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Izzah wins PKR deputy presidency

Prior to the party polls, about 200 out of the 222 PKR divisions had voiced support for Izzah.

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 23 May 2025 7:48PM

Izzah wins PKR deputy presidency
Izzah polled 9.803 votes to clinch the number two position in the party. - May 23, 2025

NURUL Izzah Anwar won the PKR deputy presidency, defeating incumbent Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli by a comfortable margin.

Izzah polled 9.803 votes to clinch the number two position in the party.

PKR election committee chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa also officially announced that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won the party presidency unopposed.

Anwar, who is also the Minister of Finance, has held the position of PKR president since 2018 until now.

Prior to that, he held the position of PKR de facto leader.

Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun, Datuk Seri R. Ramanan, and Chang Lih Kang clinched the four elected vice-president's post.

Amirudin and Aminuddin are the Selangor and Negri Sembilan menteris besar, respectively, while Chang is Science, Technology and Innovation Minister.

Ramanan is the Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister.

Fadhlina Sidek retained her position as Women’s Chief while Kamil Munim won the AMK chief's post unopposed.

Prior to the party polls, about 200 out of the 222 PKR divisions had voiced support for Izzah.

A total of 32,030 delegates were eligible to cast their votes for the PKR central leadership elections. - May 23, 2025

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