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{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Malay name|Siti Mariah|Mahmud|note=on}}
{{EngvarB|date=December 2014}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Malay name|Siti Mariah|Mahmud}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix   = [[Malay titles#Honorary styles|Yang Berhormat]] [[Physician|Dr.]]
| honorific_prefix   =  
| name = Siti Mariah Mahmud
| name = Siti Mariah Mahmud
| native_name = سيتي مريه محمود
| native_name = {{nobold|سيتي ماريا محمود}}
| honorific-suffix = {{small|[[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]}}
| honorific_suffix =  
| image =
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| caption =
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| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| office = [[Selangor State Executive Council]]lor<br />{{small|Health, Women and Family Empowerment}}
 
| term_start        = 14 May 2018
| office           = Member of the <br> [[Selangor State Executive Council]]  
| term_end          =
| term_start      = 14 May 2018
| monarch         = [[Sharafuddin of Selangor|Sharafuddin]]
| term_end        = 12 August 2023 <br> {{small|(Health, Women and Family Empowerment)}}
| 1blankname         = Menteri Besar
| monarch         = [[Sharafuddin of Selangor|Sharafuddin]]
| 1namedata         = [[Mohamed Azmin Ali]] <br/> [[Amirudin Shari]]
| 1blankname       = Menteri Besar
|predecessor   = [[Daroyah Alwi]]  
| 1namedata       = [[Azmin Ali]] <br> {{small|(2018)}} <br> [[Amirudin Shari]] <br> {{small|(2018–2023)}}
|successor     =  
| predecessor     = [[Daroyah Alwi]]  
|constituency = [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]]
| successor       =  
|constituency_AM1 = [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]]
| constituency     = [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]]
|assembly1       = Selangor State Legislative
 
|term_start1     = 9 May 2018
| constituency_AM1 = [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]]
|term_end1       =
| assembly1       = Selangor State Legislative
|predecessor1   = Noor Hanim Ismail ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
| term_start1     = 9 May 2018
|successor1     =  
| term_end1       = 12 August 2023
|majority1       = 14,363 (2018)
| predecessor1     = [[Noor Hanim Ismail]] <br> ([[Pakatan Rakyat|PR]]–[[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
| constituency_MP2 = [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]], [[Selangor]]
| successor1       = [[Abbas Salimi Azmi]] <br> ([[Pakatan Harapan|PH]]–[[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|AMANAH]])
| parliament2 = Malaysian
| majority1       = 14,363 ([[2018 Selangor state election|2018]])
| term_start2       = 8 March 2008
 
| term_end2         = 9 May 2018
| constituency_MP2 = [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]]
| majority2         = 29,395 (2013)<br />20,751 (2008)
| parliament2     = Malaysian
| predecessor2     = [[Vigneswaran Sanasee|S. Vigneswaran]] ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]]–[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| term_start2     = 8 March 2008
| successor2       = [[Mohamad Sabu]] ([[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|AMANAH]]–[[Pakatan Harapan|PH]])
| term_end2       = 9 May 2018
| office3 =
| majority2       = 20,751 ([[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]) <br> 29,395 ([[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]])
| term_start3 =
| predecessor2     = [[Vigneswaran Sanasee]] <br> ([[Barisan Nasional|BN]]–[[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
| term_end3 =
| successor2       = [[Mohamad Sabu]] <br> ([[Pakatan Harapan|PH]]–[[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|AMANAH]])
| constituency_AM3 =
 
