Suraya Yaacob

Suraya binti Yaacob is a Malaysian politician who has served as Political Secretary to the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Law and Institutional Reforms Azalina Othman Said since January 2023 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Tiang from March 2004 to August 2023. She served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Mukhriz Mahathir and Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018 and again in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor from May 2020 to her resignation in October 2022. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. She served as the State Deputy Chairperson of UMNO of Kedah from December 2022 to March 2023. She is the Division Chief of UMNO of Pendang. She also previously served as the State Information Chief of UMNO of Kedah before her promotion to the state deputy chairpersonship. Provided by Wikipedia