Abu Seman Yusop

Abu Seman Yusop
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
In office
10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Jelaing Mersat (2009–2010)
Lee Chee Leong (2010–2013)
(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein
Preceded byWan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)
Succeeded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterNajib Razak (2008–2008)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009)
Preceded byZainal Abidin Zin
Succeeded byAbdul Latiff Ahmad
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories
In office
14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterMohd Isa Abdul Samad (2004–2005)
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Acting) (2005–2006)
Zulhasnan Rafique (2006–2008)
Preceded byZulhasnan Rafique
Succeeded bySaravanan Murugan
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security
In office
2004–2006
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy MinisterNoh Omar
(Deputy Minister of Internal Security I)
Chia Kwang Chye
(Deputy Minister of Internal Security II)
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Masjid Tanah
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byMas Ermieyati Samsudin
(BNUMNO)
Majority18,399 (2004)
12,285 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Alor Gajah
In office
25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byIbrahim Jendol
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byFong Chan Onn
(BNMCA)
Majority25,096 (1995)
12,332 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2013Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1944-01-10) 10 January 1944 (age 80)
Malacca, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
SpouseRahimi Yeop
Children2
Alma materMiddle Temple
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Abu Seman bin Haji Yusop (born 10 January 1944) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Masjid Tanah constituency in the state of Melaka from 2004 to 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional coalition, he served in the deputy ministry of successive governments during that period.

Before entering politics, Abu Seman was a lawyer with his own firm. He is a former police inspector and prosecutor.[1]

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