Abu Seman Yusop

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yusop is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abu Seman.
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri
Abu Seman Yusop
PSM SMW DCSM DMSM KMN
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
In office
10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Jelaing Mersat (2009–2010)
Lee Chee Leong (2010–2013)
(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein
Preceded byWan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)
Succeeded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterNajib Razak (2008–2008)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009)
Preceded byZainal Abidin Zin
Succeeded byAbdul Latiff Ahmad
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories
In office
14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterMohd Isa Abdul Samad (2004–2005)
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Acting) (2005–2006)
Zulhasnan Rafique (2006–2008)
Preceded byZulhasnan Rafique
Succeeded bySaravanan Murugan
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security
In office
2004–2006
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy MinisterNoh Omar
(Deputy Minister of Internal Security I)
Chia Kwang Chye
(Deputy Minister of Internal Security II)
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Masjid Tanah
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byMas Ermieyati Samsudin
(BN–UMNO)
Majority18,399 (2004)
12,285 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Alor Gajah
In office
25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byIbrahim Jendol
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byFong Chan Onn
(BN–MCA)
Majority25,096 (1995)
12,332 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2013Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1944-01-10) 10 January 1944 (age 80)
Malacca, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
SpouseRahimi Yeop
Children2
Alma materMiddle Temple
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Abu Seman bin Haji Yusop (born 10 January 1944) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Masjid Tanah constituency in the state of Melaka from 2004 to 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional coalition, 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

Abu Seman was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general election for the seat of Masjid Tanah.[2] He was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary,[1] and in 2009 was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by the newly installed Prime Minister Najib 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

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballot cast Majority Turnout
1995 P120 Alor 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 P134 Masjid 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

Honours of Malaysia

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile of new faces in the Cabinet". Utusan. 28 March 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010. Includes results from the 2004 election (* denotes incumbent).
  3. ^ "Najib Announces 28-member Cabinet". Bernama. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Pengurusan Tertinggi" (in Malay). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Abu Seman akur jika tidak dicalonkan". Berita Harian (in Malay). 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1998" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
  7. ^ "AG heads Agong's award list;'Tan Sri' for Empiang Jabu". Bernama. Borneo Post. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. ^ "FT Day award: Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan gets datukship". Bernama. Malay Mail. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2018.


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