Shafie Salleh

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Saleh is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Shafie.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Shafie Salleh
شافعي بن محمد صالح
Minister of Higher Education
In office 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
Monarch	Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Fu Ah Kiow
Preceded by	Musa Mohamad as Minister of Education
Succeeded by	Mustapa Mohamed
Constituency	Kuala Langat
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 Serving with Chan Kong Choy (1999-2003) Ng Yen Yen (2003-2004)
Monarchs	Salahuddin Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Daim Zainuddin (1999-2001) Mahathir Mohamad (2001-2003) Jamaluddin Jarjis (2002-2004) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003-2004)
Preceded by	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Succeeded by	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang
Constituency	Kuala Langat
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kuala Langat, Selangor
In office 24 April 1995 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Basri Bajuri (UMNO—BN)
Succeeded by	Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PKR)
Majority	19,211 (1995) 8,020 (1999) 21,495 (2004)
Personal details
Born	Shafie bin Salleh (1946-09-29)29 September 1946 Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaya Union (now Malaysia)
Died	11 September 2019(2019-09-11) (aged 72) Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional
Spouse	Puan Sri Prof Emeritus Dr. Hajah Mizan Adilah Ibrahim
Occupation	Politician

Shafie bin Mohd Salleh Jawi: شافعي بن محمد صالح; 29 September 1946 – 11 September 2019) was a Malaysian politician who served as Higher Education Minister of Malaysia. Shafie Salleh was also the Chief Scout of Malaysia.

Serving as a researcher

Shafie served as the Head of Research Center, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) for five years. After that he was appointed as the Division Secretary of the Ministry of Human Resources of Malaysia. Later on he was appointed as the Undersecretary Research on Policy Analysis in the Malaysian Centre for Development Studies under the Prime Minister department.

Politics

Shafie was also the Member of Parliament for the district of Kuala Langat, Selangor. He was in the UMNO International Relations committee. Later he was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education, Deputy Minister of Finance, and also the Parliament Secretary for the Minister of Finance.

During the 55th UMNO General Assembly Shafie said that he will uphold the aspiration of the Malays. As the Malay special was attacked by the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia Dong Zong. They are pushing the Malay segment on a defence position. Shafie Salleh in a defensive stance, said at the assembly that non-Bumiputras would could not enter Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) because it has been allocated to the Malays and it was agreed by all.

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

• Malaysia : Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (2014)