Hajiji Noor
Hajiji Noor | |
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| حاججي 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 |
| Constituency | Sulaman |
| State Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2020 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Preceded by | Shafie Apdal |
| Constituency | Sulaman |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| In office 11 May 2018 – 12 May 2018 Serving with Jeffrey Kitingan and Masidi Manjun | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Musa Aman |
| Preceded by | Yahya Hussin |
| Succeeded by | Jaujan Sambakong |
| Constituency | Sulaman |
| State Minister of Infrastructure Development of Sabah | |
| In office 11 May 2018 – 12 May 2018 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Musa Aman |
| Preceded by | Joseph Pairin Kitingan |
| Succeeded by | Peter Anthony |
| Constituency | Sulaman |
| State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah | |
| In office 27 March 2004 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Governor | Ahmadshah Abdullah Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Musa Aman |
| Assistant Minister | Edward Yong Oui Fah (2004–2013) Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar (2008–2013) Zakaria Edris (2013–2018) Joachim Gunsalam (2013–2018) |
| Preceded by | Salleh Said Keruak |
| Succeeded by | Jahid Jahim |
| Constituency | Sulaman |
| 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 |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sulaman | |
| Assumed office 22 October 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Jasni Gindug (PBS) |
| Majority | 281 (1990) 876 (1994) 3,444 (1999) 3,482 (2004) 5,456 (2008) 10,441 (2013) 7,774 (2018) 3,099 (2020) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1955[1] Kampung Serusup, Tuaran, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2019) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (till 2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020- Still Active) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (till 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (since 2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020 - Still Active) |
| Spouse | Juliah Salag |
| Alma mater | University of New Hampshire |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Noor (born 10 May 1955) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah, State Minister of Finance since September 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sulaman since October 1990. He rose to the highest power in Sabah politics following his appointment as leader of the state in late September 2020 after his coalition, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) claimed victory in the 2020 state election. GRS won a simple majority (37 seats) required to form the state government by gaining 38 out of 73 seats in the election, the stability of his GRS coalition administration enhanced after the 3 independent Members of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLAs) had pledged confidence and supply for his state administration. [2]
Early background
Hajiji was born in Kampung Serusup, Tuaran as the second of three children of Noor Harun and Teruyah Omar. He attended Serusup Native Primary School (SK Serusup) in 1961 before attending Tuaran Government Secondary School – now 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. He obtained a degree of Bachelor of Science in economics from New Hampshire College in 1986.
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. He took four-year hiatus to further his study in the SNHU and returned to public service in 1986 as a Customs Officer in Tawau until 1990.
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]
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)
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Election results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1990 | N11 Sulaman, P137 Tuaran | rowspan=6 bgcolor="Template:United Sabah National Organisation (New) Party/meta/color" | | 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 (D1J000) | 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
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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.
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