Rosey Yunus

Rosey binti Haji Yunus (born 16 January 1956)[1] is a Malaysian politician from the United Bumiputera Heritage Party (PBB) currently serving as the Assistant Minister for Women, Family and Childhood Development in the Cabinet of Sarawak and Sarawak state assemblywoman representing Bekenu constituency.

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Rosey Yunus

JBK PPB MLA
Assistant Minister for Women, Family and Childhood Development (Sarawak)
Assumed office
28 September 2011
MinisterFatimah Abdullah
GovernorAbang Muhammad Salahuddin
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbdul Taib Mahmud
Adenan Satem
Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Preceded byInaugural holder
ConstituencyBekenu
Chairperson of Miri Port Authority
In office
2008–2011
Succeeded byPalu @ Paulus Gumbang
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Bekenu
Assumed office
20 May 2006
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority3,072 (2006)
3,714 (2011)
4,789 (2016)
Personal details
Born (1956-01-16) 16 January 1956
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partySarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SDPD)
United Bumiputera Heritage Party (PBB)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Sarawak Parties Alliance (GPS)
ResidenceBekenu, Sibuti, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Education

Rosey graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons) majoring in linguistic art with upper second-class honours and a Diploma of Education in 1980.[2]

Political career

Rosey was first elected assemblywoman for Bekenu in the 2006 Sarawak state election. In 2011, she successfully defended her seat in the following elections with an increased majority and was appointed as Assistant Minister for the newly-created Ministry of Welfare, Women & Family Development.[3]

Rosey was formerly a member of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SDPD) before joining then-president William Mawan Ikom and three other assemblymen in leaving the party in 2014.[4]

Election results
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Valid ballots Majority Turnout
2006 Bekenu Rosey Yunus (SDPD / BN) 4,357 77.22 Mohdak Ismail (PKR) 1,285 22.78 5,642 3,072 5,757
2011 Rosey Yunus (SDPD / BN) 4,946 70.34 Ishak Mahwi (PKR) 1,232 17.52 7,032 3,714 7,135
Thony Badak (SNAP) 570 8.10
Dyg Juliana Awg Tambi (PCM) 284 4.04
2016 Rosey Yunus (PBB / BN) 6,009 71.68 Bill Kayong (PKR) 1,220 14.45 8,383 4,789 8,540
Austin Sigi Melu (IND) 589 7.03
Joe @ Peter Jelin (IND) 565 6.74

Honours

See also

References
  1. "DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SARAWAK". Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. "LAMAN WEB PERKHIDMATAN". PEJABAT PUSAT KHIDMAT WAKIL RAKYAT BARISAN NASIONAL N.71 BEKENU. 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. "The Sarawak Cabinet (2011)". rimau atas kerusi. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. "Sarawak: Sembilan ADUN, dua ahli Parlimen tinggalkan parti" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. "Sarawak Yang DiPertua Negeri's Birthday Honours list 2010". The Star. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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