Former Chief Minister of Kedah, Tan Sri Azizan Razak ( picture ) died at about 11:10 this morning at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar at age 69 of complications after heart since two days ago.
Former his press secretary confirmed the death, Helmi Khalid told The Malaysian Insider this morning .
" Yes, had died about five minutes ago in the hospital , " he told a while ago .
His funeral will be prayed in Kedah PAS Complex , Pokok Sena and will be buried in Muassasah Darul Ulum soon after the Asar prayers today .
Since two days ago, Azizan was in critical condition when the heart sometimes stops working and have to use the tool to work .
On May 9 , after the 13th general election , Azizan had surgery to cut for both legs at the Hospital Pulau Pinang from diabetes .
He was later transferred to Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar on August 4, after the situation is relatively stable .
Azizan left two wives Puan Sri Faikah Shaykh Hamza and Shamsiah Shafie and eight children .
Azizan was previously the Kedah PAS commissioner before being taken over by Datuk Mahfuz Omar .
He was sworn in as Chief Minister of Kedah on March 9, 2008 after PAS and its partners in Pakatan Rakyat, PKR and DAP to win a majority in the State Legislative Assembly ( DUN ) Kedah .
But he led Kedah government collapsed in the General Election - 13 ( 13GE ) on May 5 when BN managed to win the majority in the Dun Kedah.
Two days later, Azizan admitted to the hospital and perform surgery on his leg.
In 13GE , Azizan win seats DUN Sungai Limau beat BN's Mohd Ali Mohd Fazilah and two independents , Sobri Ahmad and Abdullah Hashim .
Before joining politics full-time , Azizan is a lecturer at the National University of Malaysia ( UKM ) in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and he has been a visiting lecturer at a university in the Philippines .
While still working with UKM, Azizan was a PAS representative in the Majlis Perunding Ekonomi Negara (MAPEN) and produce an important policy paper for consultative body formed by the government in 1989 .
Since then his name began to shine in PAS . Azizan later joined the Lembaga Pengarah Harakah, PAS and subsequent media organization as Managing Director to replace his Movement , Dr. Sanusi Daeng Mariok who won the 1990 general election in Rantau Panjang parliamentary seat .
Azizan's resignation in 1995 when he became the representative of the people after participating in the general election that year and won.
Azizan continue to be the ADUN when it won again in 1999 and 2004, and won again in the next general election in 2008 before being appointed chief minister.