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Mustapa Mohamed

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Not to be confused with Mustaffa Mohammad.

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohamed is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mustapa. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri
Mustapa Mohamed
SSAP SIMP SPMP SJMK DGSM DPMS
مصطفى محمد‎
Mustapa in 2022
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Economy)
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyEddin Syazlee Shith
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byRafizi Ramli
(Minister of Economy)
ConstituencyJeli
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyArthur Joseph Kurup
Preceded byAzmin Ali
(Minister of Economic Affairs)
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyJeli
In office
27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
MonarchSirajuddin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded byTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Succeeded byMohd Effendi Norwawi
ConstituencyJeli
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
10 April 2009 – 9 May 2018
Serving with Ong Ka Chuan (2015–2018)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyMukhriz Mahathir (2009–2013)
Jacob Dungau Sagan (2009–2013)
Hamim Samuri (2013–2015)
Lee Chee Leong (2014–2016)
Ahmad Maslan (2015–2018)
Chua Tee Yong (2016–2018)
Preceded byMuhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded byIgnatius Dorell Leiking
ConstituencyJeli
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyRohani Abdul Karim
Preceded byMuhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded byNoh Omar
ConstituencyJeli
Minister of Higher Education
In office
14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyOng Tee Keat
Preceded byShafie Salleh
Succeeded byMohamed Khaled Nordin
ConstituencyJeli
Minister of Finance II
In office
2 September 1998 – 14 December 1999
Serving with Mahathir Mohamad (1998–1999) and Daim Zainuddin (1999)
MonarchsJa'afar
Salahuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
DeputyWong See Wah
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJamaluddin Jarjis
ConstituencyJeli
Minister of Entrepreneur Development
In office
8 May 1995 – 14 December 1999
MonarchsJa'afar
Salahuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
DeputyIdris Jusoh
Preceded byMohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor (as Minister of Public Enterprises)
Succeeded byNazri Abdul Aziz
ConstituencyJeli
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
1 December 1993 – 7 May 1995
Serving with Loke Yuen Yow
MonarchsAzlan Shah
Ja'afar
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byAbdul Ghani Othman
Succeeded byAffifudin Omar
ConstituencySenator
Chair of the Budget Select Committee
In office
4 December 2018 – 10 March 2020
SpeakerMohamad Ariff Md Yusof
Preceded byPosition established
ConstituencyJeli
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Jeli
In office
21 March 2004 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byMohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)
Succeeded byZahari Kechik
(PN–BERSATU)
Majority7,353 (2004)
4,436 (2008)
5,336 (2013)
6,647 (2018)
In office
21 April 1995 – 29 November 1999
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)
Majority572 (1995)
Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
for Ayer Lanas
In office
5 May 2013 – 12 August 2023
Preceded byAbdullah Ya'kub (PAS)
Succeeded byKamarudin Md Nor
(PN–BERSATU)
Majority47 (2013)
359 (2018)
In office
21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byAbdullah Ya'kub (PAS)
Succeeded byAbdullah Ya'kub (PAS)
Majority799 (2004)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–1999Barisan Nasional
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Mustapa bin Mohamed

(1950-09-25) 25 September 1950 (age 74)
Bachok, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)[citation needed]
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUMNO (1978–2018)
BERSATU (2018–2023)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (1978–2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2023)
SpouseKhamarzan Ahmad Meah
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Boston University
OccupationPolitician
Mustapa Mohamed on Facebook
Mustapa Mohamed on Parliament of Malaysia
Mustapa Mohamed
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–1999Barisan Nasional
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
2018Independent
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
1991–1995Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
2004–2008Barisan Nasional
2013–2018Barisan Nasional
2018Independent
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2023Perikatan Nasional

Dato' Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed (Jawi: مصطفى بن محمد; born 25 September 1950), commonly known as Tok Pa among local Kelantanese,[1] is a Malaysian former politician who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Economic Affairs for third term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, second term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and first term in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from March 2004 to February 2006 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jeli from March 2004 to November 2022. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO for BERSATU in 2018, left BERSATU and retired from politics in 2023.[2][3]

Early education and career

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Mustapa went to Sultan Ismail College, Kota Bharu and graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and from Boston University with a Masters in Economic Development.[4] He is an economist.[5]

Political career

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Mustapa during the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, May 31, 2012

Mustapa was elected to Parliament in the 1995 election for Jeli constituency, but was defeated for re-election in 1999.[6] He won back the seat in the 2004 election. In 2004 he was also elected to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly for the Air Lanas seat.[7] He had been slated to become Chief Minister of Kelantan but BN failed to win a majority in the state Assembly.[8] He was re-elected in 2008 election. In 2004 election, he retained his parliamentary seat and again won the state seat of Air Lanas concurrently but with a slim 47 votes.

