Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Ahmad Shabery Cheek
احمد صبري چئ
Chairman of the
Federal Land Development Authority
Assumed office
1 July 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterRafizi Ramli
Director-GeneralAmiruddin Abdul Satar
Preceded byIdris Jusoh
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
In office
28 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyTajuddin Abdul Rahman
Anthony Nogeh Gumbek
Preceded byIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Succeeded bySalahuddin Ayub
ConstituencyKemaman
Minister of Communications and Multimedia
In office
16 May 2013 – 28 July 2015
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyJailani Johari
Preceded byRais Yatim
(Minister of Information, Communications and Culture)
Succeeded bySalleh Said Keruak
ConstituencyKemaman
In office
19 March 2008 – 8 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyTan Lian Hoe
Joseph Salang Gandum
Preceded byZainuddin Maidin
Succeeded byRais Yatim
(Minister of Information, Communications, Arts and Culture)
ConstituencyKemaman
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
10 April 2008 – 15 May 2013
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
(2008–2011)
Abdul Halim
(2011–2013)
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
DeputyRazali Ibrahim
(2008–2013)
Wee Jeck Seng
(2009–2011)
Gan Ping Sieu
(2011–2013)
Preceded byIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Succeeded byKhairy Jamaluddin
ConstituencyKemaman
Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
2006–2008
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterRais Yatim
ConstituencyKemaman
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kemaman
In office
21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byAbd Rahman Yusof (PKR)
Succeeded byChe Alias Hamid (PAS)
Majority15,882 (2004)
12,683 (2008)
12,306 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek

(1958-12-10) 10 December 1958 (age 65)
Kemaman, Terengganu, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–1989, since 1996)
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46)
(1989–1996)
Other political
affiliations
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)
(1990–1996)
Gagasan Rakyat (GR)
(1990–1996)
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–1989, since 1996)
SpouseChe Sharifah Ismail
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
(Bachelor's degree (economics))
University of Leeds
(Master's degree (political science))
OccupationPolitician

Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek (Jawi: احمد صبري بن چئ; born 10 December 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) since July 2023. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Minister of Youth and Sports and Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Minister Rais Yatim from 2006 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kemaman from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition and was a member of the Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46), a component party of the Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) and Gagasan Rakyat (GR) coalitions.[1] He was also Member of the Supreme Council of UMNO.

  1. ^ "Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek, Y.B. Dato' Sri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.