Fuziah Salleh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Fuziah Salleh
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1959(1959-07-13)
Age	65
Birthplace	Johor
Country	Malaysia
Horoscope	Cancer

Fuziah Salleh Biography

Fuziah Salleh is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 13, 1959 in Johor, Malaysia. Hajah Fuziah binti Salleh (Jawi: fwZyh Bnt SlH; born on the 13th of July, 1959) is a Malaysian politician, and currently the MP for Kuantan.

Fuziah Salleh has led her campaign “Stop Lynas Rare Earth Refinery” campaign in Kuantan after she was elected the MP for Kuantan in 2008. Fuziah has been voicing her concerns about the dangers associated with having Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) close to Kuantan as a member of Kuantan in Parliament of Malaysia since 18 November 2008.

Despite the claimed hazards, the government of Malaysia is eager for investment by Lynas, even offering a 12-year tax holiday. Fuziah Salleh, local residents, environmentalists and professional bodies such as Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) and Malaysian Bar Council have questioned the credibility of the IAEA review. They have called for the LAMP to be scrapped by pointing out the IAEA review panel didn’t include the medical experts and the IAEA report doesn’t assure LAMP will be safe. Also, it is claimed that neither the long- term waste management nor the possible contamination of surface water and atmosphere by radioactive waste material were addressed in the radiological impact assessment (RIA) report. These worries have been further spurred by the New York Times article dated 29 June 2011, reporting the LAMP may be needed redesign work, with memos, e-mail messages and photos from Lynas and its contractors provided to the journalist by the engineers who worked at the LAMP.

The review led by the IAEA panel concluded on 28 June 2011, and it claimed “was not able to identify any non-compliance with international radiation safety standards” by putting forward eleven recommendations for Lynas to meet before beginning operations, which have been adopted by the BN ruling coalition.

“Concerned Citizen of Kuantan” was a civil society organization founded by Fuziah in December 2008 to consider what actions that should been taken by Kuantan community against the risky Lynas refined project for rare earth. Committee of “Concerned Citizen of Kuantan” was created following an event held in the presence of Fuziah to discuss LAMP concerns with around 20 locals and professionals from various ethnic groups as well as NGO’s located close to Kuantan. The awareness campaign on the dangerous LAMP, which was held in 2008-2010 proved challenging with only a few organisations and individuals who were willing to offer assistance. In addition, only local Chinese media reported on the claimed LAMP problems, while media, the English as well as Malay media did not. In 2009, Fuziah’s group had the ability to obtain news coverage about the LAMP issues in Kuantan through Malaysian television channels, which include the NTV7 and TV2’s Mandarin programmes.

Fuziah Salleh Net Worth

Fuziah Salleh is one of the richest Politician from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Fuziah Salleh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Prior to entering politics, Fuziah was a corporate trainer and trainer for corporations, multinationals as well as NGOs in the field that of development and development for human resources as well as women’s empowerment. She has experience in counseling different interest groups both in the UK as well as Malaysia that range from young people, students married couples, as well as women who are victims of domestic violence. In the mid-90s she worked for an official of the state as a counsellor . She was also in charge of setting an unofficial counselling center called Unit Kaunseling Islah JIM (1993) in which she was later the trainer and advisor for volunteers in the unit.

At the beginning of the Reformasi movements within Malaysia, Fuziah Salleh was one of the chiefs in an Islamic NGO called Jamaah Islah Malaysia (widely known as JIM) and was also an active member of the “early bath group” joined National Justice Party (Malay: Parti Keadilan Nasional) which was formed on April 4th, 1999. National Justice Party was later joined with the earlier Malaysian People’s Party (Malay: Parti Rakyat Malaysia) to create the People’s Justice Party (Malay: Parti Keadilan Rakyat) on 3 August 2003.

Fuziah Salleh ran unsuccessfully for Malaysian Parliament twice, before winning a parliament seat of Kuantan in the 12th General Election of Malaysia. On 8 March 2008, Fuziah successfully defeated incumbent Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) heavyweight Datuk Fu Ah Kiow, who was also the incumbent Deputy Internal Security Minister.

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Who is Fuziah Salleh Dating?

According to our records, Fuziah Salleh married to Russly Abdul Rahman. As of December 1, 2023, Fuziah Salleh’s is not dating anyone.

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The anti-Lynas group led by Fuziah Salleh had gradually evolved into a bigger civil society group, i.e. “Save Malaysia Stop Lynas” (SMSL). SMSL was initiated and loosely formed by Fuziah and her PKR team in March 2011, after a signature drive launched and public talk on the urgent need to cease the Lynas plant from commencing operations in Malaysia. Fuziah and team then passed their contacts to the SMSL committee with verbal agreement that all “Stop Lynas Rare Earth Refinery” NGOs, activists, professionals and experts to work together, and under the umbrella of Kuantan MP YB Fuziah Salleh. Along the path of her struggle against LAMP, various anti-Lynas groups, NGOs and NGIs have been mushrooming.

Facts & Trivia

Fuziah Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Fuziah Salleh celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

In the 13th General Election, MCA loaned the Kuantan parliamentary seat to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), to capitalise on the increase in Malay voters who now made up 63 per cent of Kuantan’s over 55,000 voters. The Kuatan seat loan was also perceived as a tactical move by Barisan Nasional (BN) to counter the Chinese community still against the controversial Lynas rare earth plant in Kuantan. Despite facing stiff competition from UMNO, on 5 May 2013, PKR vice-president Fuziah Salleh not only retained the Kuantan seat for the second term but with an increased majority of 4,515 votes, after defeating Datuk Mohamed Suffian Awang. Datuk Mohamed Suffian Awang was Kuantan UMNO Youth Chief and the Political Secretary to the BN chairman and the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak.