Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz said today that being a prime minister doesn’t make her a better person, as she urged society not to pressure women to aim for only top leadership posts.

The former international trade and industry minister in the Mahathir administration said women’s personal choices should be respected and that society shouldn’t “mourn” a woman leaving a CEO post to raise a family.

“I’ve been asked this question [if] I should be prime minister. Whatever for?” Rafidah said at the Global Transformation Forum here organised by BFR Institute, a subsidiary of government agency Pemandu.

“Doesn’t make me a better person being prime minister. I can operate as a team with my colleagues bringing forward the women’s agenda. Why give it an ascribed position, number one, two, three?” the ex-minister, known as Malaysia’s “Iron Lady”, added.

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