Masir Kujat

Masir Kujat
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sri Aman
In office
8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byJimmy Lim @ Jimmy Donald (BN)
Succeeded byDoris Sophia Brodi (GPS–PBB)
Majority4,252 (2008)
6,550 (2013)
5,820 (2018)
Ministerial roles
2015–2018Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–2018Barisan Nasional
2018Sarawak Peoples' Party
2018–2019Gabungan Parti Sarawak
2019–2022Sarawak United Party
2022–Independent
Personal details
Born
Masir anak Kujat

(1954-08-07) 7 August 1954 (age 70)
Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyIndependent (2022–2023)
United Sarawak Party (2019–2022)
Sarawak Peoples' Party (2008–2019)
Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM)
(since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (2008–2018)
Sarawak Parties Alliance (2018–2019)
SpouseDora Jemat
OccupationPolitician

Dato' Masir anak Kujat (born 7 August 1954) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sri Aman from March 2008 to November 2022.[1] He has been a member of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) since 7 March 2019.[2][3][4] He left PSB to become an independent MP in March 2022.[5] Masir lost his Sri Aman federal seat on the November 2022 Malaysian general election to Doris Sophia Brodie from Gabungan Parti Sarawak in a 4-way fight. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi from July 2015 to the power loss of BN coalition in May 2018.[6] He was a member of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a former component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) and now Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalitions, from 2008 to 2019.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Masir Anak Kujat, Y.B. Tuan" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  2. ^ Goh Pei Pei (7 March 2019). "Sri Aman MP jumps ship". New Straits Times. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Masir, Entulu, Nyallau, Entri and Banyi join PSB". The Borneo Post. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Sri Aman MP, ex-minister, Teras leader join Sarawak's PSB". Free Malaysia Today. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. ^ Suara Sarawak [dead link]
  6. ^ "Cabinet reshuffle: Who's in, who's out". The Star (Malaysia). 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. ^ Wong, Jack; Ling, Sharon (22 February 2008). "Taib will not defend Kota Samarahan seat". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Masir Kujat resigns from PRS". Dayak Daily. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  9. ^ "PRS confirms receiving quit letter from Masir". The Borneo Post. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.