Taib Azamudden Md Taib
Dato' Haji Taib Azamudden bin Md Taib (born 19 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Taib was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Baling constituency in Kedah for two separate terms; from 1999 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the opposition PAS.
Taib Azamudden Md Taib DSDK JP JBS AMN | |
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| طيب عزم الدين محمد طيب | |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1999–2004 | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party |
| 2008–2013 | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1951 Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Other political affiliations | Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Barisan Alternatif (BA) |
| Children | Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden Akram Ikrami Taib Azamudden |
| Occupation | Politician, imam |
Prior to joining PAS in politic, Taib was the imam of the National Mosque of Malaysia from 1993 to 1999.
Taib entered Parliament in the 1999 general election, winning the Baling constituency in Kedah. In the 2004 general election, he was one of many PAS parliamentarians to lost their seat, being defeated by Mashitah Ibrahim of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. He regained the Baling seat in the 2008 general election, defeating the Barisan Nasional's Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.
Taib suffered a stroke in 2013 and did not re-contest his seat in the general election later that year.