| assembly3 =
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| citizenship = [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]]
| citizenship = [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]]
| party = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) <small>(until 2015)</small><br />[[National Trust Party (Malaysia)]] (AMANAH) <small>(2015-present)</small>
| party = [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) <br> {{small|(–2015)}} <br> [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]] (AMANAH) <br> {{small|(since 2015)}}
|otherparty = [[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA) <small>(until 2004)</small><br />[[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) <small>(2008-2015)</small><br />[[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) <small>(2015-present)</small>  
|otherparty = [[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA) <br> {{small|(–2004)}} <br> [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) <br> {{small|(2008–2015)}} <br> [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) <br> {{small|(since 2015)}}  
| occupation = Politician
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Doctor, lecturer
| profession = Physician, lecturer
| relations =
| relations =
| spouse =
| spouse =
| children = 6
| children = 6
| alma_mater = [[Cairo University]] ([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]])<br/>[[University of London]] ([[Physiology|MSc]]) <br/>[[National University of Malaysia]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| alma_mater = [[Cairo University]] ([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]])<br/>[[University of London]] ([[Physiology|MSc]]) <br/>[[National University of Malaysia]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| website = {{url|http://drsitimariah.blogspot.com/}}
| website = {{URL|https://drsitimariah.blogspot.com/}}
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
}}
}}


[[Physician|Dr.]] '''Siti Mariah binti Mahmud''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: {{lang|ms|سيتي مريه بنت محمود}}; born 14 February 1958) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician who has served as the Member of the [[Selangor State Executive Council]] (EXCO) for the portfolios of Health, Women and Family Empowerment in the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar [[Amirudin Shari]] and Member of the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]] since May 2018. She is also a member of the [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]] (AMANAH), in the [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]] opposition coalition. Siti Mariah was the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]] from March 2008 to May 2018 for a decade when she was a member of the [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) in the [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) opposition coalition.
'''Siti Mariah binti Mahmud''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: {{lang|ms|سيتي مارية بنت محمود}}; born 14 February 1958) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] [[politician]], [[physician]] and [[lecturer]] who served as Member of the [[Selangor State Executive Council]] (EXCO) in the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) state administration under Menteris Besar [[Azmin Ali]] and [[Amirudin Shari]], Member of the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]] from May 2018 to August 2023 as well as the [[Dewan Rakyat|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]] from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member and Vice President of the [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]] (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS), a component party the [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) coalition.


==Education==
==Education==
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==Early career==
==Early career==
Before entering politics, Siti Mariah was a doctor and lecturer.


Before entering politics, Siti Mariah was a doctor and lecturer.  
==Political career==
Siti Mariah was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Malaysian general election]], gaining the seat of [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]] from the then-ruling [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) coalition.<ref name="GE 2008 results">{{Cite web|title = Malaysia Decides 2008| work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]| date =| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/| accessdate = 17 January 2010}}</ref> It was reported that her victory—for the Islamist PAS—came with the support of ethnic Chinese and Indian voters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=sharingthenation&file=/2008/10/5/columnists/sharingthenation/2193877&sec=Sharing%20The%20Nation|title=In step with the rakyat|last=Anwar|first=Zainah|date=5 October 2008|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=17 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604001826/http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=sharingthenation&file=%2F2008%2F10%2F5%2Fcolumnists%2Fsharingthenation%2F2193877&sec=Sharing%20The%20Nation|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was successfully reelected again in the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]] but she did not seek a third term reelection for her Kota Raja parliamentary seat in the [[2018 Malaysian general election|2018 election]] to make way for [[Mohamad Sabu]], the president of AMANAH. She contested and won the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] constituency of Seri Serdang instead as AMANAH of PH candidate for the first time.


==Political career==
In 2005, Siti Mariah was the first female candidate for vice-president of PAS, but her candidacy was defeated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/6/6/nation/11143037&sec=nation|title=Rebranding image the key, says new deputy|date=6 June 2005|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=17 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604002348/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F6%2F6%2Fnation%2F11143037&sec=nation|archive-date=4 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She has subsequently been portrayed as representing the "new dynamic progressive voice" of PAS.<ref name="Doing good">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=26410|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217134416/http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm%3Fid%3D26410|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2020|title=Doing good by PAS|last=Ramanathan|first=Rathi|date=9 October 2008|publisher=The Sun (Malaysia)|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref>
 
