Leo Michael Toyad

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdullah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr.
Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad Abdullah
PSM PNBS PGBK JBS
محمد ليو ميکائيل توياد بن عبدالله
Minister of Tourism
In office
27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
MonarchSirajuddin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded byAbdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir
Succeeded byTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
ConstituencyMukah
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 May 1995 – 26 March 2004
MonarchsJa'afar
Salahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi (1995-1999)
Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2004)
Succeeded byJoseph Salang Gandum
ConstituencyMukah
Deputy Minister of Education
In office
11 August 1986 – 4 May 1995
Serving with Fong Chan Onn
MonarchsIskandar
Azlan Shah
Ja'afar
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterAnwar Ibrahim (1986-1990)
Sulaiman Daud (1990-1995)
Preceded by1. Tan Tiong Hong
2. Mohd Khalil Yaakob
Succeeded byMohd Khalid Mohd Yunos
ConstituencyMukah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Mukah
In office
1982 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byEdwin Esnen Unang
Succeeded byHanifah Hajar Taib
Majority3,083 (1986)
8,305 (1990)
uncontested (1995)
7,567 (1999)
9,178 (2004)
6,298 (2008)
12,764 (2013)
Personal details
Born
Leo Michael Toyad

(1950-04-11) 11 April 1950 (age 74)
Mukah, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
SpouseMatilda Ho Kim Luan
Children4
OccupationPolitician

Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad bin Abdullah (Jawi: محمد ليو ميکائيل توياد بن عبدالله; born 11 April 1950) is a Malaysian politician. He is the former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Mukah constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1]

Toyad was first elected to Parliament in the 1982 election. In 1987, he became Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, appointed by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.[2] After the 2004 election, he joined the full ministry of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi as Minister for Tourism.[3][4] He was dropped from the cabinet in 2006, in a move that surprised observers, to be replaced by Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.[4] Ahead of the 2008 election he indicated his intention to retire, but he recontested and won his seat, both in that poll and again in 2013.[5]

  1. ^ "Muhammad Leo Micheal Toyad Abdullah, Y.B. Dato' Sri Dr" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Petition to ask seven-term Mukah MP to step down handed to PBB secretariat". The Star. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ Sulong, Wong (28 March 2004). "Cabinet shaped by realities". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  4. ^ a b Chun Wai, Wong. "PM's choice stuns veterans". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  5. ^ Wong, Jack; Ling, Sharon (22 February 2008). "Taib will not defend Kota Samarahan seat". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010.