed as originally planned.[5]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly[6][7][8][9]

Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 N41 Batu Tiga, P108 Shah Alam Rodziah Ismail (PKR) 15,852 56.33% Salamon Selamat (UMNO) 12,289 43.67% 28,526 3,563 77.32%
2013 Rodziah Ismail (PKR) 21,284 54.73% Ahmad Nawawi M. Zin (UMNO) 17,479 44.95% 33,390 3,805 87.52%
Mohd Uzi Che Hussein (IND) 124 0.32%
2018 Rodziah Ismail (PKR) 27,638 58.24% Ahmad Mua'adzam Shah Ya'akop (UMNO) 12,022 25.33% 47,943 15,616 87.12%
Abdul Halim Omar (PAS) 7,793 16.42%

References

  1. ^ "PKR exco Rodziah Ismail resigns". New Straits Times. NST. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Malaysian Muslims protest against proposed construction of Hindu temple". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  3. ^ Temple demo: Residents march with cow's head YouTube. Aug 28, 2009
  4. ^ "Hisham defends cow-head protestors". MySinchew.com. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  5. ^ Selangor to proceed with temple in Section 23 Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, The Malaysian Insider, October 19, 2010
  6. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia.
  8. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 13 December 2020. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  9. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 13 December 2020. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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