Annuar Rapaee

Yang Berhormat Dr.
Annuar Rapaee
MLA
Member of the Sarawak State Assembly
for Nangka
Assumed office
16 April 2011
Preceded by Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah (BN-PBB)
Majority 5302
Assistant Minister in Chief Minister's Department (Science Research and Biotechnology)
In office
19 May 2016 – 7 May 2017
Assistant Minister for Education, Science and Technological Research
Assumed office
8 May 2017
Assistant Minister for Housing and Public Health
Assumed office
8 May 2017
Personal details
Born Annuar bin Rapaee
(1963-11-18) 18 November 1963
Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Spouse(s) Haniza Zainal Abidin
Children One daughter, one son
Alma mater University of Leeds
University of Malaya
National University of Malaysia
Occupation Politician
Profession Cardiologist

Dr. Annuar bin Rapaee (born 18 November 1963) is a Member of Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Nangka,and a cardiologist by profession[1] and Assistant Minister in the Sarawak state cabinet.

Personal life

Born on 18 November 1963, he started his primary education at SK Perbandaran Sibu No.3 from 1970 to 1975, later continuing his secondary education at SMK Rosli Dhoby from 1976 to 1981.

After completing his secondary education,he pursued his tertiary study at Universiti Malaya, from 1981 to 1983 in matriculation at Pusat Sains Asasi. Later he continued his study at the same university until 1988, when he received his MBBS, which made him a certified doctor. He later pursued his post-graduate education at St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom in Internal Medicine. After completing his studies at UK, he returned to Malaysia to continue his medical practice, and pursued his second postgraduate studies at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Advance Master in Cardiology, from 1998 to 2001. Later in 2004,he went to Germany to undergo Subspeciality Advance Training at the renowned Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (English: German Heart Institute Berlin), Germany. He is an expert in the field of cardiac MRI imaging and has trained other cardiologists during his stint in UNIMAS Sarawak and Serdang Hospital in Selangor, Malaysia.

He is married to Dr. Haniza Zainal Abidin. He has two children.[2]

Political career

His political career began when he was nominated as the candidate for the N49 Nangka, as the incumbent Member, Dato' Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah wished not to be re-nominated. In the 2011 state election, he was chosen as the new Member of the State Legislative Assembly, beating the PKR candidate Norisham Mohamed Ali, an engineer in the oil and gas industry, by a majority of 5,302 votes.[3]

On the 2016 state election, he successfully defended the Nangka seat, with bigger majority of 7,617 votes, beating the PKR candidate Abdul Raafidin Majidi and State Reform Party (STAR) candidate Simon Tiong.[4]

He took the oath of office as Assistant Minister at Chief Minister's Department on 19 May 2016, in a ceremony held at the State Legislative Assembly Complex,[5] with the portfolio of Science Research and Biotechnology.[6] On 7 May 2017, after the conclusion of PBB Special Assembly, he was announced as the Assistant Minister in the newly created Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research and also Assistant Minister for Housing and Public Health.

References

  1. ↑ "Sibu Chinese NGOs give wish-list to Dr Annuar". The Borneo Post. 8 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  4. ↑ The Borneo Post (8 May 2016). "Dr Annuar wins Nangka with 7,167 vote majority". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ↑ The Borneo Post (19 May 2016). "New assistant ministers take oath of office". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ↑ KLXpress (19 May 2016). "Perlantikan Menteri Muda Lengkapkan Barisan Kabinet Baru Negeri Sarawak". KLXpress.com.my. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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