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[[Malay titles#Datuk Seri Panglima|Datuk Seri Panglima]] [[Hajji|Haji]] '''Hajiji bin Noor''' ({{lang-ms|عزيزي بن نور|label=[[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]|script=arab|italic=unset}}; born 10 May 1956) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician who has served as the 16th [[Chief Minister of Sabah]] and [[Cabinet of Sabah|State Minister of Finance]] since September 2020 and Member of the [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Sulaman (state constituency)|Sulaman]] since October 1990. He is also the first official Chairman of political coalition party in [[Sabah]], the [[Gabungan Rakyat Sabah|Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party]] (GRS Party). |
[[Malay titles#Datuk Seri Panglima|Datuk Seri Panglima]] [[Hajji|Haji]] '''Hajiji bin Noor''' ({{lang-ms|عزيزي بن نور|label=[[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]|script=arab|italic=unset}}; born 10 May 1956) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician who has served as the 16th [[Chief Minister of Sabah]] and [[Cabinet of Sabah|State Minister of Finance]] since September 2020 and Member of the [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Sulaman (state constituency)|Sulaman]] since October 1990. He is also the first official Chairman of political coalition party in [[Sabah]], the [[Gabungan Rakyat Sabah|Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party]] (GRS Party). |
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He was appointed Chief Minister in late September 2020 after his coalition, [[Gabungan Rakyat Sabah]] (GRS), won 38 out of the 37 seats needed for a simple majority in the [[2020 Sabah state election|2020 state election]]. His administration was further strengthened after three [[independent politician|independent]] members of [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] (MLAs) pledged their support for the state government. |
He was appointed Chief Minister in late September 2020 after his coalition, [[Gabungan Rakyat Sabah]] (GRS), won 38 out of the 73 seats, in which 37 seats needed for a simple majority in the [[2020 Sabah state election|2020 state election]]. His administration was further strengthened after three [[independent politician|independent]] members of [[Sabah State Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] (MLAs) pledged their support for the state government. |
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Revision as of 05:29, 5 December 2022
Hajiji Noor | |
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| عزيزي نور | |
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| 16th Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2020 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Deputy | Bung Mokhtar Radin Jeffrey Kitingan Joachim Gunsalam |
| Preceded by | Shafie Apdal |
| 1st State Chairman of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2019 | |
| Deputy | Masidi Manjun |
| National President | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| National Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad (2019–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (Acting) (2020) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| 1st Chairman of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (Political coalition party) | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Deputy | Maximus Ongkili Jeffrey Kitingan Yong Teck Lee |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Ministerial roles (Sabah) | |
| 1994 | Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports |
| 1994–1996 | Assistant Minister of Industrial Development |
| 1996–1999 | Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Department |
| 1999–2001 | Assistant Minister of Industrial Development |
| 2001–2004 | Assistant Minister of Finance |
| 2004–2018 | Minister of Housing and Local Government |
| 2018 | Deputy Chief Minister |
| 2018 | Minister of Infrastructure Development |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 1990–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| 2019–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| 2020– | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1956[1] Kampung Serusup, Tuaran, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Political party | United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) (until 1993) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1993–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) (aligned since 2022) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020) |
| Spouse | Juliah Salag |
| Alma mater | University of New Hampshire (BSc) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji bin Noor (Jawi: عزيزي بن نور; born 10 May 1956) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah and State Minister of Finance since September 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sulaman since October 1990. He is also the first official Chairman of political coalition party in Sabah, the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (GRS Party).
He was appointed Chief Minister in late September 2020 after his coalition, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), won 38 out of the 73 seats, in which 37 seats needed for a simple majority in the 2020 state election. His administration was further strengthened after three independent members of state legislative assembly (MLAs) pledged their support for the state government. [2]
Early background
Hajiji was born in Kampung Serusup, Tuaran as the second of three children of Noor Harun and Teruyah Omar. He firstly attended the Serusup Native Primary School (SK Serusup) for his primary education in 1961 before going for his secondary education in Tuaran District Government Secondary School – now known as Badin Secondary School (SMK Badin) – in 1967. After getting 15 agreggates in Lower Certificate of Education examination, he was transferred to St. John's Secondary School in 1972 and excelled in Malaysian Certificate of Education examination as one of the best students in Tuaran after his high school graduation in 1974.
Career
Public service
Hajiji started his career as a public servant in 1976. He was tasked to be a radio announcer at Radio Televisyen Malaysia before being appointed as Assistant Development Officer at Tuaran District Office from 1977 to 1982.
Politics
Hajiji entered politics in 1990 as he contested in the 8th general election as a candidate for Sulaman state constituency representing United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and subsequently won. He was appointed as Political Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba from 1992 to 1993. He was also member of the Bank Rakyat's board of directors from 1991 to 1994.
