Lajim Ukin

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Panglima Haji
Lajim Ukin
JMN SPDK DCSM
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
10 April 2009 – 30 July 2012
Monarch Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime Minister Najib Razak
Minister 1. Kong Cho Ha (2009-2010)
2. Chor Chee Heung (2010-2012)
Preceded by 1. Hamzah Zainudin
2. Robert Lau Hoi Chew
Succeeded by Halimah Mohamed Sadique
Constituency Beaufort
Deputy Minister of Transport
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister Ong Tee Keat
Preceded by 1. Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar
2. Douglas Uggah Embas
Succeeded by 1. Abdul Rahim Bakri
2. Robert Lau Hoi Chew
Constituency Beaufort
Opposition Leader of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
In office
18 June 2013 – 2016
Governor Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister Musa Aman
Preceded by Jimmy Wong Sze Phin
Succeeded by Shafie Apdal
Constituency Klias
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Beaufort
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by Azizah Mohd Dun
Succeeded by Azizah Mohd Dun
Majority 10,914 (2008)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Klias
In office
6 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
Preceded by Azizah Mohd Dun
Succeeded by Isnin Aliasnih
Majority 179 (2013)
Personal details
Born (1955-06-15) 15 June 1955
Beaufort, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Political party United Sabah Party - UMNO (until 2012)
People's Justice Party (2012–2016)
Sabah People's Hope Party (2016–)
Occupation Politician

Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Lajim Ukin (born 15 June 1955) is a Malaysian politician and the leader of the opposition in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Beaufort constituency in Sabah from 2008 to 2013, and a Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government in the federal Barisan Nasional coalition government,[1] from 2009 until his departure from the coalition in 2012.[2]

Lajim was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the seat of Beaufort.[3][4] He was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister for Transport,[5] moving to the portfolio of Housing and Local Government in 2009.[6] In July 2012, he renounced his official positions in UMNO to align himself with the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition. This resulted in the revocation of his appointment as a deputy minister.[2] He recontested his parliamentary seat in the 2013 election on a People's Justice Party (PKR) ticket, but was defeated. While losing his federal seat, he won the election for the Sabah State Legislative Assembly seat. He became the leader of the opposition in the State Assembly.[7]

On 2 October 2016, Lajim resigned from PKR along with two other Pakatan Harapan assemblymen.[8] He has stated his intention to form a new Sabah-based party, and ally with the former Sabah UMNO leader, Shafie Apdal.[9] He later decide to establish a separate party from Shafie, known as Sabah People's Hope Party (Harapan Rakyat), which finally been approved by Registrar of Societies (RoS) on 25 October 2016.[10]

Before entering federal politics, Lajim was a prominent figure in Sabah state politics. He was a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS) before defecting to UMNO in 1994.[11][12] He later served as Deputy Chief Minister in the Sabah government.[13]

In early 2017, Lajim was injured after falling from a train car on the way to attend a wedding. He was then referred to a local Chinese traditional medicine practitioner called "sinseh" and have since been advised to rest for one week.[14]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P177 Beaufort, Sabah[3][15]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2008 Lajim Ukin (UMNO) 14,780 76.40% Lajim Md Yusof (PKR) 3,866 19.98%
2013 Azizah Mohd Dun (UMNO) 12,827 49.43% Lajim Ukin (PKR) 12,154 46.84%
2018 Azizah Mohd Dun (UMNO) 11,354 34.1%2 Lajim Ukin (PHRS) 8,023 24.1%2
Notes:
Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower.
2 Different % used for 2018 election.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Lajim bin Haji Ukin, Y.B. Datuk Seri Panglima Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Lajim Ukin's appointment as ministers revoked". Bernama. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2012. (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
  4. ↑ Muguntan Vanar (14 April 2013). "GE13: Lajim Ukin to defend Beaufort parliament, eyes Klias state seat". The Star. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Ruben Sario (19 April 2008). "Maznah to vacate Pahang state exco position". The Star. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Ruben Sario (10 April 2009). "Sabahans jubilant over state representation in Cabinet". The Star. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  7. ↑ Samantha Rae (16 June 2013). "Lajim Named As Opposition Leader For Sabah PR". The Borneo Insider. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Three reps quit PKR, DAP for local Sabah party". Malaysiakini. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lajim to set up own party instead of joining Shafie's". Malaysiakini. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Azura Abas (25 October 2016). "RoS officially approves formation of Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah". New Straits Times. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Zulkifli Jalil (4 October 2016). "Lompat melompat bukan asing buat Lajim" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Baradan Kuppusamy (4 October 2016). "One political adventure after another". New Straits Times. PressReader. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sabah Cabinet gets down to work". The Star. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Lajim falls from train car". Daily Express. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "DPSM meant to distinguish classification of Datukship". The Star. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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