| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato Sri Hajah |
| Rohani Abdul Karim | |
| Native Name: | روحاني بنت عبدالكريم |
| Honorific-Suffix: | SSAP PNBS PGBK |
| Office1: | Minister of Women, Family and Community Development |
| Term Start1: | 16 May 2013 |
| Term End1: | 10 May 2018 |
| Deputy1: | Azizah Mohd Dun Chew Mei Fun |
| Monarch1: | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Primeminister1: | Najib Razak |
| Predecessor1: | Najib Razak |
| Successor1: | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| Constituency1: | Batang Lupar |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism |
| Term Start2: | 4 June 2010 |
| Term End2: | 15 May 2013 |
| Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Primeminister2: | Najib Razak |
| Minister2: | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Alongside2: | Tan Lian Hoe |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah |
| Constituency2: | Batang Lupar |
| Office3: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries |
| Term Start3: | 19 March 2008 |
| Term End3: | 4 June 2010 |
| Alongside3: | Mohd Johari Baharum |
| Monarch3: | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Primeminister3: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Predecessor3: | Shariff Omar Mah Siew Keong |
| Minister3: | Mustapa Mohamed Noh Omar |
| Successor3: | Chua Tee Yong |
| Constituency3: | Batang Lupar |
| Constituency Mp4: | Batang Lupar |
| Parliament4: | Malaysian |
| Term Start4: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End4: | 19 November 2022 |
| Majority4: | Walkover (2004) 8,092 (2008) 10,964 (2013) 10,277 (2018) |
| Predecessor4: | Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (BN–PBB) |
| Successor4: | Mohamad Shafizan Kepli (GPS–PBB) |
| Constituency Mp5: | Santubong |
| Parliament5: | Malaysian |
| Term Start5: | 21 October 1990 |
| Term End5: | 21 March 2004 |
| Predecessor5: | Sulaiman Daud (BN–PBB) |
| Successor5: | Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (BN–PBB) |
| Majority5: | 7,368 (1990) 9,911 (1995) 1,895 (1999) |
| Office7: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm7: | 1990–2018 |
| Suboffice7: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm8: | 2018 |
| Suboffice8: | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu |
| Subterm9: | 2018–2022 |
| Suboffice9: | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
| Birth Name: | Rohani binti Abdul Karim |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
| Party: | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Children: | 3 |
| Alma Mater: | Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Ohio University |
Dato’ Sri Hajah Rohani binti Abdul Karim (Jawi: روحاني بنت عبدالكريم; born 3 January 1955) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Mustapa Mohamed and Noh Omar from March 2008 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batang Lupar from March 2004 to November 2022 and for Santubong from October 1990 to March 2004. She is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.[1] [2]
She was born on 3 January 1955 in Simanggang (now known as Sri Aman), Sarawak. She received her early education at SMK Methodist, Sibu. She has continued her education at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia in the field of agro-industry. She then resumed her studies until she obtained her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ohio University, Athens, USA. She has three children.
In the 1990 general election, Rohani was elected as a candidate and won the Santubong parliamentary seat.
In the 1995 and 1999 general election, she was still able to defend the Santubong Parliamentary seat. In the 2004 general election, she had switched to the Batang Lupar, Sri Aman, Sarawak, where she was born, and won uncontested.
She once again won the Batang Lupar parliamentary seat against opposition party representatives in the 2008 general election with 70 percent of her vote in favour of her. Later she was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry by the Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
On April 9, 2009, Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who just held the leadership of the country at that time, entrusted her to take over Tan Lian Hoe's duties as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism.
On May 15, 2013, she was appointed Women and Family Development Minister in the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. She started her official duties as Minister on 17 May 2013.
She is well-known for her outgoing personality in her constituency Batang Lupar. Her role as Deputy Minister meant most of her time was spent in Malaya. However, it did not stop her from going to the ground and meet with her constituents. Rohani is also IT-savvy, as evidenced by her frequent updates on her Twitter and Facebook pages.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | P155 Santubong, Sarawak | (PBB) | 10,200 | 78.27% | Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Sanusi (PERMAS) | 2,832 | 21.73% | 13,256 | 7,368 | 70.66% | ||||
| 1995 | P167 Santubong, Sarawak | (PBB) | 11,702 | 86.73% | Paruwadi Musa (IND) | 1,791 | 13.27% | 14,060 | 9,911 | 64.16% | ||||
| 1999 | (PBB) | 7,955 | 56.76% | Hussaini Hamdan (keADILan) | 6,060 | 43.24% | 14,225 | 1,895 | 67.55% | |||||
| 2004 | P201 Batang Lupar, Sarawak | (PBB) | Unopposed | |||||||||||
| 2008 | (PBB) | 11,015 | 77.64% | Abang Eddy Allyanni (PAS) | 2,923 | 20.60% | 14,393 | 8,092 | 64.21% | |||||
| Ali Semsu (IND) | 250 | 1.76% | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | (PBB) | 15,625 | 77.02% | Abang Zulkifli bin Abang Engkeh (PKR) | 4,661 | 22.98% | 20,754 | 10,964 | 75.86% | |||||
| 2018 | (PBB) | 14,204 | 70.49% | Wan Abdillah Wan Ahmad (PAS) | 3,927 | 19.49% | 20,603 | 10,277 | 69.11% | |||||
| Narudin Mentali (AMANAH) | 2,020 | 10.02% | ||||||||||||