Masidi Manjun

Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun (born 1 June 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Minister of Local Government and Housing and State Minister of Finance II in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since September 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Karanaan since March 2004. He is the state COVID-19 spokesman of the GRS state government of Sabah. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he speaks frequently on the response of Sabah towards the pandemic.[3] He is also the State Deputy Chairman of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which is also part of the ruling GRS coalition, since April 2019 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) from August 2020 to January 2021.[4]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Manjun is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Masidi.
Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima
Masidi Manjun
SPDK PGDK KMN AMN JP MLA
Ministerial roles (Sabah)
2004–2008Minister of Youth and Sports
2007–2018Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment
2018Deputy Chief Minister
2020–Minister of Housing and Local Government
2020–Minister of Finance
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–Perikatan Nasional
Other roles
2020–2021Chair of board of directors of Universiti Malaysia Sabah[1]
Personal details
Born (1951-06-01) 1 June 1951[2]
Ranau, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2018)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present)
Spouse(s)Nurfarizah Abdullah @ Molly Lantai
Alma materUniversity of London
ProfessionLawyer, public administrator and politician

Educational background

Masidi obtained a degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1977 and became Barrister-at-Law with Honours at Lincoln's Inn, London in 1979.

Career

Masidi entered the State Public Service in 1977 as a legal adviser and prosecutor at the Forestry Department. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in 1979, the same year he was appointed as Tuaran District Officer. He was transferred to Sandakan in the similar position in 1982 before being promoted as Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1984. In 1987, he was made a Senior State Counsel in the State Attorney-General's Chambers. He left the State Public Service in 1989 to join private sector.

Private sector

Masidi served as Chairman of Institute of Development Studies of Sabah from 1994 to 2004 and member of board of directors of Sabah Development Bank during that time.[4] He held directorship in various companies including Chase Perdana Berhad, Sitt Tatt Berhad and Bank Rakyat. He is Chairman of Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation since 24 July 2020.[5]

Politics

Masidi joined politics in 2004 as he was nominated by United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) as candidate for Karanaan state constituency. He subsequently won the election and holds the seat for four consecutive terms. He is currently serving the fifth term in Karanaan following his victory in the 16th state election under the banner of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU).

He rose as Minister of State for Youth and Sports in 2004. He then became Minister of State for Tourism, Culture and Environment from 2006 to 2018 and Minister of State charged with education during that time. He also served as Deputy Chief Minister post 14th general election for two days. He left UMNO in 2018 to join BERSATU and became the latter's State Deputy chairman subsequently.

Honours

Masidi was bestowed with the following honours:

Honours of Malaysia

Election results
Sabah State Legislative Assembly[6][7][8]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N30 Karanaan, P179 Ranau Masidi Manjun (UMNO) 6,519 90.72% Mohd Mian Mohd Ali (IND) 413 5.75% 7,332 6,106 68.90%
Sutian Kendilong (SETIA) 254 3.53%
2008 Masidi Manjun (UMNO) 6,505 82.40% Atin Naisin (PKR) 1,389 17.60% 8,010 5,116 72.45%
2013 Masidi Manjun (UMNO) 6,292 58.44% Muhiddin Anas Yusin (PKR) 2,792 25.94% 10,331 3,500 83.10%
Jalibin Paidi (STAR) 1,067 9.91%
Mat Jaili Samat (IND) 615 5.71%
2018 Masidi Manjun (UMNO) 6,849 63.98% Chong Peck Hing (PKR) 3,067 28.65% 10,928 3,782 80.80%
Aman Manaf (PHRS) 685 6.40%
Juhaili Sidek (PKAN) 104 0.97%
2020 N37 Karanaan, P179 Ranau Masidi Manjun (BERSATU) 6,696 73.70% Yasin Abdul Ghani (WARISAN) 1,882 20.71% 9,086 4,814 67.68%
Hadzrul Masnin (PCS) 434 4.78%
Md Tajuddin Sadi (USNO Baru) 74 0.81%

References
  1. Hasan, Che Hasruddin Che. "UMS Hospital to start ops next year". ums.edu.my. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. "Warta Kerajaan" (PDF). 5 October 2013.
  3. Leong, Isabelle (29 September 2020). "Bung Moktar, Jeffrey Kitingan, Joachim Gunsalam dilantik Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. "Masidi Manjun dilantik Pengerusi Lembaga Pengarah UMS". Sabah News Today (in Malay). 4 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  5. "Bioeconomy Corporation Announces YBhg Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun as New Chairman". Bioeconomy Corporation. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
  8. "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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