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Suraya Yaacob
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Yang Berbahagia Dato' Suraya Yaacob PJN DSDK SDK JP
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Political Secretary to the ; Minister in the Prime Minister's Department ; (Law and Institutional Reforms)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 January 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Azalina Othman Said
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the ; Kedah State Executive Council
	In office; 20 May 2020 – 13 October 2022 ; Public Works, Energy, Water Supply and Resources
Monarch	Sallehuddin
Menteri Besar	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
Constituency	Sungai Tiang
	In office; 15 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 ; Woman Development, Welfare, Entrepreneur Development, Agriculture and Agro-based
Monarchs	Abdul Halim ; (2013–2017) ; Sallehuddin ; (2017–2018)
Menteri Besar	Mukhriz Mahathir ; (2013–2016) ; Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah ; (2016–2018)
Constituency	Sungai Tiang
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly; for Sungai Tiang
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Md Rozai Shafian ; (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Abdul Razak Khamis ; (PN–BERSATU)
Majority	4,250 (2004) ; 3,006 (2008) ; 6,994 (2013) ; 641 (2018)
State Deputy Chairperson of the ; United Malays National Organisation of Kedah
	In office; 20 December 2022 – 22 March 2023
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Chairman	Jamil Khir Baharom
Preceded by	Othman Aziz
Succeeded by	Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim
Personal details
Born	Suraya binti Yaacob; 10 April 1969 (age 55); Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse(s)	Syed Al-Fandi Syed Mansor Barakbah (d. 2014) ; Zulkifli Ishak
Children	2
Occupation	Politician

Suraya binti Yaacob is a Malaysian politician who has served as Political Secretary to the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Law and Institutional Reforms Azalina Othman Said since January 2023 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Tiang from March 2004 to August 2023. She served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Mukhriz Mahathir and Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018 and again in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor from May 2020 to her resignation in October 2022.^[1] She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. She served as the State Deputy Chairperson of UMNO of Kedah from December 2022 to March 2023. She is the Division Chief of UMNO of Pendang. She also previously served as the State Information Chief of UMNO of Kedah before her promotion to the state deputy chairpersonship.^[2]

Election Results

**Kedah State Legislative Assembly**^[3]^[4]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N19 Sungai Tiang	Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	13,948	58.99%	Ab Muthalib Awang (PAS)	9,698	41.01%	24,084	4,250	86.24%
2008		Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	13,871	56.08%	Ab Muthalib Awang (PAS)	10,865	43.92%	25,296	3,006	83.68%
2013		Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	18,929	60.60%	Fadzil Baharum (PAS)	11,935	38.25%	31,772	6,994	89.47%
					Rosli Omar (IND)	192	0.62%
					Charean Isen (KITA)	139	0.45%
2018		Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	12,213	38.39%	Saiful Syazwan Shafie (PAS)	11,572	36.38%	32,395	641	84.00%
2018		Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	12,213	38.39%	Abdul Razak Khamis (BERSATU)	8,028	25.23%	32,395	641	84.00%

**Parliament of Malaysia**
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P011 Pendang	Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	17,719	23.44%	Awang Hashim (PAS)	49,008	64.83%	76,381	31,289	79.95%
					Zulkifly Mohamad (PKR)	8,058	10.66%
					Abdul Rashid Yub (PEJUANG)	809	1.07%