Mustapa was the former Minister for International Trade and Industry in the BN federal government. Previously, he has also held a number of other government portfolios, including Deputy Finance Minister,[9] Minister for Entrepreneur Development,[10] Minister in the Prime Minister's Department,[11] Minister for Higher Education,[12] and Minister for Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.[13] He was appointed to the Trade portfolio when Najib Razak became Prime Minister in April 2009.[5]

In the aftermath of BN's loss in the 2018 election and UMNO's own party election, Mustapa announced on 18 September 2018 that he has quit UMNO, citing disagreements with the party's current direction.[3] On the 27 October 2018, Mustapa joined BERSATU.[14]

On 4 December 2018, Mustapa was elected chair of the Budget Select Committee.[15]

Personal life

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Mustapa is married to Khamarzan Ahmad Meah and the couple has four children.

In January 2021, Mustapa was tested positive for COVID-19.[16] He has recovered and has been discharged from hospital, after being admitted for treatment for nearly two weeks including three days in the intensive care unit (ICU).[17][18]

Election results

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Parliament of Malaysia[19][20][21][22][23]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1995 P030 Jeli Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 13,301 51.10% Zianon Abdin Ali (S46) 12,729 48.90% 26,962 572 81.20%
1999 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 14,830 48.43% Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS) 15,523 50.69% 31,152 693 81.93%
2004 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 16,960 63.84% Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS) 9,607 36.16% 26,961 7,353 82.38%
2008 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 17,168 57.07% Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS) 12,732 42.33% 30,555 4,436 84.18%
2013 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 21,223 56.95% Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS) 15,954 42.81% 37,688 5,269 87.19%
2018 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 21,665 45.64% Mohamad Hamid (PAS) 15,018 31.64% 39,161 6,647 82.50%
Azran Deraman (BERSATU) 2,078 4.38%
Kelantan State Legislative Assembly[19][20][21][22][23]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots
cast 		Majority Turnout
2004 N32 Air Lanas Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 5,118 53.75% Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS) 4,319 45.36% 9,522 799 83.92%
2013 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 6,605 49.42% Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS) 6,558 49.07% 13,365 47 89.10%
2018 Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO) 7,243 40.89% Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS) 6,884 38.87% 14,908 359 84.19%
Aminuddin Yaacob (BERSATU) 608 3.43%

Honours

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Honours of Malaysia

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Foreign honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tok Pa, a man of the people". Free Malaysia Today. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee and Natasha Joibi (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Tok Pa quits Umno, disagrees with party's direction (updated) - Nation | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. ^ "The top corporate figures". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. 23 May 2004.
  5. ^ a b "New Malaysian prime minister unveils Cabinet". Taipei Times. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  6. ^ Shamsul Akmar (19 April 2000). "Next Bank Negara governor: Mustapa on the list". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. ^ Tan, Joceline (28 March 2004). "Cabinet-level boost for the east coast". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  8. ^ Wong Chun Wai (24 March 2004). "Promise of balanced and sensible govt". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  9. ^ Tan, Joceline; Hisham Mahzan (5 March 2005). "Wooing the voters in Kelantan". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Cabbies undergo front-liners course". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. 29 May 1997. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  11. ^ Lau Y-Sing (27 March 2004). "Badawi keeps his friends close in new cabinet". Independent Online. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  12. ^ Tan Shiow Chin (9 December 2007). "Enhancing ties with Iran". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  13. ^ "Slashing food imports is new Agriculture Minister's priority". The Star. Star Publications. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  14. ^ "Mustapa Mohamed joins Bersatu". The Sun Daily. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Six new select committees announced, Anwar heads reforms caucus". Malaysiakini. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  16. ^ Murugiah, Surin (10 January 2021). "Mustapa tested positive for Covid-19". The Edge Markets. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Tok Pa beats Covid-19, tells of ICU ordeal". Free Malaysia Today. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  18. ^ Ida Lim (27 January 2021). "Here's the full list of Malaysia's ministers, lawmakers who tested Covid-19 positive in January". Malay Mail. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  20. ^ a b "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  21. ^ a b "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  22. ^ a b "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  23. ^ a b "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  24. ^ "DPMS 1994". awards.selangor.gov.my. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  25. ^ a b c d "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  26. ^ "Menteri Besar heads Perlis honours' list". Astro Awani. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  27. ^ "Dr Wee gets Malacca award, Mustapa receives DGSM title". The Star. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  28. ^ "Tok Pa conferred top Japanese honour for his contributions". The Star. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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