| Suraya Yaacob | |
| Native Name: | ثرايا بنت يعقوب |
| Birth Name: | Suraya binti Yaacob |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia |
| Office: | Political Secretary to the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister: | Azalina Othman Said |
| Term Start: | 27 January 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2020 |
| Term End1: | 13 October 2022 |
| Monarch1: | Sallehuddin |
| 1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata1: | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor |
| Constituency1: | Sungai Tiang |
| Term Start2: | 15 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 9 May 2018 |
| Monarch2: | Abdul Halim Sallehuddin |
| 1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata2: | Mukhriz Mahathir Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah |
| Constituency2: | Sungai Tiang |
| Constituency Am3: | Sungai Tiang |
| Term Start3: | 21 March 2004 |
| Assembly3: | Kedah State Legislative |
| Term End3: | 12 August 2023 |
| Predecessor3: | Md Rozai Shafian (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor3: | Abdul Razak Khamis (PN–BERSATU) |
| Majority3: | 4,250 (2004) 3,006 (2008) 6,994 (2013) 641 (2018) |
| Office4: | State Deputy Chairperson of the United Malays National Organisation of Kedah |
| Term Start4: | 20 December 2022 |
| Term End4: | 22 March 2023 |
| President4: | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| 2Blankname4: | Chairman |
| 2Namedata4: | Jamil Khir Baharom |
| Predecessor4: | Othman Aziz |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Syed Al-Fandi Syed Mansor Barakbah (d. 2014) Zulkifli Ishak |
| Children: | 2 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N19 Sungai Tiang | (UMNO) | 13,948 | 58.99% | Ab Muthalib Awang (PAS) | 9,698 | 41.01% | 24,084 | 4,250 | 86.24% | ||||
| 2008 | Suraya Yaacob (UMNO) | 13,871 | 56.08% | Ab Muthalib Awang (PAS) | 10,865 | 43.92% | 25,296 | 3,006 | 83.68% | |||||
| 2013 | Suraya Yaacob (UMNO) | 18,929 | 60.60% | Fadzil Baharum (PAS) | 11,935 | 38.25% | 31,772 | 6,994 | 89.47% | |||||
| Rosli Omar (IND) | 192 | 0.62% | ||||||||||||
| Charean Isen (KITA) | 139 | 0.45% | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Suraya Yaacob (UMNO) | 12,213 | 38.39% | Saiful Syazwan Shafie (PAS) | 11,572 | 36.38% | 32,395 | 641 | 84.00% | |||||
| Abdul Razak Khamis (BERSATU) | 8,028 | 25.23% | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P011 Pendang, Kedah | (UMNO) | 17,719 | 23.44% | bgcolor= | Awang Hashim (PAS) | 49,008 | 64.83% | 76,381 | 31,289 | 79.95% | ||
| Zulkifly Mohamad (PKR) | 8,058 | 10.66% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Abdul Rashid Yub (PEJUANG) | 809 | 1.07% | ||||||||||