Education
University of Kent.
University of Kent.
He was the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the state of Kedah from 2008 to 2013. He held the seat of Sungai Limau in the Kedah state assembly from 2004 until his death in 2013. Azizan was elected to the State Assembly of Kedah in 2004, for the seat of Sungai Limau.
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. Azizan died on 26 September 2013 at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital"s intensive care unit due to weakening health.
2013: Kedah State Assembly - Sungai Limau
Azizan Abdul Razak (Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society) 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 (Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society) 12,028
Basorri Abu Hassan (BN) 8,816
2004: Kedah State Assembly - Sungai Limau
Azizan Abdul Razak (Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society) 10,882
Suhaimi Abdullah (BN) 9,802.
Azizan, as the leader of Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 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.
A member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society), he was the first Chief Minister of Kedah from a party other than the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was also the state commissioner for Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society in Kedah and a member of the central committee of the national party.
