Kasitah Gaddam

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Gaddam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Khasitah.
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk
Kasitah Gaddam
PSM JSM PGDK
قصيدة بن قدم
Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development
In office
14 March 1999 – 26 March 2004
MonarchsJa’afar
Salahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyGoh Cheng Teik (1999)
Tan Kee Kwong (1999–2004)
Preceded byOsu Sukam
Succeeded byAdenan Satem (as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment)
Mohamed Khaled Nordin (Co-operatives Development)
ConstituencySenator
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kinabalu
In office
1986–1990
Preceded byMark Koding (BERJAYA-BN)
Succeeded byOsman Minudin (PBS)
MajorityUncontested (1986)
Personal details
Born
Kasitah bin Gaddam

(1947-10-18) 18 October 1947 (age 77)
Ranau, Ranau District, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Sabah National Organisation (USNO)
United Malay National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician

Tan Sri Datuk Kasitah bin Gaddam (Jawi: قصيدة بن قدم; born 18 October 1947) is a Malaysian politician from the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) who served as Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development of Malaysia between 1999 and 2004. He was born in Sabah, Malaysia.