Abu Seman Yusop
Abu Seman Yusop | |
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Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I | |
In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 | |
Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Hishammuddin Hussein |
Preceded by | Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I) |
Succeeded by | Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar |
Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
Deputy Minister of Defence | |
In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Najib Razak(2008–2008) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi(2008–2009) |
Preceded by | Zainal Abidin Zin |
Succeeded by | Abdul Latiff Ahmad |
Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories | |
In office 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008 | |
Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Mohd Isa Abdul Samad(2004–2005) Shahrizat Abdul Jalil(Acting)(2005–2006) Zulhasnan Rafique(2006–2008) |
Preceded by | Zulhasnan Rafique |
Succeeded by | Saravanan Murugan |
Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security | |
In office 2004–2006 | |
Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy Minister | Noh Omar (Deputy Minister of Internal Security I) Chia Kwang Chye (Deputy Minister of Internal Security II) |
Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
Member of theMalaysian Parliament forMasjid Tanah | |
In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (BN–UMNO) |
Majority | 18,399 (2004) 12,285 (2008) |
Member of theMalaysian Parliament forAlor Gajah | |
In office 25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Ibrahim Jendol (BN–UMNO) |
Succeeded by | Fong Chan Onn (BN–MCA) |
Majority | 25,096 (1995) 12,332 (1999) |
Faction represented inDewan Rakyat | |
1995–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | Malacca,British Malaya(nowMalaysia) | 10 January 1944
Political party | United Malays National Organisation(UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional(BN) Perikatan Nasional(PN) Muafakat Nasional(MN) |
Spouse | Rahimi Yeop |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Middle Temple |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Abu Seman bin Haji Yusop(born 10 January 1944) was theMember of ParliamentofMalaysiafor theMasjid Tanahconstituency in the state ofMelakafrom 2004 to 2013. A member of theUnited Malays National Organisation(UMNO) party in the then-governingBarisan Nasionalcoalition, he served in the deputy ministry of successive governments during that period.
Before entering politics, Abu Seman was a lawyer with his own firm. He is a former police inspector and prosecutor.[1]
Political career
[edit]Abu Seman was elected to federal Parliament in the2004 general electionfor the seat of Masjid Tanah.[2]He was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary,[1]and in 2009 was appointed as theDeputy Minister of Home Affairsby the newly installedPrime MinisterNajib Razak.[3][4]His ministerial and parliamentary career came to an end in 2013, when he was not selected to recontest his seat for Barisan Nasional.[5]
Election results
[edit]Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballot cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1995 | P120Alor Gajah,Malacca | Abu Seman Yusop(UMNO) | 29,652 | 86.68% | Omar Baba (PAS) | 4,556 | 13.32% | 36,950 | 25,096 | 79.70% | ||
1999 | Abu Seman Yusop(UMNO) | 24,615 | 66.71% | Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (PAS) | 12,283 | 33.29% | 41,855 | 12,332 | 81.58% | |||
2004 | P134Masjid Tanah,Malacca | Abu Seman Yusop(UMNO) | 24,188 | 80.69% | Muhamad Burok (PAS) | 5,789 | 19.31% | 30,807 | 18,399 | 78.98% | ||
2008 | Abu Seman Yusop(UMNO) | 21,582 | 69.89% | Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (PAS) | 9,297 | 30.11% | 31,715 | 12,285 | 78.10% |
Honours
[edit]Honours of Malaysia
[edit]Malaysia:
Officer of theOrder of the Defender of the Realm(KMN) (1998)[6]
Commander of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia(PSM) –Tan Sri(2016)[7]
Malacca:
Companion Class I of theExalted Order of Malacca(DMSM) –Datuk(1994)
Knight Commander of theExalted Order of Malacca(DCSM) –Datuk Wira(1998)
Federal Territory (Malaysia):
Grand Commander of theOrder of the Territorial Crown(SMW) –Datuk Seri(2015)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Profile of new faces in the Cabinet".Utusan.28 March 2004.Retrieved24 January2010.[permanent dead link]
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- ^"Najib Announces 28-member Cabinet".Bernama.9 April 2009.Retrieved24 January2010.
- ^"Pengurusan Tertinggi"(in Malay). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived fromthe originalon 26 August 2009.Retrieved24 January2010.
- ^"Abu Seman akur jika tidak dicalonkan".Berita Harian(in Malay). 15 April 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 25 October 2014.Retrieved25 October2014.
- ^"Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1998"(PDF).istiadat.gov.my.
- ^"AG heads Agong's award list;'Tan Sri' for Empiang Jabu".Bernama.Borneo Post.5 June 2016.Retrieved11 October2018.
- ^"FT Day award: Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan gets datukship".Bernama.Malay Mail.1 February 2015.Retrieved11 October2018.
- Living people
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- Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
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