Hajiji Noor

Hajiji Noor
Yang Amat Berhormat; Datuk Seri Panglima Haji; Hajiji Noor; SPDK PGDK KMN MLA
	حاججي نور
16th Chief Minister of Sabah
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 September 2020
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Deputy	Bung Mokhtar Radin ; Jeffrey Kitingan ; Joachim Gunsalam
Preceded by	Shafie Apdal
Constituency	Sulaman
State Minister of Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 September 2020
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Preceded by	Shafie Apdal
Constituency	Sulaman
Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah
	In office; 11 May 2018 – 12 May 2018 Serving with Jeffrey Kitingan and Masidi Manjun
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Musa Aman
Preceded by	Yahya Hussin
Succeeded by	Jaujan Sambakong
Constituency	Sulaman
State Minister of Infrastructure Development of Sabah
	In office; 11 May 2018 – 12 May 2018
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Musa Aman
Preceded by	Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Succeeded by	Peter Anthony
Constituency	Sulaman
State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah
	In office; 27 March 2004 – 10 May 2018
Governor	Ahmadshah Abdullah ; Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Musa Aman
Assistant Minister	Edward Yong Oui Fah ; (2004–2013); Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar ; (2008–2013); Zakaria Edris ; (2013–2018); Joachim Gunsalam ; (2013–2018)
Preceded by	Salleh Said Keruak
Succeeded by	Jahid Jahim
Constituency	Sulaman
State Chairman of the ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party of ; Sabah
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 April 2019
Deputy	Masidi Manjun
National President	Muhyiddin Yassin
National Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad ; (2019–2020) ; Muhyiddin Yassin ; (Acting) (2020)
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly; for Sulaman
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 1990
Preceded by	Jasni Gindug (PBS)
Majority	281 (1990) ; 876 (1994) ; 3,444 (1999) ; 3,482 (2004) ; 5,456 (2008) ; 10,441 (2013) ; 7,774 (2018) ; 3,099 (2020)
Personal details
Born	10 May 1955[1]; Kampung Serusup, Tuaran, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2019); United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (till 2018); Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020- Still Active)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (till 2018) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020); Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020); Muafakat Nasional (MN) (since 2020); Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020 - Still Active)
Spouse(s)	Juliah Salag
Alma mater	University of New Hampshire
Occupation	Politician

Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Noor (born 10 May 1955) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah, State Minister of Finance since September 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sulaman since October 1990. He rose to the highest power in Sabah politics following his appointment as leader of the state in late September 2020 after his coalition, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) claimed victory in the 2020 state election. GRS won a simple majority (37 seats) required to form the state government by gaining 38 out of 73 seats in the election, the stability of his GRS coalition administration enhanced after the 3 independent Members of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLAs) had pledged confidence and supply for his state administration. [2]

Early background

Hajiji was born in Kampung Serusup, Tuaran as the second of three children of Noor Harun and Teruyah Omar. He attended Serusup Native Primary School (SK Serusup) in 1961 before attending Tuaran Government Secondary School – now Badin Secondary School (SMK Badin) – in 1967. After getting 15 agreggates in Lower Certificate of Education examination, he was transferred to St. John's Secondary School in 1972 and excelled in Malaysian Certificate of Education examination as one of the best students in Tuaran after his high school graduation in 1974. He obtained a degree of Bachelor of Science in economics from New Hampshire College in 1986.

Career

Public service

Hajiji started his career as a public servant in 1976. He was tasked to be a radio announcer at Radio Televisyen Malaysia before being appointed as Assistant Development Officer at Tuaran District Office from 1977 to 1982. He took four-year hiatus to further his study in the SNHU and returned to public service in 1986 as a Customs Officer in Tawau until 1990.

Politics

Hajiji entered politics in 1990 as he contested in the 8th general election as a candidate for Sulaman state constituency representing United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and subsequently won. He was appointed as Political Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba from 1992 to 1993. He was also member of the Bank Rakyat's board of directors from 1991 to 1994.

He joined United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 1994 following the dissolution of USNO. He became Tuaran Division Chief a year after until 2018 as well as Treasurer of UMNO Sabah from 2001 to 2018. He remained as an Assembly Member for Sulaman for six terms and is currently serving the seventh term after defeating two other candidates from Sabah Heritage Party (Warisan) and Love Sabah Party (PCS) in the recent state election.[3]

He was appointed as Assistant Minister of State at the Ministry of Youth and Sports (for some times in 1994), Ministry of Industrial Development (1994 to 1996, and then 1999 to 2001), Chief Minister's Department (1996 to 1999) and Ministry of Finance (2001 to 2004). He was promoted as Minister of State for Housing and Local Government from 2004 to 2018 and as Deputy Chief Minister in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development for two days post 14th general election.

