Honours
Sabah:-
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (1997)
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Yusof Yacob | |
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| يوسف بن يعقوب | |
| Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad | |
| Assumed office 13 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Salleh Said Keruak |
| State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah | |
| In office 16 May 2018 –29 September 2020 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Shafie Apdal |
| Assistant | Mohammad Mohamarin Jennifer Lasimbang |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Yakubah Khan (State Minister of Science and Innovation of Sabah) |
| Constituency | Sindumin |
| Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat | |
| In office 17 May 2004 –13 February 2008 Servingwith Lim Si Cheng | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Speaker | Mohamed Zahir Ismail (2004) Ramli Ngah Talib (2004–2008) |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Abdullah |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Kiandee |
| Constituency | Sipitang |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sindumin | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Bujang (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 760 (2018) 424 (2020) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sipitang | |
| In office 25 April 1995 –8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Mustapha Harun (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Sapawi Ahmad (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 4,524 (1995) 4,339 (1999) Walkover (2004) |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2018–2021 | Sabah Heritage Party |
| 2021–2023 | Independent [1] |
| 2023– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1995–2008 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yusof bin Yacob 1956 (age 66–67) Sipitang,Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah,Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1995–2018) Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2018–2021) Independent (2021–2023) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1995−2018,aligned:2021–2023) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (aligned:2021–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023,aligned:2021–2023) |
| Spouse | Azizah Beniamen |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Yusof bin Yacob is a Malaysian politician who [2] has served as Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad since January 2023 [3] and the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sindumin since May 2018. [4] [5] He served as State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020,Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from May 2004 to December 2007 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang from April 1995 to March 2008. [6] He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN),a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. He was a member of the WARISAN,before leaving the party on 8 October 2021 to become an independent in support of the ruling GRS coalition. He was also member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) which he left in 2018. On 22 May 2022,he confirmed that he had applied to rejoin and was pending return to BN and UMNO after leaving them four years ago. However,his application was not accepted before he withdrew the application and joined GAGASAN instead on 21 January 2023. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1995 | P155 Sipitang,Sabah | Yusof Yacob (UMNO) | 9,732 | 64.44% | Jamilah Sulaiman (PBS) | 5,208 | 34.49% | 15,324 | 4,524 | 74.36% | ||
| Hussin Masalih (IND) | 162 | 1.07% | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Yusof Yacob (UMNO) | 9,581 | 64.01% | Abdul Rahman Md. Yakub (KEADILAN) | 5,242 | 35.02% | 15,181 | 4,339 | 68.74% | |||
| Ag. Ku Tengah Pg. Damit (IND) | 145 | 0.97% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | P178 Sipitang,Sabah | Yusof Yacob (UMNO) | Unopposed | |||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1990 | N38 Sipitang,P149 Padas | Yusof Yacob (USNO) | 2,161 | 34.38% | Jawawi Isa (PBS) | 2,437 | 38.77% | 6,361 | 276 | 82.17% | ||
| Harris Mohd. Salleh (BERJAYA) | 969 | 15.42% | ||||||||||
| Othman Mohd. Yassin (IND) | 597 | 9.50% | ||||||||||
| Pius Ganang (AKAR) | 86 | 1.37% | ||||||||||
| Ramlah Rammelan (PRS) | 35 | 0.56% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | N28 Sindumin,P178 Sipitang | Yusof Yacob (WARISAN) | 6,648 | 51.90% | Sapawi Amat Wasali (UMNO) | 5,888 | 45.97% | 13,065 | 760 | 77.40% | ||
| Patrick Sadom (PHRS) | 273 | 2.13% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N35 Sindumin,P178 Sipitang | Yusof Yacob (WARISAN) | 5,415 | 48.96% | Sani Miasin (UMNO) | 4,991 | 45.12% | 11,061 | 424 | 65.99% | ||
| Manshur Okk Mohd Yassin (USNO Baru) | 365 | 3.30% | ||||||||||
| Daniel Gaing (LDP) | 142 | 1.28% | ||||||||||
| Jaebeh Buaya (PCS) | 114 | 1.03% | ||||||||||
| Arifin Harith (GAGASAN) | 34 | 0.31% | ||||||||||
Sabah:
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (1997)
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