Noraini Ahmad

Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini Ahmad DGSM DSAP DMSM MP
نورعيني أحمد‎
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2023
Monarchs	Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Nancy Shukri
Preceded by	Aiman Athirah Sabu
Constituency	Parit Sulong
Chairperson of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority
In office 26 March 2023 – 31 January 2024
Minister	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Director General	Abdullah Zainal
Preceded by	Salim Shariff
Succeeded by	Manndzri Nasib
Minister of Higher Education
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad
Preceded by	Herself
Succeeded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Constituency	Parit Sulong
In office 10 March 2020 – 6 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Mansor Othman
Preceded by	Mahathir Mohamad (Acting Minister of Education)
Succeeded by	Herself
Constituency	Parit Sulong
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) Najib Razak (2009)
Minister	Subramaniam Sathasivam
Preceded by	Abdul Rahman Bakar
Succeeded by	Maznah Mazlan
Constituency	Parit Sulong
Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee
In office 11 April 2019 – 10 March 2020
Nominated by	Mahathir Mohamad
Appointed by	Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof
Deputy	Wong Kah Woh
Preceded by	Ronald Kiandee
Succeeded by	Wong Kah Woh
Constituency	Parit Sulong
Second Deputy President and the 10th Women Chief of the United Malays National Organisation
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 June 2018
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy	Norliza Abdul Rahim
Preceded by	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
2nd Women Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation
In office 2004–2009
President	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Rosnah Shirlin
Preceded by	Azalina Othman Said
Succeeded by	Rosnah Shirlin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Parit Sulong
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Syed Hood Syed Edros (BN–UMNO)
Majority	13,599 (2008) 11,753 (2013) 6,341 (2018) 2,021 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–	Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2013–2018	Chairperson of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
2017–2019	Chairperson of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian (CWP)
2017–2019	Member of the Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association
2018–	Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association of Malaysia
Personal details
Born	Noraini binti Ahmad (1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 57) Kampung Bintang, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (since 1985)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (since 1985)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Saskatchewan (BComm) Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (MBA) Universiti Utara Malaysia (PhD) Asia e University (DBA)
Occupation	Politician
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Noraini binti Ahmad (Jawi: نورعيني بنت أحمد; born 7 November 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Nancy Shukri since December 2023, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Parit Sulong since March 2008. She served as the Minister of Higher Education for the second term under the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of BN administration in November 2022, the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to her resignation in August 2021. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. She has also served as the 10th Women Chief of UMNO since June 2018 and 2nd Women Youth Chief of UMNO from 2004 to 2009 and 1st Deputy Women Youth Chief from 2001 to her promotion to women youth chief in 2004. She is formerly a Chairperson of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) from March 2023^[1] to January 2024. She is also the first female PAC chairperson in Malaysian history. Her appointment as a deputy minister in December 2023 is a rare occurrence in Malaysian politics since she was a former federal minister in the Muhyiddin cabinet and Ismail Sabri cabinet. She is one of the three deputy ministers who were previously a federal minister alongside Shamsul Anuar Nasarah and M. Kulasegaran.