Pandikar Amin bin Mulia (Jawi: ڤنديكر أمين بن مليا; born 17 September 1955) is a Malaysian politician who has served as President of United Sabah National Organisation (New) (USNO Baru) since February 2021. He served as 8th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from April 2008 to April 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from December 1999 to November 2002, State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah from May 1997 to March 1999, State Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Sabah from March 1994 to May 1997, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tempasuk from 1994 to 1999 and again from March 2004 to March 2008, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Usukan from 1982 to 1985 as well as a former cum founding President of the People's Justice Front (AKAR) from 1989 to 1995. He is also the first Sabahan, East Malaysian and also ethnic Bajau Iranun to hold the office of the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat.
Pandikar Amin Mulia | |
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| ڤنديکر أمين مليا | |
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| 8th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat | |
| In office 28 April 2008 – 6 April 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Ronald Kiandee Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (2008–2013) Ismail Mohamed Said (2013–2018) |
| Preceded by | Ramli Ngah Talib |
| Succeeded by | Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof |
| Constituency | non-MP (Barisan Nasional) |
| Sabah State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 28 May 1997 – 14 March 1999 | |
| Governor | Sakaran Dandai |
| Chief Minister | Yong Teck Lee Bernard Giluk Dompok |
| Deputy | Aklee Abbas |
| Preceded by | Lajim Ukin |
| Succeeded by | Lajim Ukin as Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry |
| Constituency | Tempasuk |
| Sabah State Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 27 May 1997 | |
| Governor | Mohammad Said Keruak Sakaran Dandai |
| Chief Minister | Sakaran Dandai Salleh Said Keruak |
| Deputy | Surady Kayong |
| Preceded by | Askalani Abd. Rahim |
| Succeeded by | Wilfred Bumburing |
| Constituency | Tempasuk |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 20 November 2002 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (1999–2001) Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (2001–2002) |
| Preceded by | Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali |
| Succeeded by | Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor |
| Constituency | Senator |
| President of the United Sabah National Organisation (New) | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2021 | |
| Deputy | Leong Chan Chu Ibrahim Linggam |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Linggam |
| President of the People's Justice Front | |
| In office 1989–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tempasuk | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Musbah Jamli |
| Succeeded by | Musbah Jamli |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 14 March 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ripin Minggir |
| Succeeded by | Musbah Jamli |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Usukan | |
| In office 1982–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Said Keruak |
| Succeeded by | Mustapha Harun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pandikar Amin bin Mulia 17 September 1955 Kota Belud, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | USNO Baru (since 2020) Independent (2018-2020) UMNO (2002-2018) AKAR (1989-2002) USNO (1982-1989) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1986-2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2022) |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Yusof Diego Hadijah Abdullah Teng (co-wife; polygamous marriage) |
| Alma mater | University of Wolverhampton Lincoln's Inn |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Early background
editPandikar Amin was born in a remote village in Kota Belud, Sabah to ethnic Bajau Iranun farmer parents who were of poor backgrounds and started primary schooling in his hometown. Prior to going to England for tertiary education, he received education at Sabah College in Kota Kinabalu, a prestigious elite secondary school of the state. He was a graduate of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and Lincoln's Inn.[1]
Political career
editUSNO
editPandikar Amin entered politics in 1982 as a member of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and later picked as the Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary candidate for Kota Belud in 1982 general elections but lost to an Independent candidate. At the age of 27, however he became Sabah state assemblyman for Usukan, holding for one term from 1982 to 1985. He was then later appointed the first non-MLA Speaker of Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1988.[2]
AKAR
editPandikar with another fellow dissident United Sabah Party (PBS) comprising a few Dusun and Bajau ethnic-based leaders namely Mark Koding and Kalakau Untol formed the People's Justice Front (AKAR) in 1989.[3] In 1999, he was appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department until 2002. He was president of AKAR, a now-defunct Sabahan political party which joined as one of the Barisan Nasional component parties from Sabah, at that time. The party was then dissolved to enable its members to join the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 2002.[1][4]
UMNO and Speakership in the Dewan Rakyat
editPandikar, as a member of UMNO was elected again Sabah assemblyman from 2004 to 2008; for the Tempasuk seat in Kota Belud. After the 2008 general elections, the BN coalition government announced that Pandikar, a non-MP would be the new Speaker, replacing Ramli Ngah Talib.[5]
The 12th Parliament was the first to be presided over entirely by East Malaysians; Pandikar and his deputies, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar and Ronald Kiandee, hail from either Sabah or Sarawak.[6] In mid-May, after Parliament convened, Pandikar resigned as Kota Marudu UMNO divisional chief, citing the need to be a neutral, non-partisan presiding officer of the legislature. He denied his resignation was linked to possible party-switching amongst UMNO MPs from East Malaysia.[7]
