ON Wednesday, the United States will see a new point in its history when Kamala Harris is sworn in as the country’s first woman vice president.
Malaysia got there first: Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail became the country’s first woman deputy prime minister under the Pakatan Harapan government until February 2020. But the practice of having a woman deputy premier did not continue, as none of the four senior ministers appointed in place of a deputy prime minister in the Perikatan Nasional government are women.
