Shahelmey Yahya

Malaysian politician

2022–Barisan NasionalFaction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly2020–Barisan Nasional Personal detailsBorn

Shahelmey bin Yahya

(1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 51)
Putatan, Penampang, Sabah, MalaysiaCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(membership suspended : 2023–2029)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)SpouseDayang Siti Noor Hayyat Awang Mohd SaufiAlma materUniversiti Teknologi MARA
Master of Business Administration
University of Bristol
Bachelor of EngineeringOccupationPoliticianProfessionEngineer

Datuk Ir. Shahelmey bin Yahya (born 19 February 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister III and State Minister of Works of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since January 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjung Keramat since September 2020. He served as the State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing in GRS administration under Hajiji from October 2020 to his promotion to deputy chief ministership and switch of portfolio in January 2023.^[1] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.^[2]^[3]^[4] He is one of the five BN dissidents who support GRS.

Election results

**Sabah State Legislative Assembly**^[5]^[6]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N24 Tanjung Keramat	Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO)	4,594	51.75%	Rosdy Wasli (AMANAH)	3,470	39.08%	10,482	1,124	76.98%
					Ira Uzair (PCS)	363	4.09%
					Faezahwaty Abdul Mohamed Ibnu (LDP)	329	3.71%
					Mohd.Salleh Bin Lamsin (GAGASAN)	122	1.37%

**Parliament of Malaysia**
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P173 Putatan	Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO)	16,234	39.36%	Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR)	16,110	39.06%	41,249	124	65.30%
					Ahmad Mohd Said (WARISAN)	8,511	20.63%
					Poyne Tudus @ Patrick Payne (PEJUANG)	394	0.96%

Honours

Sabah:
- Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2005)^[7]
- Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2009)^[8]
- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2013)^[9]
- Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2021)^[10]

References

^ Abdullah, Izwan (8 October 2020). "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ Goh, Roy (1 September 2020). "Sabah state election fever growing | New Straits Times". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Pan-Borneo Highway project in Sabah on track". Berita Harian. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ "SHAHELMEY YAHYA". Sinar Harian. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "N.24 TANJUNG KERAMAT". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2005" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2009" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2013" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
^ "Norainee, Bung Moktar, Chong Wei antara penerima darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat TYT Sabah" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.