Rais Yatim
Rais Yatim | |
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| رئيس بن يتيم | |
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| Minister for Information, Communication and Culture (Minister of Information : 17 July 1984–10 August 1986) | |
| In office 10 April 2009 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Heng Seai Kie (2009–2010) Joseph Salang Gandum Maglin Dennis d'Cruz (2010–2013) |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Information) Shaziman Abu Mansor (Communication) Shafie Apdal (Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Communication) Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Culture) |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| In office 17 July 1984 – 10 August 1986 | |
| Monarch | Iskandar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Mohd. Kassim Ahmed Ng Cheng Kuai |
| Preceded by | Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam |
| Succeeded by | Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy | Abdul Rahim Bakri |
| Preceded by | Syed Hamid Albar |
| Succeeded by | Anifah Aman |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| In office 11 August 1986 – 7 May 1987 | |
| Monarch | Iskandar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir |
| Preceded by | Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail |
| Succeeded by | Abu Hassan Omar |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage | |
| In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy | Wong Kam Hoong |
| Preceded by | Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir as Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism |
| Succeeded by | Shafie Apdal as Minister for National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy | Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar |
| Preceded by | Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| Minister of Lands and Regional Development | |
| In office 5 May 1982 – 17 July 1984 | |
| Monarchs | Ahmad Shah Iskandar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Shariff Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam |
| Constituency | Jelebu |
| 8th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |
| In office 12 July 1978 – 29 April 1982 | |
| Monarch | Ja'afar |
| Preceded by | Mansor Othman |
| Succeeded by | Mohd Isa Abdul Samad |
| Constituency | Pertang |
| 6th President of International Islamic University Malaysia | |
| In office 2 June 2013 – 1 June 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Ahmad Shah |
| Preceded by | Mohd. Sidek Hassan |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Maszlee Malik |
| Member of Parliament for Jelebu | |
| In office 29 November 1999 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Yunus Rahmat (UMNO—BN) |
| Succeeded by | Zainuddin Ismail (UMNO—BN) |
| Majority | 7,119 (1999) 14,780 (2004) 11,610 (2008) |
| In office 22 April 1982 – 20 October 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Samad Idris (UMNO—BN) |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Sareh (UMNO—BN) |
| Majority | 16,802 (1982) 11,432 (1986) |
| In office 24 August 1974 – 8 July 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Samad Idris (UMNO—BN) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rais bin Yatim 15 April 1942 Kampung Gagu, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | PPBM-PH (2018–present) UMNO-BN (1967-1988; 1996–2018) S46-GR (1989-1996) |
| Spouse | Masnah Rais |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence(s) | Ampang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur |
| Alma mater | University of Singapore (1973) King's College London (1994) |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Rais bin Yatim (Jawi: رئيس بن يتيم; born 15 April 1942) is a Malaysian politician. He was a minister in multiple federal governments from 1974 to 2013 and the eighth Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1978 to 1982. He held the Jelebu seat in the Parliament of Malaysia until 2013.
He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in Malaysia's previous ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, except for a period in the 1990s when he was a member of the opposition Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46). Presently he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) ruling coalition since he quitted UMNO to join PPBM on 4 June 2018.[1][2]
After leaving active politics he became the President of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from 2013 to 2018.[3]
Early life and education
Rais was born to a Minangkabau family.[4] A lawyer by profession, he graduated from Language Institute (also known as Language Teaching College), Kuala Lumpur in 1964. In 1968, he taught Bahasa Malaysia to the American Peace Corps in the United States. He obtained his honours degree from National University of Singapore. In 1994, he obtained a PhD from King's College London. His doctoral dissertation was eventually published in 1995 as Freedom Under Executive Power in Malaysia: A Study of Executive Supremacy.[5]
Career
Rais has held various positions in the national cabinet and other state government positions. He had been appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan (1978–1982), Minister of Land and Regional Development (1982–1984), Minister of Information (1984–1986) and Foreign Minister (1986–1987).
When he fell out of favour of the UMNO leadership in April 1987, he resumed his law career. He worked with a firm, Ram, Rais & Partner, from 1987 to 1999. During the 1990s he became the deputy leader of the opposition Semangat 46, a breakaway party led by UMNO members dissatisfied with Mahathir Mohamad's leadership. Like most Semangat 46 leaders, he rejoined UMNO by the end of the decade.[6] Upon his return to the ministry in 1999, as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, he was effusive in his praise for Mahathir, who had outlasted the Semangat 46 movement with successive election victories.[7] He held the ministry until the 2004 election, after which Abdullah Badawi, who had replaced Mahathir on his retirement, appointed him as Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage.[8]
In June 2007, Rais was nominated as a candidate for the post of the next Commonwealth Secretary-General after Don McKinnon's term in office ended in March 2008. However, he pulled out on 26 July, citing the lateness of campaigning, and his duties and commitments as the Main Committee of the upcoming 50th Merdeka celebrations, which limited him from travelling out of the country to lobby for his candidacy.[9]
Rais served another term as Foreign Minister from 18 March 2008 until 9 April 2009, when the incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak appointed him as the Minister for Information, Communications and Culture. He remained in that ministry until the 2013 election, when he was dropped as a parliamentary candidate.[10] Speaking generally about Barisan Nasional's decision to drop a number of senior figures from its parliamentary lineup, Najib stated that it was to "satisfy the demands of voters who want to see Barisan Nasional and UMNO change and reform".[11] Rais accepted the decision and called on fellow UMNO members to remain loyal to the party.[12] Within a few months he was appointed as the President of the International Islamic University of Malaysia.[13] On 16 June 2020, he was appointed as a senator in the Dewan Negara by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Personal life
He is married to Masnah Rais and has four children. His hobbies are photography and travelling. He is also a writer on the subjects of law, politics, and Malay society.
