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{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}
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{{Malay name|Azizan|Abdul Razak|note=on}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[Malay styles and titles|Yang Berbahagia]] [[Malay styles and titles#Tan Sri|Tan Sri]] [[Malay styles and titles#State titles|Dato' Seri Diraja]] [[Ustad|Ustaz]] [[Hajji|Haji]]
| name = Azizan Abdul Razak
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia#Commander|PSM]] [[Order of Loyalty to Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah|SHMS]] [[Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah|SPMK]]
| native_name = عزيزان عبدالرزاق
| image = https://media.thestar.com.my/Prod/D383F5FC-D987-4F11-BDE5-D1CB894CE4BD
| order = 10th [[Menteri Besar of the State of Kedah|Menteri Besar of Kedah]]
| monarch = [[Abdul Halim of Kedah|Abdul Halim]]
| term_start = 9 March 2008
| term_end = 6 May 2013
| predecessor = [[Mahdzir Khalid]]
| successor = [[Mukhriz Mahathir]]
| constituency_AM2 = [[Sungai Limau]]
| assembly2 = Kedah State Legislative
| term_start2 = 21 March 2004
| term_end2 = 26 September 2013
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| successor2 = Mohd Azam Samad
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Alor Setar]], [[Syburi|Syburi Province]], [[Kingdom of Thailand]] (now Malaysia)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|26|1944|10|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Alor Setar]], [[Kedah]], Malaysia
| occupation = [[Kedah State Legislative Assembly|State assemblyman]]
| spouse = Faikah Syeikh Hamzah
| children =
| party = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) <br /> [[Pakatan Rakyat]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Kent]]<br />[[Al-Azhar University]]
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'''Azizan bin Abdul Razak'''<ref>[http://www.kedah.gov.my/kedah/edun.asp?tab=tab5 Portal Kerajaan Negeri Kedah] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505042418/http://www.kedah.gov.my/kedah/edun.asp?tab=tab5 |date=5 May 2008 }}</ref> (25 October 1944 – 26 September 2013) was a [[Malaysians|Malaysian]] politician who served as the 10th [[Menteri Besar]] (Chief Minister) of the state of [[Kedah]] from 2008 to 2013. A member of the [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS), he was the first Chief Minister of Kedah from a party other than the [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO). He held the seat of Sungai Limau in the Kedah state assembly from 2004 until his death in 2013. He was also the state commissioner for PAS in Kedah and a member of the central committee of the national party.

==Political career==
Azizan was elected to the State Assembly of Kedah in 2004, for the seat of Sungai Limau. In 2008 his [[Parti Islam Se-Malaysia]] (PAS) was elected to government in Kedah, leading a coalition with the [[People's Justice Party, Malaysia|People's Justice Party]] (PKR) and the [[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|Democratic Action Party]] (DAP).<ref name="New MB">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110521100515/http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F3%2F9%2Felection2008%2F20080309171148&sec=election2008 New Kedah MB sworn in (updated)]</ref> Azizan, as the leader of PAS in the state, became the first chief minister of Kedah from a party other than the [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO); the 2008 victory broke a decades-long run of uninterrupted UMNO rule. On 16 July 2008, he was conferred the Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Kedah (SPMK) which carried the "Datuk Seri" title. The award was presented by Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah at Istana Anak Bukit in conjunction with the sultan's [[Golden Jubilee]] celebration.<ref>[http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news.php?id=346384 Sultan's Golden Jubilee Honours List] Bernama.com, 16 July 2008</ref>

His tenure as chief minister came to an end at the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]], as UMNO, led by [[Mukhriz Mahathir]], the son of the former Prime Minister [[Mahathir Mohamad]], won a majority in the assembly.

==Personal life==
Azizan had 14 children from two marriages.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/10/nation/20902424&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603233022/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F4%2F10%2Fnation%2F20902424&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2011 |title=No cause for worry |date=10 April 2008 |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)]] |access-date=12 January 2010 }}</ref> He is a graduate of [[Al-Azhar University]] and the [[University of Kent]], and a former head of the [[sharia|sharia law]] department of the [[Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia|National University of Malaysia]].<ref name="New MB"/> He conversed fluently in Malay, English, and Arabic.

==Death==
Azizan died on 26 September 2013 at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital's [[intensive care unit]] due to weakening health. He was 68 years old.<ref>{{cite web|last=Majid |first=Embun |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/09/26/Azizan-Ex-Kedah-MB-Dies.aspx |title=Former Kedah MB Azizan dies (Updated) - Nation | The Star Online |publisher=Thestar.com.my |date= |access-date=26 September 2013}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
===2013: Kedah State Assembly - Sungai Limau===
* '''Azizan Abdul Razak (PAS) 13,294'''
* Mohd Fazillah Mohd Ali (BN) 10,520'''
* Sobri Ahmad (BEBAS) 100'''
* Abdullah Hashim (BEBAS) 84

===2008: Kedah State Assembly - Sungai Limau===
* '''Azizan Abdul Razak (PAS) 12,028'''
* Basorri Abu Hassan (BN) 8,816

===2004: Kedah State Assembly - Sungai Limau===
* '''Azizan Abdul Razak (PAS) 10,882'''
* Suhaimi Abdullah (BN) 9,802

==Honours==
===Honours of Malaysia===
* {{Flag|Malaysia}} :
** [[File:Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg|50px]] Commander of the [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia#Commander|Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia]] (PSM) – '''Tan Sri''' (2013)<ref name=IST>{{cite web
|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)]]|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Kedah}} :
** [[File:MY-KED Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah - Knight Grand Commander (SPMK).svg|50px]] Knight Grand Commander of the [[Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah]] (SPMK) – '''Dato' Seri''' (2008)<ref name=IST>{{cite web
|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)]]|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2008/07/16/sultanah-leads-honours-list |access-date=11 November 2019|date=16 July 2008|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|title=Sultanah leads honours list}}</ref>
** [[File:MY-KED Order of Sultan Abdul Halim Muazzam Shah - Grand Commander (SHMS).svg|50px]] Grand Commander of the [[Order of Loyalty to Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah]] (SHMS) – '''Dato' Seri Diraja''' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2011/12/13/sultan-abdul-halim-appoints-council-of-regency-to-perform-his-duties |access-date=11 November 2019|date=13 December 2011|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|title= Sultan Abdul Halim appoints Council of Regency to perform his duties}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 November 2019|date=13 December 2011|website=[[Bernama]]|url= https://www.mstar.com.my/lokal/semasa/2011/12/13/tunku-bendahara-terima-darjah-kebesaran-sempena-pelantikan-sultan-kedah |language=Malay|title= Tunku Bendahara Terima Darjah Kebesaran Sempena Pelantikan Sultan Kedah}}</ref>

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[[Category:Malaysian Islamic Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly]]
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[[Category:Malaysian expatriates in Egypt]]

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