Career
Noraini was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election, replacing UMNO"s incumbent member Syed Hood Syed Edros. At the time of her election, she was the head of Puteri UMNO (UMNO"s women"s youth wing). Immediately after the election, she was named Deputy Human Resources Minister in the government of Abdullah Badawi, but lost the post in April 2009 when incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak named his first ministry.
2009 also saw her step down as the leader of Puteri UMNO, having reached the age limit for membership of the group.