Azizan Sulaiman

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sulaiman is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Azizan.

Azizan Sulaiman
عزيزان بن سليمان
Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (Housing, Local Government, Small Hawkers and Businessmen, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumer Affairs, Entrepreneur Development and Small and Medium Industries)
In office 13 June 2018 – 22 November 2022
Monarch	Sirajuddin
Menteri Besar	Azlan Man
Preceded by	Mat Hassan (Housing, Local Government, Hawkers and Small Business Development) Asmaiza Ahmad (Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs) Ahamd Zakri Ali (Small and Medium Industries)
Succeeded by	Fakhrul Anwar Ismail
Constituency	Santan
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Santan
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Sabry Ahmad (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Mohammad Azmir Azizan (PN–PAS)
Majority	949 (2018)
Faction represented in Perlis State Legislative Assembly
2018–2022	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Perlis, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician

Azizan bin Sulaiman is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from June 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Santan from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member and Division Deputy Chief of Padang Besar of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

On 13 June 2018, Azizan was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Housing, Local Government, Hawkers, Small Business Development, Domestic Trade, Co-operatives, Consumer Affairs, Entrepreneur Development and Small–Medium Industries by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Azizan lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)

2018 Perlis state election

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Azizan made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Santan state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Santan MLA after defeating Che Mazlina Che Yob of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Baharuddin Ahmad of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of 949 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Azizan was renominated by BN to defend the Santan seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Santan MLA after losing to Mohammad Azmir Azizan of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 2,108 votes.

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N05 Santan		Azizan Sulaiman (UMNO)	3,071	40.76%		Che Mazlina Che Yob (AMANAH)	2,122	30.10%	7,393	949	82.96%
							Baharuddin Ahmad (PAS)	2,088	29.14%
2022			Azizan Sulaiman (UMNO)	2,644	31.38%		Mohammad Azmir Azizan (PAS)	4,752	56.40%	8,426	2,108	78.37%
							Che Mazlina Che Yob (AMANAH)	1,030	12.22%