Shafie Salleh

Shafie bin Mohd Salleh Jawi: شافعي بن محمد صالح; 29 September 1946 – 11 September 2019)[1] was a Malaysian politician who served as Higher Education Minister of Malaysia.[2] Shafie Salleh was also the Chief Scout of Malaysia.[3]

In this Malay name, the name Saleh is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Shafie.
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Shafie Salleh
شافعي بن محمد صالح
Minister of Higher Education
In office
27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
MonarchSirajuddin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyFu Ah Kiow
Preceded byMusa Mohamad as Minister of Education
Succeeded byMustapa Mohamed
ConstituencyKuala Langat
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
Serving with Chan Kong Choy (1999-2003)
Ng Yen Yen (2003-2004)
MonarchSalahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterDaim Zainuddin (1999-2001)
Mahathir Mohamad (2001-2003)
Jamaluddin Jarjis (2002-2004)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003-2004)
Preceded byMohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Succeeded byTengku Putera Tengku Awang
ConstituencyKuala Langat
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kuala Langat, Selangor
In office
24 April 1995 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byBasri Bajuri (UMNO—BN)
Succeeded byAbdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PKR)
Majority19,211 (1995)
8,020 (1999)
21,495 (2004)
Personal details
Born
Shafie bin Salleh

(1946-09-29)29 September 1946
Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaya Union (now Malaysia)
Died11 September 2019(2019-09-11) (aged 72)
Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional
Spouse(s)Puan Sri Prof Emeritus Dr. Hajah Mizan Adilah Ibrahim
OccupationPolitician


Serving as a researcher

Shafie served as the Head of Research Center, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) for five years. After that he was appointed as the Division Secretary of the Ministry of Human Resources of Malaysia. Later on he was appointed as the Undersecretary Research on Policy Analysis in the Malaysian Centre for Development Studies under the Prime Minister department.[4]

Politics

Shafie was also the Member of Parliament for the district of Kuala Langat, Selangor. He was in the UMNO International Relations committee. Later he was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education, Deputy Minister of Finance,[5] and also the Parliament Secretary for the Minister of Finance.[6]

During the 55th UMNO General Assembly Shafie said that he will uphold the aspiration of the Malays. As the Malay special was attacked by the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia Dong Zong.[7] They are pushing the Malay segment on a defence position. Shafie Salleh in a defensive stance, said at the assembly that non-Bumiputras would could not enter Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) because it has been allocated to the Malays and it was agreed by all.[8][9]

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

References
  1. https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/kes/2019/09/605786/ketua-pengakap-negara-meninggal-dunia
  2. "404 Page Not Found | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011.
  3. "The Star Online: Archive Search". archives.thestar.com.my.
  4. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=30087627&privcapId=6184543&previousCapId=874260&previousTitle=MALAYAN%20BANKING%20BHD
  5. "404 Page Not Found | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 18 May 2004.
  6. "404 Page Not Found | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
  7. "404 Page Not Found | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
  8. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FJ02Ae05.html
  9. "404 Page Not Found | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
  10. "Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa". www.istiadat.gov.my.
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