Yusof Yacob

Yusof Yacob
يوسف بن يعقوب
Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad
Assumed office
13 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Preceded bySalleh Said Keruak
State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah
In office
16 May 2018 – 29 September 2020
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterShafie Apdal
AssistantMohammad Mohamarin
Jennifer Lasimbang
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYakubah Khan
(State Minister of Science and Innovation of Sabah)
ConstituencySindumin
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
In office
17 May 2004 – 13 February 2008
Serving with Lim Si Cheng
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
SpeakerMohamed Zahir Ismail (2004)
Ramli Ngah Talib
(2004–2008)
Preceded byMuhammad Abdullah
Succeeded byRonald Kiandee
ConstituencySipitang
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Sindumin
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byAhmad Bujang
(BNUMNO)
Majority760 (2018)
424 (2020)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sipitang
In office
25 April 1995 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byMustapha Harun
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded bySapawi Ahmad
(BN–UMNO)
Majority4,524 (1995)
4,339 (1999)
Walkover (2004)
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–2021Sabah Heritage Party
2021–2023Independent[1]
2023–Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2008Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Yusof bin Yacob

1956 (age 67–68)
Sipitang, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(1995–2018)
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
(2018–2021)
Independent
(2021–2023)
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN)
(member since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1995−2018, aligned:2021–2023)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(aligned:2021–2022)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(member since 2023, aligned: 2021–2023)
SpouseAzizah Beniamen
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Yusof bin Yacob is a Malaysian politician who [2] has served as Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad since January 2023[3] and the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sindumin since May 2018.[4][5] He served as State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from May 2004 to December 2007 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang from April 1995 to March 2008.[6] He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. He was a member of the WARISAN, before leaving the party on 8 October 2021 to become an independent in support of the ruling GRS coalition. He was also member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) which he left in 2018. On 22 May 2022, he confirmed that he had applied to rejoin and was pending return to BN and UMNO after leaving them four years ago. However, his application was not accepted before he withdrew the application and joined GAGASAN instead on 21 January 2023.[7][8][9][10][11]

  1. ^ "ADUN Sindumin keluar WARISAN". 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ "New Sabah ministers learning their new job scopes | The Star". The Star (Malaysia). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Sabah Barisan dissident, Sabah DAP chief get top GLC posts". The Star. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Sindumin rep urges Yamani to vacate Sipitang seats". The Borneo Post. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.-
  5. ^ "Sindumin assemblyman Yusof Yacob quits Warisan". The Edge Markets. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Dewan Rakyat Speaker Zahir dies at age 80 | The Star". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Former Warisan rep Yusof confirms returning to Umno".
  8. ^ "All signs point to ex-Warisan rep joining Sabah BN".
  9. ^ Anthea Peter (8 July 2020). "MCO: 4,900 lost their jobs in Sabah". Daily Express. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. ^ BNN (27 July 2020). "RM50m offer: Yusof told to show proof". Daily Express. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  11. ^ "5 ADUN umum keluar UMNO serta merta | Berita Harian".