Shahelmey Yahya
Datuk Ir. Shahelmey bin Yahya (born 19 February 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister III and State Minister of Works of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since January 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjung Keramat since September 2020. He served as the State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing in GRS administration under Hajiji from October 2020 to his promotion to deputy chief ministership and switch of portfolio in January 2023.[1] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2][3][4] He is one of the five BN dissidents who support GRS.
Shahelmey Yahya | |
|---|---|
| شاه حيلمي بن يحيى | |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah III | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2023 Serving with Jeffrey Kitingan & Joachim Gunsalam | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Joachim Gunsalam |
| Constituency | Tanjung Keramat |
| State Minister of Works of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant | Limus Jury Robert Tawik |
| Preceded by | Bung Moktar Radin |
| Constituency | Tanjung Keramat |
| State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing of Sabah | |
| In office 8 October 2020 – 11 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant | Julita Majungki (2020–2022) Flovia Ng |
| Preceded by | Poon Ming Fung (State Minister of Health and People's Wellbeing of Sabah) |
| Succeeded by | James Ratib |
| Constituency | Tanjung Keramat |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Putatan | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Awang Husaini Sahari (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 124 (2022) |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tanjung Keramat | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 1,124 (2020) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2022– | Barisan Nasional |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2020– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shahelmey bin Yahya 19 February 1973 Putatan, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (membership suspended : 2023–2029) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Spouse | Dayang Siti Noor Hayyat Awang Mohd Saufi |
| Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi MARA Master of Business Administration University of Bristol Bachelor of Engineering |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
Election results edit
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N24 Tanjung Keramat, P173 Putatan | Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO) | 4,594 | 51.75% | Rosdy Wasli (AMANAH) | 3,470 | 39.08% | 10,482 | 1,124 | 76.98% | ||
| Ira Uzair (PCS) | 363 | 4.09% | ||||||||||
| Faezahwaty Abdul Mohamed Ibnu (LDP) | 329 | 3.71% | ||||||||||
| Mohd.Salleh Bin Lamsin (GAGASAN) | 122 | 1.37% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P173 Putatan, Sabah | Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO) | 16,234 | 39.36% | Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) | 16,110 | 39.06% | 41,249 | 124 | 65.30% | ||
| Ahmad Mohd Said (Warisan) | 8,511 | 20.63% | ||||||||||
| Poyne Tudus @ Patrick Payne (PEJUANG) | 394 | 0.96% | ||||||||||
Honours edit
- Sabah:
- Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2021)[7]
References edit
- ^ Abdullah, Izwan (8 October 2020). "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Goh, Roy (1 September 2020). "Sabah state election fever growing | New Straits Times". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Pan-Borneo Highway project in Sabah on track". Berita Harian. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "SHAHELMEY YAHYA". Sinar Harian. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "N.24 TANJUNG KERAMAT". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Norainee, Bung Moktar, Chong Wei antara penerima darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat TYT Sabah" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.