Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Ras Adiba Radzi
PMW
راس أديبة محمّد راضي‎
Ras Adiba in 2023
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Representing PWD
In office
20 May 2020 – 19 May 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2022–2023)
Preceded byBathmavathi Krishnan
Chairman of BERNAMA
In office
23 November 2020 – 23 January 2023
Preceded bySuhaimi Sulaiman
Succeeded byWong Chun Wai
Personal details
Born
Ras Adiba binti Mohd Radzi

(1968-07-27) July 27, 1968 (age 55)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2023)
Independent
(2020–2023)
Other political
affiliations		Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2023)
Children
  • Umar Ras Engel bin Abdullah
  • Amaar Raj bin Abdullah
OccupationCommunity activist, politician

Ras Adiba binti Mohd Radzi (born 27 July 1968) is a Malaysian politician, community activist and veteran news presenter. She has served on TV3 and NTV7[1] as a broadcast journalist, television presenter and sports commentator. She is also one of Malaysia's paralympic shooters.[2] Ras Adiba is a broadcast journalist, news anchor, presenter, a poet, director and producer. She served as Senator from May 2020 to May 2023 and represented persons with disabilities (OKUs).[3][4] The former senator received the 2023 International Women of Courage Award, which was presented to her and other nominees by Jill Biden and Anthony J. Blinken.[5] On 9 July 2023, she officially became a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Lepas 34 tahun, ini hari terakhir saya" - Ras Adiba Radzi Kool FM. 16 May 2020. Retrieved on 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ Mazizul Dani (11 January 2016). Semangat kental Ras Adiba Harian Metro. Accessed December 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Mohd Ali, Ras Adiba sworn in as senators". New Straits Times. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ Mohd Ali, Ras Adiba angkat sumpah senator Berita Harian (20 May 2020). Accessed May 20, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "2023 International Women of Courage Award". U.S. Department of State. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Ras Adiba Radzi joins Bersatu". 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ Ibrahim, Mohd Iskandar; Sulaiman, Noor Atiqah (1 February 2021). "Seramai 335 terima darjah kebesaran sempena Hari Wilayah". Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ Hadir, Shawaliah (1 February 2021). "Tengku Zafrul antara 6 penerima Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Pertama sempena Hari WP". MalaysiaGazette (in Malay). Retrieved 1 February 2021.


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