Lajim Ukin | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government | |
| In office 10 April 2009 – 30 July 2012 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Kong Cho Ha (2009–2010) Chor Chee Heung (2010–2012) |
| Preceded by | Hamzah Zainudin Robert Lau Hoi Chew |
| Succeeded by | Halimah Mohamed Sadique as Deputy Minister of Housing, Local Government and Urban Wellbeing |
| Constituency | Beaufort |
| Deputy Minister of Transport | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Ong Tee Keat |
| Preceded by | Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar Douglas Uggah Embas |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahim Bakri Robert Lau Hoi Chew |
| Constituency | Beaufort |
| State Leader of the Opposition of Sabah | |
| In office 14 June 2013 – 2 October 2016 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Musa Aman |
| Preceded by | Melanie Chia Chui Ket |
| Succeeded by | Christina Liew Chin Jin |
| Constituency | Klias |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Beaufort | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Azizah Mohd Dun (UMNO—BN) |
| Succeeded by | Azizah Mohd Dun (UMNO—BN) |
| Majority | 10,914 (2008) |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Klias | |
| In office 6 May 2013 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Azizah Mohd Dun (UMNO—BN) |
| Succeeded by | Isnin Aliasnih (UMNO—BN) |
| Majority | 179 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1956 Beaufort, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Died | 29 August 2021 (aged 65) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Resting place | Muslim Cemetery, Kampung Kebatu, Beaufort, Sabah |
| Political party | United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) (1973–1975) Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) (1975–1983) United Sabah Party (PBS) (1983–1994) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1994–2012) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2012–2016) Sabah People's Hope Party (PHRS) (2016–2019) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2019–2021) |
| Spouse | Normilah Siong |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Lajim Ukin (15 June 1956 – 29 August 2021) was a Malaysian politician.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Beaufort constituency in Sabah from 2008 to 2013, the Deputy Minister of Transport from 2008 to 2009, and the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2009 to 2012; in the federal Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government.[1][2]
Lajim previously served as Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah for three terms from 1999. He was also the Leader of the Opposition in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (2013–2016). Lajim was the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) supreme council member and also Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) executive chairman at the time of his death in 2021.