He joined United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 1994 following the dissolution of USNO. He became Tuaran Division Chief a year after until 2018 as well as Treasurer of UMNO Sabah from 2001 to 2018. He remained as an Assembly Member for Sulaman for six terms and is currently serving the seventh term after defeating two other candidates from Sabah Heritage Party (Warisan) and Love Sabah Party (PCS) in the recent state election.[3]
He was appointed as Assistant Minister of State at the Ministry of Youth and Sports (for some times in 1994), Ministry of Industrial Development (1994 to 1996, and then 1999 to 2001), Chief Minister's Department (1996 to 1999) and Ministry of Finance (2001 to 2004). He was promoted as Minister of State for Housing and Local Government from 2004 to 2018 and as Deputy Chief Minister in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development for two days post 14th general election.
Following the fall of BN in Sabah in 2018,[4] he was appointed Sabah UMNO Liaison Chairman. He later joined Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) in 2018 and serves as the State chairman for Sabah since 2019.[5] Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin nominated Hajiji as Chief Minister if PN win the next state election.[6] Consequently, GRS, in which PN is a member, won the recent state election and moved to Governor Juhar Mahiruddin to name Hajiji as the next Chief Minister,[7] in which the nomination was affirmed by Juhar the day before Hajiji's swearing-in.[8]
in March 2022, Hajiji became the first official Chairman of the registered political coalition party in Sabah, named Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (GRS Party).
Family
Hajiji is married to Juliah Salag and has four children namely Mohd. Reza, Khairil Anuar, Nur Diyana and Mohd. Ghazali.
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malaysia:
Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) – (1998)
Sabah:
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1996)
Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2013)
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1990 | N11 Sulaman, P137 Tuaran | Hajiji Noor (USNO) | 3,575 | 43.91% | Jahid Jahim (PBS) | 3,294 | 40.46% | 8,202 | 281 | 80.02% | ||
| Kalakau Untol (AKAR) | 565 | 6.94% | ||||||||||
| Aliasgar Basri (BERJAYA) | 538 | 6.61% | ||||||||||
| Shafie Anterak (PRS) | 120 | 1.47% | ||||||||||
| Yusof Awang Ludin (IND) | 38 | 0.47% | ||||||||||
| Laugan Tarki Noor (IND) | 11 | 0.14% | ||||||||||
| 1994 | N11 Sulaman, P149 Tuaran | Hajiji Noor (UMNO) | 5,016 | 54.02% | Matbee Ismail (PBS) | 4,140 | 44.59% | 9,365 | 876 | 79.56% | ||
| Pengiran Othman Rauf (IND) | 69 | 0.74% | ||||||||||
| Margaret Kimon (SETIA) | 60 | 0.65% | ||||||||||
| 1999 | N10 Sulaman, P149 Tuaran | Hajiji Noor (UMNO) | 6,571 | 61.50% | Rakam Sijim (PBS) | 3,127 | 29.27% | 10,799 | 3,444 | 77.31% | ||
| Mohammed Daud Abdullah (BERSEKUTU) | 886 | 8.29% | ||||||||||
| Hamdin Adb. Kadir (SETIA) | 100 | 0.94% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | N10 Sulaman, P170 Tuaran | Hajiji Noor (UMNO) | 7,065 | 66.35% | Ansari Abdullah (keADILan) | 3,583 | 33.65% | 12,997 | 3,482 | 72.54% | ||
| 2008 | Hajiji Noor (UMNO) | 8,961 | 71.88% | Ansari Abdullah (PKR) | 3,505 | 28.12% | 12,770 | 5,456 | 79.44% | |||
| 2013 | Hajiji Noor (UMNO) | 13,065 | 78.73% | Ghulabidin Enjih (PKR) | 2,624 | 15.80% | 17,044 | 10,441 | 87.10% | |||
| Ali Akbar Kawi (IND) | 615 | 3.71% | ||||||||||
| David Orok (STAR) | 225 | 1.36% | ||||||||||
| Arifin Harith (IND) | 66 | 0.40% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Hajiji Noor (UMNO) | 12,966 | 69.62% | Abdullah Sani Daud (WARISAN) | 5,192 | 27.87% | 19,055 | 7,774 | 84.30% | |||
| Arifin Harith (PHRS) | 467 | 2.51% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N12 Sulaman, P170 Tuaran | Hajiji Noor (BERSATU) | 5,919 | 65.83% | Aliasgar Basri (WARISAN) | 2,820 | 31.36% | 8,992 | 3,099 | 76.78% | ||
| Rekan Hussien (PCS) | 253 | 2.81% | ||||||||||
References
- ^ https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002295.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Gah Chie, Kow (2 September 2020). "PN, BN, sekutu ada 41 kerusi, mahu angkat sumpah KM hari ini – Sumber". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Hajiji Noor wins Sulaman seat". 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "UMNO Sabah lumpuh". 12 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Hajiji dilantik penyelaras Bersatu Sabah". 6 April 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "PRN Sabah: PM beri bayangan Hajiji bakal Ketua Menteri". 12 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "PRN Sabah: Hajiji bakal Ketua Menteri? [METROTV]". 12 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Hassan, Assim (2 September 2020). "Hajiji terima watikah pelantikan KM Sabah, angkat sumpah esok". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
- ^ "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.