Abdul Ghapur Salleh

Abdul Ghapur Salleh (born 21 March 1943) is a Malaysian politician. He was the former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kalabakan constituency in Sabah, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 2004 to May 2018.[1]

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Panglima

Abdul Ghapur Salleh

SPDK
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kalabakan
In office
2004 – 10 May 2018
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byMa'mun Sulaiman
Personal details
Born (1943-03-21) 21 March 1943
North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Political partySabah People's United Front (BERJAYA)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
OccupationPolitician

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

He 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 as 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 states of Sabah and Sarawak, 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 criticsed 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]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: P191 Kalabakan, Sabah[4][7]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2004 Abdul Ghapur Salleh (UMNO)
Unopposed
2008 Abdul Ghapur Salleh (UMNO)
2013 Abdul Ghapur Salleh (UMNO) 23,125 64.0% Usman Madeaming (PAS) 8,904 24.6%
2018 Abdul Ghapur Salleh (UMNO) 15,299 29.3%2 Ma'mun Sulaiman (WARISAN) 18,486 35.4%2
Notes:
Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower.
2 Different % used for 2018 election.

Honours

References
  1. "Abdul Ghapur bin Salleh, Y.B. Datuk Seri Panglima Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. Muguntan Vanar; Ruben Sario (27 March 2008). "Ghapur quits deputy minister post". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. Muguntan Vanar (27 March 2008). "I won't jump party, says Ghapur". The Star. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  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. "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. Rashvinjeet S. Bedi (8 July 2013). "Q&A with Kalabakan MP Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh". The Star. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. "Sabah's Yang Di-Pertua Negri birthday honours list". The Star. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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