Mustapha Sakmud

مصطفى سقمود‎Deputy Minister of Higher EducationAssumed office
12 December 2023MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)Prime MinisterAnwar IbrahimMinisterZambry Abdul KadirPreceded byYusof ApdalConstituencySepanggarDeputy Minister of Human ResourcesIn office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023MonarchAbdullahPrime MinisterAnwar IbrahimMinisterV. SivakumarPreceded byAwang HashimSucceeded byAbdul Rahman MohamadConstituencySepanggarMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for SepanggarAssumed office
19 November 2022Preceded byAzis Jamman (WARISAN)Majority7,042 (2022) Personal detailsBorn
(1968-07-09) 9 July 1968 (age 55)
Kota Belud, Sabah, MalaysiaPolitical partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)Other political
affiliationsPakatan Harapan (PH)Alma materUniversity of Malaya
University of AberdeenOccupationPoliticianProfessionEngineer

Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Sakmud^[1] (born 9 July 1968) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir since December 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister V. Sivakumar from December 2022 to December 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Kota Belud of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.^[2]

Election result

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N08 Usukan		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	4,067	27.24%		Salleh Said Keruak (UMNO)	10,879	70.85%	15,603	6,812	83.40%
							Bakhruddin Ismail (STAR)	285	1.91%
2018	N06 Tempasuk		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	5,478	35.95%		Musbah Jamli (UMNO)	7,742	50.82%	15,726	2,264	82.20%
							Suwah Buleh (STAR)	1,494	9.81%
							Mustaqim Aling (PAS)	521	3.42%
2020	N09 Tempasuk		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	1,852	20.30%		Mohd Arsad Bistari (UMNO)	4,040	44.28%	9,124	1,685	76.06%
							Musbah Jamli (IND)	2,355	25.81%
							Amza @ Hamzah Sundang (USNO Baru)	471	5.16%
							Abdul Alif Saibeh (PCS)	133	1.46%
							Kanul Gindol (PGRS)	57	0.62%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P171 Sepanggar, Sabah		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	27,022	38.44%		Yakubah Khan (UMNO)	19,980	28.42%	70,304	7,042	64.87%
							Mohd Azis Jamman (WARISAN)	18,594	26.45%
							Jumardie Lukman (KDM)	3,977	5.66%
							Yusof Kunchang (PEJUANG)	731	1.04%

Honours

•  Sabah :
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2018)^[3]
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023)^[4]

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