Parliament snippets - The Sun

April 27, 2008

Parliament snippets

BN MPs: 140

Opposition MPs: 82

New MPs: 99

Among the youngest MPs: Teo Nie Ching (DAP-Serdang) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR-Lembah

Pantai) - both 27

Longest serving MP: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (BN-Gua Musang); since 1969

Number of women MPs: 24

First woman Opposition Leader: Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh)

Mother and daughter: Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR-Lembah Pantai)

Father and son: Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) and Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan)

Karpal Singh (DAP-Bukit Gelugor) and Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong)


Father and son-in-law: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (BN-Kepala Batas) and Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau)

Brothers; Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad (BN-Johor Baru) and Khalid Abdul Samad (PAS-Shah Alam)

Some backbenchers to look out for:

1. Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz (Kuala Kangsar)

2. Khairy Jamaluddin (Rembau)

3. Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (Kota Belud)

4. Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir (Jerlun)

5. Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (Santubong)

6. Datuk Mohamad Aziz (Sri Gading)

7. Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan)

8. Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (Lenggong)

9. Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique (Tenggara)

10. Datuk Ismail Kassim (Arau)

Pakatan Rakyat MPs to look out for:

1. Tony Pua Kiam Wee (DAP-Petaling Jaya Utara)

2. Chua Tian Chang (Tian Chua) (PKR-Batu)

3. Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PKR-Machang)

4. Wee Choo Keong (PKR-Wangsa Maju)

5.Charles Santiago (DAP-Klang)

6. Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (PAS-Kuala Selangor)

7. N. Gobalakrishnan (PKR-Padang Serai)

8. Gorbind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong)

9. Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud (PAS-Kota Raja)

10. Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PKR-Sungai Siput)