Bernard Giluk Dompok
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Bernard Giluk Dompok PSM PPN SPDK | |
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Malaysian Ambassador to the Vatican | |
In office 17 March 2016 – July 2018 | |
Monarch |
Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Constituency | Penampang |
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities | |
In office 2008–2013 | |
Monarch |
Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
Deputy |
1. Hamzah Zainudin (2009-2013) 2. Palanivel Govindasamy (2010-2011) |
Preceded by | Peter Chin Fah Kui |
Succeeded by | Douglas Uggah Embas |
Constituency | Penampang |
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
In office 2004–2008 | |
Monarch |
Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Constituency | Penampang |
11th Chief Minister of Sabah | |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Governor | Sakaran Dandai |
Preceded by | Yong Teck Lee |
Succeeded by | Osu Sukam |
Constituency | Moyog |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Penampang | |
In office 1986–2013 | |
Preceded by | Clarence E. Mansul |
Succeeded by | Ignatius Dorell Leiking |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bernard Giluk Dompok 7 October 1949 Penampang, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
Political party |
United Sabah Party (PBS) Sabah Democratic Party (SDP) United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) |
Spouse(s) | Valerie Binjiwan (deceased); Diana Alip |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | University of East London |
Website |
bernard-dompok |
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Bernard Giluk Dompok (born 7 October 1949) is a former Malaysian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Sabah from 1998 to 1999 and a federal minister from 2004 to 2013. He was the president of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) from 1994 to 2014 and was a member of the Parliament of Malaysia from 1986 to 1995 and from 1999 to 2013. In October 2015, Dompok was appointed as Malaysia’s first resident ambassador to the Vatican.[1][2]
Early life
He was born in Penampang, Sabah, and received his education in SM St. Michael, Penampang and SM La Salle, Tanjung Aru.[3] Later he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of East London. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM)
Career
He started his career as a valuer at the Sabah Lands & Surveys Department in 1978. Then he left the public sector and worked as a private valuer for about five years from 1980 until 1985.
Political career
Initially a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS), Dompok contested, and won, both the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat of Moyog, and the federal seat of Penampang, in separate 1986 elections. PBS won a majority in the state assembly at the election, and Dompok was appointed the state's finance minister.[4]
He became the President of the UPKO, then known as the Sabah Democratic Party (SDP), in 1994. The party was formed when Dompok and others split from the PBS to join the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and deliver the coalition a majority in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.[4] After switching to the Barisan Nasional, he lost his parliamentary seat at the 1995 election to a PBS candidate.[5]
Despite losing his federal seat, Dompok remained a state assemblyman and a senior member of the Barisan Nasional state government that he had helped to form. He served in a range of ministries in the state government, before assuming the post of Chief Minister, on a rotating basis, from 1998 to 1999. In 1999 he won the federal parliamentary seat of Kinabalu, defeating a PBS candidate.[5] In 2004, he joined the Federal Cabinet as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and in 2008, he became Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities. His federal parliamentary career ended at the 2013 election, when he lost his parliamentary seat to Darell Leiking of the People's Justice Party (PKR).[6]
Election results
Year | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | ||
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1986 | Bernard Giluk Dompok (PBS) | 6,659 | 52.32% | Marcel Leiking (IND) | 3,250 | 25.53% | ||
1990 | Bernard Giluk Dompok (PBS) | 12,654 | 77.97% | Marcel Leiking (DAP) | 3,576 | 22.03% | ||
1995 | Francis Noitien (PBS) | 14,652 | 53.02% | Bernard Giluk Dompok (SDP) | 12,982 | 46.98% | ||
2008 | Bernard Giluk Dompok (UPKO) | 13,400 | 52.4% | Edwin Bosi (PKR) | 10,337 | 40.5% | ||
2013 | Bernard Giluk Dompok (UPKO) | 12,382 | 33.9% | Darell Leiking (PKR) | 22,598 | 61.8% |
Family
He is currently married to Puan Sri Diana Alip and the couple have five children in total (four from his current marriage and one from a previous marriage).
Honour
Honour of Malaysia
Malaysia : Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (1976) Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) - Tan Sri (1997)[8]
Sabah : Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) - Datuk (1987) Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) - Datuk Seri Panglima (1995)
References
- ↑ Muguntan Vanar (27 October 2015). "Dompok selected as Malaysia's envoy to the Vatican". The Star. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Muguntan Vanar (17 March 2016). "Bernard Dompok receives appointment letter as ambassador to Vatican". The Star. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ↑ Muguntan Vanar (24 December 2015). "Ex-La Salle Tanjung Aru principal passes away". The Star. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Dompok confirms resigning as Upko president on March 21". The Sun. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia". Government of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ Sandra Sokial (6 March 2014). "Dompok retires, passes baton to Tangau". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 29 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
- ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
Preceded by Yong Teck Lee |
Chief Minister of Sabah 1998–1999 |
Succeeded by Osu Sukam |