Shabudin Yahaya

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yahaya is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Shabudin.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Shabudin Yahaya
DPSM
شهاب الدين بن يحيى
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Parliament and Law)
In office
6 July 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterTakiyuddin Hassan
Preceded byEddin Syazlee Shith
Succeeded byMas Ermieyati Samsudin
ConstituencyTasek Gelugor
Chairman of the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 September 2021
Managing DirectorMohamed Shamir Abdul Aziz
Preceded byLajim Ukin
Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad
In office
14 May 2020 – 29 July 2020
MinisterAbdul Latiff Ahmad
Chief Executive OfficerMohd Nazrul Izam Mansor
Preceded byMohamad Nageeb Abdul Wahab
Succeeded byYamani Hafez Musa
Secretary of the
Government Backbenchers Club
In office
14 September 2021 – 11 June 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
ChairmanTajuddin Abdul Rahman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDominic Lau Hoe Chai
Secretary of the
Perikatan Nasional Government Backbenchers Club
In office
5 January 2021 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
ChairmanShahidan Kassim
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tasek Gelugor
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byNor Mohamed Yakcop
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byWan Saiful Wan Jan
(PN–BERSATU)
Majority3,042 (2013)
81 (2018)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Permatang Berangan
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byAbd Ro'ni A. Hasan
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byOmar Haji Abd Hamid
(BN–UMNO)
Majority3,910 (2004)
1,985 (2008)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
2004–2013Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Shabudin bin Yahaya

(1965-11-12) 12 November 1965 (age 58)
Penang, Malaysia[nb 1]
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2018)
Independent
(2018–2019)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018, aligned:since 2020)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
OccupationPolitician

Shabudin bin Yahaya (Jawi: شهاب الدين بن يحيى; born 12 November 1965) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) since September 2021. He served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Takiyuddin Hassan from July 2020 to August 2021, Secretary of the Government Backbenchers Club (BBC) from September 2021 to June 2022, Secretary of the PN Government Backbenchers Club (PNBBC) from January 2021 to collapse of the PN government in August 2021, Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad briefly from May 2020 to July 2020, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tasek Gelugor from May 2013 to November 2022 and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Permatang Berangan from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.[1]

Shabudin is also a former Syariah Court judge. He is notable as he controversially opposed an amendment to be added in the Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2017 and stated that the people who performed statutory rape are able to marry the victim without any punishment.[2]


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  1. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ "MP: Okay for rapists to marry victims, even some 9-year-olds can marry". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 6 April 2017.