Anifah Aman | |
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| حنيفة أمان | |
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| Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
| Representing Labuan | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Bashir Alias |
| Chairman of the Labuan Corporation | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Chief Executive Officer | Rithuan Mohd Ismail |
| Preceded by | Bashir Alias |
| Special Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sabah on International Relations and Foreign Investments | |
| Assumed office 30 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| 3rd President of the Love Sabah Party | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2020 | |
| Deputy | Wilfred Bumburing (2020–2024) |
| Preceded by | Wilfred Bumburing |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 April 2009 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin (2009–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | A. Kohillan Pillay (2009–2013) Lee Chee Leong (2009–2010) Richard Riot Jaem (2010–2013) Hamzah Zainudin (2013–2015) Reezal Merican Naina Merican (2015–2018) |
| Preceded by | Rais Yatim |
| Succeeded by | Saifuddin Abdullah |
| Constituency | Kimanis |
| Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities | |
| In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin (2004–2006) Mizan Zainal Abidin (2006–2008) |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Peter Chin Fah Kui |
| Preceded by | Himself (Deputy Minister of Primary Industries) |
| Succeeded by | A. Kohillan Pillay |
| Constituency | Kimanis |
| Deputy Minister of Primary Industries | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin (1999–2001) Sirajuddin (2001–2004) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (1999–2003) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003–2004) |
| Minister | Lim Keng Yaik |
| Preceded by | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Deputy Minister Plantation Industries and Commodities) |
| Constituency | Beaufort |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kimanis | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 16 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nurnikman Abdullah (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Mohamad Alamin (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 5,108 (2004) 5,453 (2008) 5,723 (2013) 156 (2018) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Beaufort | |
| In office 29 November 1999 – 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Nurnikman Abdullah (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Azizah Mohd Dun (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 6,800 (1999) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1999–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 2023– | Love Sabah Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anifah bin Aman @ Haniff Amman 16 November 1953 Keningau, Crown Colony of North Borneo |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (member until 2018) Independent (2018–2020) Love Sabah Party (PCS) (member since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (member until 2018) Sabah Native Cooperation Party (PKAN) (allied since 2019) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (member since 2024; allied 2021–2024) |
| Spouse | Siti Rubiah Abdul Samad |
| Relations | Musa Aman (elder brother) Annuar Ayub (nephew) Yamani Hafez Musa (nephew) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Alma mater | University College of Buckingham |
| Occupation | Politician |
Anifah bin Haji Aman @ Haniff Amman (Jawi: حنيفة بن أمان @ حنيف أمان; born 16 November 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senator since March 2023, Chairman of the Labuan Corporation since June 2023, Special Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sabah Hajiji Noor on International Relations and Foreign Investments since January 2023 and the 3rd President of the Love Sabah Party (PCS) since July 2020. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Primary Industries and Deputy Minister of Primary Industries in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Lim Keng Yaik and Peter Chin Fah Kui from December 1999 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaufort from November 1999 to March 2004 and for Kimanis from March 2004 to August 2019 and for Beaufort from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of the PCS and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition before leaving it to be an independent in September 2018 and joining PCS in 2020.[1]
- ^ Muguntan Vanar (19 September 2018). "Anifah: I quit Umno in the interest of Sabah rights". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.