== Views ==
 
=== Disagree with Covid-19 vaccine mandate ===
Siti Mariah, who was a health executive councilor (exco) in Selangor, has expressed disagreement with the implementation of any vaccine mandate. Even though she advocates for vaccination, she does not believe a person should lose their job over it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-10 |title=S'gor health exco disagrees with Covid-19 vaccine mandates |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/594821 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Malaysiakini}}</ref>


Siti Mariah was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Malaysian general election]], gaining the seat of [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]] from the then-ruling [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) coalition.<ref name="GE 2008 results">{{Cite web|title = Malaysia Decides 2008| work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]| date =| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/| accessdate = 17 January 2010}}</ref> It was reported that her victory—for the Islamist PAS—came with the support of ethnic Chinese and Indian voters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=sharingthenation&file=/2008/10/5/columnists/sharingthenation/2193877&sec=Sharing%20The%20Nation|title=In step with the rakyat|last=Anwar|first=Zainah|date=5 October 2008|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=17 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604001826/http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=sharingthenation&file=%2F2008%2F10%2F5%2Fcolumnists%2Fsharingthenation%2F2193877&sec=Sharing%20The%20Nation#|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was successfully reelected again in the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]] but she did not seek a third term reelection for her Kota Raja parliamentary seat in the [[2018 Malaysian general election|2018 election]] to make way for [[Mohamad Sabu]], the president of AMANAH. She contested and won the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] constituency of Seri Serdang instead as AMANAH of PH candidate for the first time.
=== Supporting the use of Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment ===
Siti Mariah stirred up controversy when she suggested the use of [[Ivermectin]], a drug generally authorized only for animals, to treat COVID-19. She tweeted about a couple who had recovered from COVID-19 after taking Ivermectin and claimed that there were no side effects. She also posed a question to the Health Director-General about what was wrong with taking this medicine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Alexander |title=Selangor Health Exco blasted for suggesting Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 |url=https://soyacincau.com/2021/07/02/selangor-health-exco-blasted-for-suggesting-the-use-of-ivermectin-to-treat-covid-19/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=SoyaCincau |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2005, Siti Mariah was the first female candidate for vice-president of PAS, but her candidacy was defeated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/6/6/nation/11143037&sec=nation|title=Rebranding image the key, says new deputy|date=6 June 2005|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=17 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604002348/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F6%2F6%2Fnation%2F11143037&sec=nation|archive-date=4 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She has subsequently been portrayed as representing the "new dynamic progressive voice" of PAS.<ref name="Doing good">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=26410|title=Doing good by PAS|last=Ramanathan|first=Rathi|date=9 October 2008|publisher=The Sun (Malaysia)|accessdate=17 January 2010}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
However, she later posted a follow-up tweet stating that she was neither pro nor against Ivermectin. She defended her stance by asking why those who are against it wanted to block it, and urged everyone to argue scientifically. Surprisingly, she was unaware of the Ivermectin trials being conducted by the Ministry of Health at the time.<ref name=":0" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Election results==
==Election results==
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': P111 [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]], [[Selangor]]<ref name="GE 2008 results"/><ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
|+ [[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]<ref name="GE 2008 results"/><ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
   | title = Malaysia General Election  
   | title = Malaysia General Election  
   | work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
   | work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
   | publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
   | publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
   | url = http://undi.info/#
   | url = http://undi.info/#
   | accessdate = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref name="GE13 results">{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref><ref name ="myundi pru 13">{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Utusan PRU 13 results">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321134049/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
   | accessdate = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref name="GE13 results">{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|language=Malay|accessdate=24 March 2017|archive-date=14 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314141057/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name ="myundi pru 13">{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Utusan PRU 13 results">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321134049/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
!|Year
!|Year
!colspan=2|
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Votes
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Pct
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|-
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
|rowspan=2|[[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
|rowspan=6|P111 [[Kota Raja (federal constituency)|Kota Raja]]
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PAS}} |
|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PAS}} |
|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Siti Mariah Mahmud}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Siti Mariah Mahmud}} ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|rowspan=2 align="right" |16,137
|rowspan=2 align="right" |16,137
|rowspan=2|36.57%
|rowspan=2|36.57%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''[[Vigneswaran Sanasee]]''' ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|'''MIC''']])
|{{nowrap|'''[[Vigneswaran Sanasee]]'''}} ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|'''MIC''']])
|align="right" |'''24,376'''
|align="right" |'''24,376'''
|'''55.24%'''
|'''55.24%'''
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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |
|Krisnasamy Thevarayan ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|Krisnasamy Thevarayan ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|3,608
| align=right|3,608
|8.18%
| align=right|8.18%
|-
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Siti Mariah Mahmud'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|{{nowrap|'''Siti Mariah Mahmud'''}} ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''38,630'''
|align="right" |'''38,630'''
|'''68.36%'''
|'''68.36%'''
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|79.74%
|79.74%
|-
|-
|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
| rowspan=3|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Siti Mariah Mahmud'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|'''Siti Mariah Mahmud'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''59,106'''
| rowspan=3 align="right" |'''59,106'''
|'''64.51%'''
| rowspan=3|'''64.51%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Murugesan Sinnandavar]] ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|[[Murugesan Sinnandavar]] ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|align="right" |29,711
|align="right" |29,711
|32.43%
|32.43%
|92,719
| rowspan=3|92,719
|29,395
| rowspan=3|29,395
|87.55%
| rowspan=3|87.55%
|-
|{{party shading/Independent}} |
|[[Uthayakumar Ponnusamy]] ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|align="right" |2,364
|align="right" |2.58%
|-
|{{party shading/Independent}} |
|Azman Idrus ([[Independent politician|IND]])
|align="right" |280
|align="right" |0.31%
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]: N29 [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]]'''<ref name="undiinfo"/><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
|+ [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]<ref name="undiinfo"/><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|language=Malay|accessdate=17 May 2018|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913134822/https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|url-status=dead}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!|Year
!colspan=2|
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Votes
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Pct
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!|Turnout
!|Turnout
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 Selangor state election|2018]]
| rowspan=2|'''N29 [[Seri Serdang (state constituency)|Seri Serdang]]'''
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|'''Siti Mariah Mahmud'''}} ('''[[Parti Amanah Negara|AMANAH]]''')
| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|'''Siti Mariah Mahmud'''}} ([[Parti Amanah Negara|'''AMANAH''']])
| rowspan="2" |'''27,088'''
| rowspan="2" align=right|'''27,088'''
| rowspan="2" |'''59.71%'''
| rowspan="2" |'''59.71%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Mohd Satim Diman ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|[[Mohamad Satim Diman]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|12,725
| align=right|12,725
|28.05%
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Template:Malay name