Following the fall of BN in Sabah in 2018,[4] he was appointed Sabah UMNO Liaison Chairman. He later joined Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) in 2018 and serves as the State chairman for Sabah since 2019.[5] Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin nominated Hajiji as Chief Minister if PN win the next state election.[6] Consequently, GRS, in which PN is a member, won the recent state election and moved to Governor Juhar Mahiruddin to name Hajiji as the next Chief Minister,[7] in which the nomination was affirmed by Juhar the day before Hajiji's swearing-in.[8]

Family

Hajiji is married to Juliah Salag and has four children namely Mohd. Reza, Khairil Anuar, Nur Diyana and Mohd. Ghazali.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Malaysia:
- Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) – (1998)
Sabah:
- Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1996)
- Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2013)

Election results

**Sabah State Legislative Assembly**[9][10][11]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1990	N11 Sulaman, P137 Tuaran	Hajiji Noor (USNO)	3,575	43.91%	Jahid Jahim (PBS)	3,294	40.46%	8,202	281	80.02%
					Kalakau Untol (AKAR)	565	6.94%
					Aliasgar Basri (BERJAYA)	538	6.61%
					Shafie Anterak (PRS)	120	1.47%
					Yusof Awang Ludin (IND)	38	0.47%
					Laugan Tarki Noor (IND)	11	0.14%
1994	N11 Sulaman, P149 Tuaran	Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	5,016	54.02%	Matbee Ismail (PBS)	4,140	44.59%	9,365	876	79.56%
					Pengiran Othman Rauf (IND)	69	0.74%
					Margaret Kimon (D1J000)	60	0.65%
1999	N10 Sulaman, P149 Tuaran	Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	6,571	61.50%	Rakam Sijim (PBS)	3,127	29.27%	10,799	3,444	77.31%
					Mohammed Daud Abdullah (BERSEKUTU)	886	8.29%
					Hamdin Adb. Kadir (SETIA)	100	0.94%
2004	N10 Sulaman, P170 Tuaran	Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	7,065	66.35%	Ansari Abdullah (keADILan)	3,583	33.65%	12,997	3,482	72.54%
2008		Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	8,961	71.88%	Ansari Abdullah (PKR)	3,505	28.12%	12,770	5,456	79.44%
2013		Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	13,065	78.73%	Ghulabidin Enjih (PKR)	2,624	15.80%	17,044	10,441	87.10%
					Ali Akbar Kawi (IND)	615	3.71%
					David Orok (STAR)	225	1.36%
					Arifin Harith (IND)	66	0.40%
2018		Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	12,966	69.62%	Abdullah Sani Daud (WARISAN)	5,192	27.87%	19,055	7,774	84.30%
2018		Hajiji Noor (UMNO)	12,966	69.62%	Arifin Harith (PHRS)	467	2.51%	19,055	7,774	84.30%
2020	N12 Sulaman, P170 Tuaran	Hajiji Noor (BERSATU)	5,919	65.83%	Aliasgar Basri (WARISAN)	2,820	31.36%	8,992	3,099	76.78%
2020	N12 Sulaman, P170 Tuaran	Hajiji Noor (BERSATU)	5,919	65.83%	Rekan Hussien (PCS)	253	2.81%	8,992	3,099	76.78%

References

https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002295.pdf
Gah Chie, Kow (2 September 2020). "PN, BN, sekutu ada 41 kerusi, mahu angkat sumpah KM hari ini – Sumber". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
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"Hajiji dilantik penyelaras Bersatu Sabah". 6 April 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
"PRN Sabah: PM beri bayangan Hajiji bakal Ketua Menteri". 12 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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Preceded by Shafie Apdal	Chief Minister of Sabah 2020–	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] ttps://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002295.pdf

[2] Gah Chie, Kow (2 September 2020). "PN, BN, sekutu ada 41 kerusi, mahu angkat sumpah KM hari ini – Sumber". Malaysiakini (in Malay). Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[3] "Hajiji Noor wins Sulaman seat". 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[4] "UMNO Sabah lumpuh". 12 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[5] "Hajiji dilantik penyelaras Bersatu Sabah". 6 April 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[6] "PRN Sabah: PM beri bayangan Hajiji bakal Ketua Menteri". 12 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[7] "PRN Sabah: Hajiji bakal Ketua Menteri? [METROTV]". 12 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[8] Hassan, Assim (2 September 2020). "Hajiji terima watikah pelantikan KM Sabah, angkat sumpah esok". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[9] "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[10] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.

[undi.info-11] "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

Menteris Besar and Chief Ministers of the states of Malaysia
Menteris Besar	Johor: Hasni Mohammad (BN-UMNO) Kedah: Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (PN-PAS) Kelantan: Ahmad Yakob (PN-PAS) Negeri Sembilan: Aminuddin Harun (PH-PKR) Pahang: Wan Rosdy (BN-UMNO) Perak: Saarani Mohamad (BN-UMNO) Perlis: Azlan Man (BN-UMNO) Selangor: Amirudin Shari (PH-PKR) Terengganu: Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar (PN-PAS)
Chief Ministers	Melaka: Sulaiman Md Ali (BN-UMNO) Penang: Chow Kon Yeow (PH-DAP) Sabah: Hajiji Noor (PN-PPBM) Sarawak: Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg (GPS-PBB)