Mustapha Sakmud

Mustapha Sakmud
مصطفى سقمود
Mustapha Sakmud in January 2025
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Sabah and Sarawak)
Assumed office
17 December 2025
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byArmizan Mohd Ali
ConstituencySepanggar
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
In office
12 December 2023 – 17 December 2025
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(2024–2025)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterZambry Abdul Kadir
Preceded byYusof Apdal
Succeeded byAdam Adli
ConstituencySepanggar
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterSivakumar Varatharaju
Preceded byAwang Hashim
Succeeded byAbdul Rahman Mohamad
ConstituencySepanggar
State Chairman of the
People's Justice Party of Sabah
Assumed office
26 May 2024
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyPeto Galim
Preceded bySangkar Rasam
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sepanggar
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byAzis Jamman (WARISAN)
Majority7,042 (2022)
Personal details
BornMustapha @ Mohd Yunus bin Sakmud
(1969-07-09) 9 July 1969
PartyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
University of Aberdeen
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer

Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus bin Sakmud,[1] also known as Mustapha Sakmud (born 9 July 1969), is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2025 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir from December 2023 to his promotion in December 2025 and Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Sivakumar Varatharaju from December 2022 to December 2023. He is a member and Branch Chief of Kota Belud of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Sabah since May 2024.[2][3]

Election results

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 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

References

  1. ^ "YB Tuan Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Bin Sakmud". www.parlimen.gov.my.
  2. ^ Calon PRU Mustapha Sakmud
  3. ^ "PKR shuffles state leadership in seven states". The Star. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Acryl Sani dahului 1,209 senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Sabah". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients". Bernama. Borneo Post. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2023.