Siti Mariah Mahmud
سيتي ماريا محمود
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
In office
14 May 2018 – 12 August 2023
(Health, Women and Family Empowerment)
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAzmin Ali
(2018)
Amirudin Shari
(2018–2023)
Preceded byDaroyah Alwi
ConstituencySeri Serdang
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Seri Serdang
In office
9 May 2018 – 12 August 2023
Preceded byNoor Hanim Ismail
(PR–PAS)
Succeeded byAbbas Salimi Azmi
(PH–AMANAH)
Majority14,363 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kota Raja
In office
8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byVigneswaran Sanasee
(BN–MIC)
Succeeded byMohamad Sabu
(PH–AMANAH)
Majority20,751 (2008)
29,395 (2013)
Personal details
Born
Siti Mariah binti Mahmud

(1958-02-14) 14 February 1958 (age 68)
Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(–2015)
National Trust Party (AMANAH)
(since 2015)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Children6
Alma materCairo University (MBBS)
University of London (MSc)
National University of Malaysia (MBA)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPhysician, lecturer
Websitedrsitimariah.blogspot.com

Siti Mariah binti Mahmud (Jawi: سيتي مارية بنت محمود; born 14 February 1958) is a Malaysian politician, physician and lecturer who served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteris Besar Azmin Ali and Amirudin Shari, Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Seri Serdang from May 2018 to August 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Raja from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member and Vice President of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition.

