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Abdul Ghapur Salleh

Abdul Ghapur Salleh

Malaysian politician (1943–2023)

Abdul Ghapur bin Salleh (21 March 1943 – 4 July 2023) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kalabakan from March 2004 to May 2018. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Salleh is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Ghapur.
Quick Facts Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kalabakan, Preceded by ...

Before entering federal politics, Abdul Ghapur was active in Sabah state politics, initially as a member of the Sabah People's United Front (commonly known as BERJAYA). He joined UMNO when it moved into the state in the early 1990s and was a Deputy Chief Minister in the Barisan Nasional state government between 1995 and 1997.[2][3]

Political career

Abdul Ghapur was elected unopposed to federal Parliament in 2004, for the newly created seat of Kalabakan on the border between Malaysia and Indonesia in East Sabah.[4] In 2008, after his re-election (again unopposed), he was appointed a Deputy Minister for Resources and Natural Environment by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, only to resign eight days later.[2] Later that year he openly criticised the BN government in Parliament for overlooking the needs of Sabah and Sarawak states, which had voted resoundingly in favour of BN in the 2008 election.[5] He again spoke out against the federal government for what he considered to be its slow response to the invasion of part of eastern Sabah by Filipino militants in 2013. At the same time, he criticised UMNO's internal election process as being open to corruption, claiming that "people will do anything just to get on the Supreme Council even if it’s very expensive".[6]

Death

Abdul Ghapur died from kidney failure on 4 July 2023, at the age of 80.[7]

Election results

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Honours

References

  1. [1]
    "Abdul Ghapur bin Salleh, Y.B. Datuk Seri Panglima Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    Muguntan Vanar; Ruben Sario (27 March 2008). "Ghapur quits deputy minister post". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. [3]
    Muguntan Vanar (27 March 2008). "I won't jump party, says Ghapur". The Star. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
  5. [5]
    "Day Ghapur caused stir in Dewan with mention of Keadilan". Daily Express (Malaysia). 17 May 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  6. [6]
    Rashvinjeet S. Bedi (8 July 2013). "Q&A with Kalabakan MP Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh". The Star. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Former Sabah deputy CM Abdul Ghapur Salleh passes away". The Star. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. [9]
    "Sabah's Yang Di-Pertua Negri birthday honours list". The Star. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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