Shafie Apdal

Shafie bin Apdal (Jawi: محمد شافعي بن اڤدل; born 20 October 1956) is a Malaysian politician who is the 15th and current Chief Minister of Sabah as well the State Finance Minister.[1] He currently serves as the Member of Parliament for Semporna, Sabah and ADUN for Senallang. He was once the federal Minister of Rural and Regional Development and also one of the three former vice-presidents of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), once the leading party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that governed Malaysia. He is currently a member and founder of Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN), the ruling party in Sabah that is allied to Malaysia's former ruling coalition of Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima

Shafie Apdal

SPDK PNBS SPMP DMSM DSAP MP MLA
محمد شافعي بن اڤدل
15th Chief Minister of Sabah
Assumed office
12 May 2018
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
DeputyChristina Liew
Jaujan Sambakong
Wilfred Madius Tangau
Preceded byMusa Aman
ConstituencySenallang
Minister of Rural and Regional Development
In office
10 April 2009 – 29 July 2015
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyHasan Malek (2009–2013)
Joseph Entulu Belaun (2009–2013)
Alexander Nanta Linggi (2013–2015)
Preceded byMuhammad Muhammad Taib
Succeeded byIsmail Sabri Yaakob
ConstituencySemporna
Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyTeng Boon Soon
Preceded byMaximus Ongkili (National Unity)
Rais Yatim (Arts, Culture and Heritage)
Succeeded byKoh Tsu Koon (National Unity)
Rais Yatim (Culture)
ConstituencySemporna
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism
In office
27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008
MonarchSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyS. Veerasingam
Preceded byMuhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded byShahrir Abdul Samad
ConstituencySemporna
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
MonarchSalahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byAbdullah Fadzil Che Wan
Succeeded byZainal Abidin Zin
ConstituencySemporna
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
7 January 1999 – 14 December 1999
Serving with Peter Chin Fah Kui
MonarchJa'afar
Salahuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterTing Chew Peh
Preceded byTajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali
Succeeded byPeter Chin Fah Kui
ConstituencySemporna
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Semporna
Assumed office
25 April 1995
Preceded bySakaran Dandai (UMNO—BN)
Majority12,218 (1995)
13,325 (1999)
12,086 (2004)
17,462 (2008)
20,905 (2013)
20,674 (2018)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Senallang
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byNasir Sakaran (UMNO—BN)
Majority5,301 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Mohd Shafie bin Apdal

(1956-10-20) 20 October 1956
Semporna, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Sabah National Organisation (USNO) (1983–1995)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1995–2016)
Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2016–)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (1983-2015)
Spouse(s)Datin Seri Shuryani Shuaib
Children6
Alma materNorth Staffordshire Polytechnic
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

Born on 20 October 1957, Shafie Apdal is a native of Semporna, Sabah and is of Bajau Kubang.[2] He is the nephew of Sakaran Dandai, who was the sixth Chief Minister of Sabah and its former governor as well.[3] He is married to Shuryani Shuaib and has six children.[4]

Education

Shafie completed his Secondary School education in Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. He has a Diploma in Shipping Management from the London Business College (not to be confused with the more prestigious London Business School). In 1992, he received his Bachelor in Economics (Hons) from North Staffordshire Polytechnic, England.[5]

Political career

Shafie started his political career with the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO). The party dissolved in 1994, and Shafie joined UMNO, which was then only starting to gain a presence in the state. In 1995 he was elected to federal Parliament as an UMNO member, for the seat of Semporna.[6] He was appointed a parliamentary secretary before becoming Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1999. From 1999 to 2004, he was Deputy Minister for Defence.

