Nancy Shukri

ننسي شكري‎Minister of Women, Family and Community DevelopmentAssumed office
3 December 2022MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)Prime MinisterAnwar IbrahimDeputyAiman Athirah Sabu
(2022–2023)
Noraini Ahmad
(since 2023)Preceded byRina HarunConstituencySantubongMinister of Tourism, Arts and CultureIn office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022MonarchAbdullahPrime MinisterIsmail Sabri YaakobDeputyEdmund Santhara Kumar RamanaiduPreceded byHerselfSucceeded byTiong King SingConstituencyBatang SadongIn office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021MonarchAbdullahPrime MinisterMuhyiddin YassinDeputyJeffrey Kitingan
(2020)
Guan Dee Koh Hoi
(2021)Preceded byMohammadin KetapiSucceeded byHerselfConstituencyBatang SadongMinister in the Prime Minister's DepartmentIn office
27 June 2016 – 10 May 2018
Malaysian Innovation Agency, Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC), Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MiGHT)MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)Prime MinisterNajib RazakPreceded byMah Siew KeongSucceeded byYeo Bee Yin
(Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change)ConstituencyBatang SadongIn office
16 May 2013 – 27 June 2016
Legal AffairsMonarchAbdul HalimPrime MinisterNajib RazakDeputyRazali IbrahimPreceded byMohamed Nazri Abdul AzizSucceeded byAzalina Othman SaidConstituencyBatang SadongMinister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
ActingIn office
12 May 2016 – 27 June 2016MonarchAbdul HalimPrime MinisterNajib RazakPreceded byDouglas Uggah EmbasSucceeded byMah Siew KeongConstituencyBatang SadongMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for SantubongAssumed office
19 November 2022Preceded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(BN–PBB)Majority38,681 (2022)Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batang SadongIn office
8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022Preceded byAdenan Satem
(BN–PBB)Succeeded byRodiyah Sapiee
(GPS–PBB)Majority5,425 (2008)
11,260 (2013)
12,328 (2018) Personal detailsBorn
(1961-08-05) 5 August 1961 (age 62)
Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2018)SpouseKamil MisuariChildren3Alma materUniversity of HullOccupationPoliticianWebsitenancy-shukri.myNancy Shukri on Facebook
Nancy Shukri on Parliament of Malaysia

Nancy binti Shukri (Jawi: ننسي بنت شكري; born 5 August 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Santubong since November 2022. She served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the second 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 and her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and the MP for Batang Sadong from March 2008 to November 2022.^[1] She served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018. She is a member the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.

Political career

Nancy was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election for the rural conservative seat of Batang Sadong, in southern Sarawak state.^[2][3]

After successfully defending her seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election, Nancy was appointed as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the new Cabinet of Malaysia announced by then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak.^[4]

Personal life

Nancy was born on 5 August 1961 in Kuching, Sarawak to Bibi McPherson and Shukri Mahidi.^[5][6] She has Malay and Melanau ancestry on her father's side while her mother has Scottish, Iban and Chinese ancestry. She is married with three children and currently living in Kuching, Sarawak.^[7] Nancy is the tenth of eleven siblings.^[5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballot casts	Majority	Turnout
2008	P200 Batang Sadong, Sarawak		Nancy Shukri (PBB)	8,183	74.79%		Piee Ling (PKR)	2,758	25.21%	11,120	5,425	66.21%
2013			Nancy Shukri (PBB)	13,277	86.81%		Mohamad Jolhi (PKR)	2,017	13.19%	15,541	11,260	78.34%
2018			Nancy Shukri (PBB)	14,208	83.25%		Othman Mustapha @ Mos (AMANAH)	1,880	11.02%	17,349	12,328	74.74%
							Asan Singkro (PAS)	978	5.73%
2022	P193 Santubong, Sarawak		Nancy Shukri (PBB)	43,739	84.42%		Mohamad Zen Peli (AMANAH)	5,058	9.76%	52,762	38,681	66.33%
							Affendi Jeman (Independent)	3,012	5.81%

Honours

•  Malaysia:
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2010)
•  Pahang:
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2016)^[8]
•  Sarawak:
  • Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) – Dato Sri (2021)^[9]
  • Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (2016)^[10]

See also

• Batang Sadong (federal constituency)

References

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