Rahman Ismail
Rahman bin Ismail is a Malaysian politician, social activist and medical doctor. He is the former Member of Parliament for the Gombak constituency. He served as an MP for his constituency from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He founded and is currently the chairman of Gabungan NGO-NGO Gombak, a multiracial and mix confederation of 153 smaller NGOs in Gombak. The Academy of Medicine of Malaysia certifies Rahman Ismail as one of its members. EducationIsmail, a former Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah student, studied medicine at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Johns Hopkins University, Pasteur Institute, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.[1] Medical careerIsmail is a vaccinologist, epidemiologist, and clinical trialist. In 1997 he was elected as the medical and scientific director for the Asia Pacific region when he joined Sanofi Pasteur International. Sanofi Pasteur is a vaccine-producing company. [2] Currently he is appointed as an adviser for the Public Health Specialist Society and also one of the panels for the National Bio-Technology Council. He has conducted many clinical trials, hospital trials, epidemiological studies, surveillance studies and is involved in major drugs an vaccine clinical developments.[3] Medik TVIsmail was also the chairman of Medik TV, a health television channel dedicated to educating the masses about healthcare and medical procedures. All the programs shown in the TV channel are accessible in all Malaysian government hospitals.[4] UMNO MemberIsmail became active with community service and later joined UMNO in 1986. Ismail represents the younger more vibrant leaders in UMNO and Barisan Nasional.[5] General elections candidateIsmail made his debut when he was picked as BN candidate to contest the 2004 general election and successfully won the Gombak parliamentary seat by beating Mohd Hatta Ramli of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS). However, he did not contest in the subsequent 2008 general election. He was called to contest for the Gombak parliamentary seat as the BN candidate again in the 2013 general election going against Azmin Ali of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).[6] Azmin Ali however won with 4,734 votes ,or 4a .49% majority. Election results
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