Education[edit | edit source]

She obtained Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) from the Cairo University, Master of Physiology from University of London and Master of Business Management (MBA) from National University of Malaysia (UKM).

Early career[edit | edit source]

Before entering politics, Siti Mariah was a doctor and lecturer.

Political career[edit | edit source]

Siti Mariah was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election, gaining the seat of Kota Raja from the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1] It was reported that her victory—for the Islamist PAS—came with the support of ethnic Chinese and Indian voters.[2] She was successfully reelected again in the 2013 election but she did not seek a third term reelection for her Kota Raja parliamentary seat in the 2018 election to make way for Mohamad Sabu, the president of AMANAH. She contested and won the Selangor State Legislative Assembly constituency of Seri Serdang instead as AMANAH of PH candidate for the first time.

In 2005, Siti Mariah was the first female candidate for vice-president of PAS, but her candidacy was defeated.[3] She has subsequently been portrayed as representing the "new dynamic progressive voice" of PAS.[4]

Views[edit | edit source]

Disagree with Covid-19 vaccine mandate[edit | edit source]

Siti Mariah, who was a health executive councilor (exco) in Selangor, has expressed disagreement with the implementation of any vaccine mandate. Even though she advocates for vaccination, she does not believe a person should lose their job over it.[5]

Supporting the use of Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment[edit | edit source]

Siti Mariah stirred up controversy when she suggested the use of Ivermectin, a drug generally authorized only for animals, to treat COVID-19. She tweeted about a couple who had recovered from COVID-19 after taking Ivermectin and claimed that there were no side effects. She also posed a question to the Health Director-General about what was wrong with taking this medicine.[6]

However, she later posted a follow-up tweet stating that she was neither pro nor against Ivermectin. She defended her stance by asking why those who are against it wanted to block it, and urged everyone to argue scientifically. Surprisingly, she was unaware of the Ivermectin trials being conducted by the Ministry of Health at the time.[6]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

She has six children.[4]

Election results[edit | edit source]

Parliament of Malaysia[1][7][8][9][10][11]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 P111 Kota Raja rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/PAS | Siti Mariah Mahmud (PAS) 16,137 36.57% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Vigneswaran Sanasee (MIC) 24,376 55.24% 44,758 8,239 76.67%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Krisnasamy Thevarayan (IND) 3,608 8.18%
2008 Template:Party shading/PAS | Siti Mariah Mahmud (PAS) 38,630 68.36% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Vigneswaran Sanasee (MIC) 17,879 31.64% 57,323 20,751 79.74%
2013 rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/PAS | Siti Mariah Mahmud (PAS) 59,106 64.51% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Murugesan Sinnandavar (MIC) 29,711 32.43% 92,719 29,395 87.55%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Uthayakumar Ponnusamy (IND) 2,364 2.58%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Azman Idrus (IND) 280 0.31%
Selangor State Legislative Assembly[8][12][13]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N29 Seri Serdang rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Siti Mariah Mahmud (AMANAH) 27,088 59.71% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Mohamad Satim Diman (UMNO) 12,725 28.05% 46,054 14,363 87.18%
Template:Party shading/PAS | Noor Hanim Ismail (PAS) 5,552 12.24%

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Anwar, Zainah (5 October 2008). "In step with the rakyat". The Star. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Rebranding image the key, says new deputy". The Star. 6 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ramanathan, Rathi (9 October 2008). "Doing good by PAS". The Sun (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "S'gor health exco disagrees with Covid-19 vaccine mandates". Malaysiakini. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wong, Alexander. "Selangor Health Exco blasted for suggesting Ivermectin to treat COVID-19". SoyaCincau. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  9. ↑ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ↑ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  13. ↑ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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Preceded by
S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee 		Member of Parliament for Kota Raja
8 March 2008–9 May 2018 		Succeeded by
Mohamad Sabu
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