Azman Ismail

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, Azman. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Azman bin Ismail (Jawi: عزمن بن إسماعيل) is a Malaysian politician and physician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Kedah from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.

Azman Ismail
عزمان إسماعيل‎
Chairman of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2023
Minister	Mohamad Sabu
Director-General	Mohamad Zabawi Abdul Ghani
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kuala Kedah
In office 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Ahmad Kassim (PR–PKR)
Succeeded by	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (PN–PAS)
Majority	4,947 (2013) 13,481 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–2022	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Azman bin Ismail 1961 (age 63–64) Kedah
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Alma mater	Universiti Sains Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Physician
Azman Ismail on Parliament of Malaysia

Before entering politics, Azman was a General Practitioner (GP).^[1] He entered Parliament after winning the Kuala Kedah federal seat in the 2013 general election, replacing the Ahmad Kassim as the party's candidate.^[2] At the election, Azman defeated the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate and fellow medical doctor Zaki Zamani Abd Rashid by 4,947 votes.^[3] In the 2018 general election, he was re-elected as the MP for Kuala Kedah. In the 2022 general election, he lost the seat to Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi of Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P010 Kuala Kedah		Azman Ismail (PKR)	42,870	53.06%		Zaki Zamani Abd Rashid (UMNO)	37,923	46.94%	82,253	4,947	86.28%
2018			Azman Ismail (PKR)	36,624	46.29%		Muhamad Riduan Mohd Othman (PAS)	23,143	29.25%	80,555	13,481	82.40%
							Abdullah Hasnan Kamaruddin (UMNO)	19,400	24.52%
2022			Azman Ismail (PKR)	28,237	28.10%		Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (PAS)	56,298	56.03%	101,510	28,061	76.60%
							Mashitah Ibrahim (UMNO)	13,879	13.81%
							Ulya Aqamah Husamudin (PEJUANG)	1,805	1.80%
							Syed Araniri Syed Ahmad (WARISAN)	256	0.25%