Rohani Abdul Karim

Yang Berbahagia Dato Sri Hajah Rohani Abdul Karim SSAP PNBS PGBK
روحاني بنت عبدالكريم
Rohani in 2022
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
In office 16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
Monarchs	Abdul Halim (2013–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018)
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Deputy	Azizah Mohd Dun Chew Mei Fun (2014–2018)
Preceded by	Najib Razak (Acting)
Succeeded by	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Constituency	Batang Lupar
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism
In office 4 June 2010 – 15 May 2013 Serving with Tan Lian Hoe
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin (2010–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2013)
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Constituency	Batang Lupar
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries
In office 19 March 2008 – 4 June 2010 Serving with Mohd Johari Baharum (2009–2010)
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Mustapa Mohamed (2008–2009) Noh Omar (2009–2010)
Preceded by	Shariff Omar Mah Siew Keong
Succeeded by	Chua Tee Yong
Constituency	Batang Lupar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Batang Lupar
In office 21 March 2004 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (BN–PBB)
Succeeded by	Mohamad Shafizan Kepli (GPS–PBB)
Majority	Walkover (2004) 8,092 (2008) 10,964 (2013) 10,277 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Santubong
In office 21 October 1990 – 21 March 2004
Preceded by	Sulaiman Daud (BN–PBB)
Succeeded by	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (BN–PBB)
Majority	7,368 (1990) 9,911 (1995) 1,895 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1990–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
2018–2022	Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born	Rohani binti Abdul Karim (1955-01-03) 3 January 1955 (age 69) Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political party	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018)
Children	3
Alma mater	Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Ohio University
Occupation	Politician
Website	datukrohanikarim.blogspot.com

Dato’ Sri Hajah Rohani binti Abdul Karim (Jawi: روحاني بنت عبدالكريم; born 3 January 1955) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Mustapa Mohamed and Noh Omar from March 2008 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batang Lupar from March 2004 to November 2022 and for Santubong from October 1990 to March 2004. She is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.^[1][2]

She was born on 3 January 1955 in Simanggang (now known as Sri Aman), Sarawak. She received her early education at SMK Methodist, Sibu. She has continued her education at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia in the field of agro-industry. She then resumed her studies until she obtained her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ohio University, Athens, USA. She has three children.

In the 1990 general election, Rohani was elected as a candidate and won the Santubong parliamentary seat.

In the 1995 and 1999 general election, she was still able to defend the Santubong Parliamentary seat. In the 2004 general election, she had switched to the Batang Lupar, Sri Aman, Sarawak, where she was born, and won uncontested.

She once again won the Batang Lupar parliamentary seat against opposition party representatives in the 2008 general election with 70 percent of her vote in favour of her. Later she was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry by the Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

On April 9, 2009, Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who just held the leadership of the country at that time, entrusted her to take over Tan Lian Hoe's duties as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism.

On May 15, 2013, she was appointed Women and Family Development Minister in the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. She started her official duties as Minister on 17 May 2013.

She is well-known for her outgoing personality in her constituency Batang Lupar. Her role as Deputy Minister meant most of her time was spent in Malaya. However, it did not stop her from going to the ground and meet with her constituents. Rohani is also IT-savvy, as evidenced by her frequent updates on her Twitter and Facebook pages.

•  Sarawak :
  • Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (2002)
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) – Dato Sri (2017)^[4]
•  Pahang :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2013)^[5]