Rahman Ismail
Malaysian politician
Rahman bin Ismail is a Malaysian physician and politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Gombak from 2004 to 2008.
He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
01Education
Rahman received his early education at Sultan Alam Shah School. He later studied medicine at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia and the University of Malaya.
He completed postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins University, the Pasteur Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
02Career
Rahman is a physician specializing in vaccinology, epidemiology, and clinical research. In 1997, he was appointed as the medical and scientific director for the Asia Pacific region at the vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur.
He worked as an adviser to the Public Health Specialist Society and is a member of the National Biotechnology Council.
Rahman has also been involved in clinical trials, hospital studies, epidemiological research, and infectious disease surveillance.
03Political career
Rahman joined UMNO in 1986 and served as a youth leader representing the party within the UMNO and BN coalition.
Rahman was nominated as a BN candidate for the 2004 general election and was elected as a Member of Parliament for Gombak, defeating Mohd Hatta Ramli of the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS). He served a single term from 2004 to 2008 and did not contest the seat in the 2008 general election.
In the 2013 general election, Rahman contested the Gombak parliamentary seat as the BN candidate, running against Azmin Ali of Parti Kedadilan Rakyat (PKR). Rahman was defeated by Azmin Ali, who won the seat by a margin of 4,734 votes.
04Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P098 Gombak | Raman Ismail
(UMNO) |
39,870 | 59.19% | Mohd Hatta Ramli (PAS) | 26,663 | 39.57% | 67,358 | 13,207 | 73.04% | ||
| 2013 | Raman Ismail
(UMNO) |
50,093 | 46.93% | Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) | 54,827 | 51.36% | 107,162 | 4,734 | 86.92% | |||
| Said Nazar Abu Baker (IND) | 474 | 0.44% | ||||||||||
05Honors
- Malacca
- Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM), Datuk (2004)
Sources and credits
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