Election results
| Year | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1974 | Rais Yatim (UMNO) | Unknown | Unknown | Abdul Muluk Daud (DAP) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Zainal Abidin Bador (IND) | Unknown | Unknown | |||||||||
| 1982 | Rais Yatim (UMNO) | 22,279 | 75.70% | Yap Sen Koong (DAP) | 5,477 | 18.61% | 30,285 | 16,802 | 78.19% | ||
| Raja Aziz Raja Karim (PAS) | 1,675 | 5.69% | |||||||||
| 1986 | Rais Yatim (UMNO) | 16,137 | 77.43% | Ishak Md Nazir (PAS) | 4,705 | 22.57% | 21,712 | 11,432 | 76.02% | ||
| 1990 | Rais Yatim (S46) | 12,780 | 49.24% | Ibrahim Sareh (UMNO) | 13,175 | 50.76% | 26,637 | 395 | 80.03% | ||
| 1995 | Rais Yatim (S46) | 11,710 | 44.42% | Yunus Rahmat (UMNO) | 14,650 | 55.58% | 27,830 | 2,940 | 77.34% | ||
| 1999 | Rais Yatim (UMNO) | 17,028 | 63.21% | Jaafar Muhammad (KeADILan) | 9,909 | 36.79% | 28,236 | 7,119 | 75.65% | ||
| 2004 | Rais Yatim (UMNO) | 20,650 | 77.87% | Rosli Yaakop (PAS) | 5,870 | 22.13% | 27,470 | 14,780 | 72.83% | ||
| 2008 | Rais Yatim (UMNO) | 19,737 | 70.83% | Norman Ipin (PAS) | 8,127 | 29.17% | 29,029 | 11,610 | 75.05% | ||
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malaysia :
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) - Tan Sri (2013)[14][15]
Kelantan :
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (SJMK) - Dato' (2002)[14]
Perlis :
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) - Dato' Seri (2010)[14]
Pahang :
Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2005)[14]
Negeri Sembilan :
Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) - Dato'- Principal Grand Knight of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SPNS) - Dato' Seri Utama (2001)[14]
Sabah :
Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) - Datuk Seri Panglima (2010) [14]
References
- ^ "Rais Yatim joins Pribumi". The Star. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Minderjeet Kaur (4 June 2018). "Umno veteran Rais Yatim joins PPBM". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Rais Yatim dilantik Presiden UIAM". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ Menbudpar Indonesia-Malaysia Bertemu, Antara News.com, 20 May 2013
- ^ Yatim, Rais (1995). Freedom Under Executive Power in Malaysia: A Study of Executive Supremacy, p. xii. Endowment Publications. ISBN 983-99984-0-4.
- ^ "Rais says goodbye with 40-page booklet". Bernama. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ M. Bakri Musa (2003). Seeing Malaysia My Way: Collection of Personal Essays. iUniverse.
- ^ "Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim". International Islamic University of Malaysia Holdings. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Rais Withdraws From Commonwealth Sec-Gen Race (mirrored)". Bernama/Diplomacy Monitor. 28 July 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- ^ "21 new faces in Negri Sembilan, Rais Yatim dropped". Bernama. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Malaysia's ruling coalition axes scandal-hit figures". ABC News. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Rais: Dropped candidates should respect decision". Bernama. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Rais new IIUM president". Bernama. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
- ^ "Ketua Setiausaha Negara ketuai senarai penerima darjah kebesaran" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
External links
- Rais Yatim on Facebook
- Rais Yatim on Twitter
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- Living people
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- Minangkabau people
- Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent
- Malaysian people of Malay descent
- Malaysian Muslims
- Malaysian lawyers
- Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians
- United Malays National Organisation politicians
- Parti Melayu Semangat 46 politicians
- Members of the Dewan Rakyat
- Government ministers of Malaysia
- Foreign ministers of Malaysia
- Members of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
- Negeri Sembilan state executive councillors
- Chief Ministers of Negeri Sembilan
- Alumni of King's College London
- Grand Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu
- 21st-century Malaysian politicians