After the 2004 election, he was appointed Minister of Domestic, Trade and Consumer Affairs in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's Cabinet and was later given the Ministry of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage. On 10 April 2009, he became the Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the first Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak. This coincided with his election to one of the party's three vice-presidential posts, polling in third place behind Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Hishammuddin Hussein.[6] He was re-elected as an UMNO vice-president in 2013, this time polling in second place, behind Ahmad Zahid and ahead of Hishammuddin.[7] He is the first Sabahan to hold a vice-presidency of UMNO.[8]

On 28 July 2015, Shafie was removed in the Cabinet reshuffle by Najib thus losing his rural and regional development portfolio.[9] Following this, he formed a new Sabah-based opposition party known as WARISAN that was approved by Registrar of Societies (RoS) on 17 October 2016.[10][11]

Appointment as a Chief Minister

In the 2018 general election, Shafie's party of WARISAN together with the coalition of Pakatan Harapan (PH) are tied up with 29-29 seats with BN in the 2018 Sabah state election.[12] Jeffrey Kitingan with his party of Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) under the United Sabah Alliance (USA) which are not aligned from either the two sides, has won two seats in the election and subsequently emerged as the decision maker for the formation of a state government from the two sides.[13] Jeffrey then decide to team up with the BN to form coalition state government with him appointed as a Deputy Chief Minister while Musa Aman from BN to become the Chief Minister for another 5 years under the new coalition government.[14] However, situation change when six seats assemblymen from the BN allied parties of United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) and United Sabah People's Party (PBRS) switched their allegiance to WARISAN, giving Shafie an advantage with 35 seats which is sufficient to establish a valid state government.[15] Earlier, Musa Aman had already sworn in as Chief Minister following the help of two seats from STAR. This situation left Sabah with two ruling Chief Ministers, the second in its history since the dispute between PBS and USNO in 1980s. The results of this events sparks a constitutional crisis in Sabah, and the need to review and change the current constitution so as to curb the "allegiance switching" of assemblymen, after the swearing-in ceremony of the chief minister.[16] Another four seats assemblymen from BN allied parties of UMNO and UPKO switching their allegiance to WARISAN on 13 May 2018.[17][18] The Yang di-Pertua Negeri (TYT) Juhar Mahiruddin also had requested for Musa to step down,[19][20] despite Musa still stressing that he still the rightful Chief Minister.[21] Musa was then issued a letter from the TYT that he is no longer the Chief Minister effective from 12 May 2018 that was delivered into his residence on 14 May 2018.[22][23] On 7 November, the high court in Kota Kinabalu decided that Shafie remained the legitimate Chief Minister of Sabah and dismissed a suit made by Musa who claimed his dismissal as chief minister was illegal and against the state constitution.[24][25][26]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: Semporna, Sabah[27][28]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1995 P164 Semporna, Sabah Shafie Apdal (UMNO) 17,006 78.03% Sabardin Ombrah (PBS) 4,788 21.97% 22,197 12,218 66.59%
1999 Shafie Apdal (UMNO) 18,570 77.98% Abdul Rahim (IND) 5,245 22.02% 24,155 13,325 58.48%
2004 P189 Semporna, Sabah Shafie Apdal (UMNO) 15,215 76.25% Abdul Wahab Abdullah (PKR) 740 3.71% 20,918 13,319 61.94%
Madjalis Lais (IND) 1,896 9.50%
Aldani Landi (IND) 1,286 6.44%
Nuraidah Abdul Salleh (IND) 816 4.09%
2008 Shafie Apdal (UMNO) 19,419 90.84% Abd Azis Abd Hamid (PKR) 1,957 9.16% 22,209 17,462 63.07%
2013 Shafie Apdal (UMNO) 25,559 83.70% Zamree @ Mohd Suffian Abd Habi (PKR) 4,654 15.24% 31,595 20,905 76.04%
Datu Badaruddin Mustapha (IND) 325 1.06%
2018 Shafie Apdal (WARISAN) 26,809 80.20% Ramlee Marahaban (UMNO) 6,135 18.35% 34,613 20,674 71.74%
Abdul Nasir Raup (PAS) 384 1.15%
Asmara Asmad (PHRS) 98 0.29%
Sabah State Legislative Assembly[29]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N53 Senallang, P189 Semporna Shafie Apdal (WARISAN) 7,754 75.97% Nasir Sakaran (UMNO) 2,453 24.03% 10,514 5,301 73.02%

Honours

References
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  2. "Hapuskan Politik Perkauman; Bukankah Suluk Suku Kaum Sabah?" (in Malay). Borneo Today. 1 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018. Shafie Apdal, seorang yang berketurunan Bajau Kubang dari Semporna.
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Preceded by
Musa Aman		 Chief Minister of Sabah
2018–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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