Ahead of the 2018 general elections, Pandikar announced his intention to contest, thus enable his possible prospect to be a more active federal-elected politician after serving as a non-MP Speaker for two terms.[8] Somehow he was not picked as candidate to contest the elections that saw the downfall of BN in both the federal and state governments. Despite his appointment to the UMNO's supreme council later on 14 July 2018; he decided to quit UMNO on 12 December 2018 along with other Sabah UMNO assemblymen to be independents.[9]
USNO Baru
editPandikar then later joined a newly revived Sabahan political party known as the USNO Baru and was appointed as the chairman of the party's Strategic Advisory Council in July 2019.[10] He then contested the Pintasan state seat during the September 2020 Sabah state election under USNO Baru[11] but he together with all the party's candidates in other state seats they contested were defeated in cornered fights with candidates from rival parties and/or coalitions.[12] Pandikar was officially elected party president in February 2021 and remains in the position as of 2023.[13]
Election results
edit| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Usukan | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO) | Unopposed | |||||||||
| 1990 | Tempasuk | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) | 1,139 | 14.54% | Robert Ripin Minggir (PBS) | 2,915 | 37.20% | 7,935 | 343 | 82.19% | ||
| Musbah Jamli (USNO) | 2,572 | 32.83% | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Noor Mansoor (BERJAYA) | 1,089 | 13.90% | ||||||||||
| Jumit Panau (PRS) | 105 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
| Mukamad Abdullah (IND) | 15 | 0.19% | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) | 4,142 | 49.59% | Dausin Pangalin (PBS) | 3,195 | 38.25% | 8,474 | 947 | 78.04% | |||
| Suwah Buleh (IND) | 1,016 | 12.16% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Pandikar Amin Mulia (UMNO) | 6,044 | 58.76% | Digong Abd Rashid (IND) | 2,604 | 25.31% | 10,592 | 3,440 | 76.25% | |||
| Josli Padis (BERSEKUTU) | 916 | 8.91% | ||||||||||
| Bandira Alang (PAS) | 426 | 4.14% | ||||||||||
| Razak Rakunman (IND) | 296 | 2.88% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Pintasan | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO Baru) | 2,660 | 32.29% | Fairuz Renddan (BERSATU) | 2,744 | 33.31% | 8,238 | 84 | 75.81% | ||
| Mohd Safian Saludin (WARISAN) | 1,816 | 22.04% | ||||||||||
| Almudin Kaida (IND) | 780 | 9.47% | ||||||||||
| Padlan Samad (PCS) | 188 | 2.28% | ||||||||||
| Roslan Mayahman (PPRS) | 50 | 0.61% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Kota Belud | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO) | 5,362 | 31.62% | Yahya Lampong (IND) | 9,952 | 58.68% | 17,305 | 4,590 | 79.63% | ||
| Majikon Moluni (PASOK) | 884 | 5.21% | ||||||||||
| Mohamed Yakin Mumin (IND) | 419 | 2.47% | ||||||||||
| Sisambin Bungan (IND) | 262 | 1.54% | ||||||||||
| Jailin Toh (PUSAKA) | 80 | 0.47% | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Tanjong Aru | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) | 763 | 4.62% | Joseph Voon Shin Choi (PBS) | 8,504 | 51.55% | 16,671 | 3,817 | 55.97% | ||
| Jabar (IND) | 4,687 | 28.41% | ||||||||||
| Hsing Yin Shean (DAP) | 2,507 | 15.20% | ||||||||||
| Charles Tulis @ Mohd Salleh (IND) | 37 | 0.22% | ||||||||||
Honours
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Malaysia :
Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1993)[18]
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2002)[19]
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) – Datuk Seri Utama (2009)[20]
Penang :
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DUPN) – Dato' Seri Utama (2013)[21]
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1994)
Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2010)[22]
References
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- ^ "Baptism of fire for Speaker Pandikar Amin at first sitting". The Star. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ^ Arthur S. Banks; Alan J. Day; Thomas C. Muller (February 2016). "Political Handbook of the World 1998". Google eBookstore. p. 580. ISBN 9781349149513. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Berakhirnya Akar Bersatu". Kelapa Mawar. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "MPs urged to follow the rules". The Malaysian Insider. 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ Vasudevan, V. (28 April 2008). "A day of firsts in parliament". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
- ^ "Pandikar Amin quits as Kota Marudu Umno chief". The Star Online. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Dol, Clarence (5 April 2017). "Pandikar returning to politics". Daily Express. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ NEIL BRIAN JOSEPH (13 December 2018). "Umno Sabah ship sinking". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia Kini Pengerusi Jemaah Penasihat Strategi Usno". Borneo Digest. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Former Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar seeks political comeback through Sabah polls with Usno Baru". Malay Mail. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Sabah election: Party chiefs Anifah, Pandikar Amin, Wilfred defeated". The Malaysian Reserve. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Pandikar returns to head Usno". Daily Express. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ a b "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).
- ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
- ^ "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1993" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
- ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 2002" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
- ^ "Pandikar Amin heads FT Day awards, 282 conferred". Bernama. The Star. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Pandikar Amin heads honour roll". Winnie Yeoh and Derrick Vinesh. The Star. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "DPM heads Sabah TYT honours list". The Star. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
