sentences:  As minister, she was the chairman of MATRADE beginning in 1991.Presently she is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, after she was sacked from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN) in 2018.Rafidah was the head of United Malays National Organisation's Woman Wing ("Wanita UMNO" in Malay) from 1999 to 2009, before losing out in the 2009 UMNO General Assembly election to Shahrizat Abdul Jalil after seeking re-election for another term.