Juhar Mahiruddin

Juhar Mahiruddin
جوهر ماهرالدين
10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah
Assumed office
1 January 2011
Chief MinistersMusa Aman
(2011–2018)
Shafie Apdal
(2018–2020)
Hajiji Noor
(since 2020)
Preceded byAhmadshah Abdullah
Speaker of the
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
In office
15 December 2002 – 31 December 2010
Preceded byHassansaid Alban Sandukong
Succeeded bySalleh Said Keruak
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
In office
5 December 1990 – 10 November 1999
Serving with Ong Tee Keat
MonarchsAzlan Shah
Ja'afar
Salahuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
SpeakerMohamed Zahir Ismail
ConstituencyKinabatangan
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kinabatangan
In office
21 October 1990 – 29 November 1999
Preceded byPitting Mohd Ali
Succeeded byBung Moktar Radin
Personal details
Born
Juhar bin Mahiruddin

(1953-11-05) 5 November 1953 (age 71)
Tambisan Island, Sandakan Division, Crown Colony of North Borneo
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyas politician: as TYT Sabah:
Unknown/Independent/
Supporting any local political party of Sabah
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
SpouseNorlidah R. M. Jasni (b. 1961)
RelationsArmani Mahiruddin (sister)
Al Hambra Juhar (son)
Residence(s)Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Alma materWolverhampton Polytechnic (LLB)
Lincoln's Inn
ProfessionLawyer

Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Juhar bin Mahiruddin (Jawi: جوهر بن ماهرالدين; born 5 November 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah since January 2011. He had served as Speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly from December 2002 to December 2010, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinabatangan from October 1990 to November 1999. He is also the longest-serving Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah in the history of the state, Chancellor of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and founding member of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO).