Shafie Apdal

Shafie Apdal
شافعي أڤضل
Shafie in 2025
15th Chief Minister of Sabah
In office
12 May 2018 – 29 September 2020
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
DeputyWilfred Madius Tangau
Christina Liew
Jaujan Sambakong
Preceded byMusa Aman
Succeeded byHajiji Noor
ConstituencySenallang
Federal Ministerial Roles
1995–1999Parliamentary Secretary of Information
1999Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
1999–2004Deputy Minister of Defence
2004–2008Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism
2008–2009Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage
2009–2015Minister of Rural and Regional Development
1st President of the
Heritage Party
Assumed office
17 October 2016
DeputyDarell Leiking
Preceded byPosition established
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2016Barisan Nasional
2016–Heritage Party
Faction represented in the
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–Heritage Party
Personal details
BornMohd Shafie bin Apdal
(1957-10-20) 20 October 1957
PartyUnited Sabah National Organisation (USNO)
(1983–1995)
United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (1995–2016)
Heritage Party (WARISAN) (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1983–2016)
SpouseShuryani Shuaib
RelationsYusof Apdal (brother)
Yamin Apdal (brother)
Rusnah Apdal (sister)
Nasir Sakaran (cousin)
Sakaran Dandai (maternal uncle)
Shuaib Lazim (father-in-law)
Children6
EducationSabah College
Victoria Institution
Alma materNorth Staffordshire Polytechnic (BEc)
OccupationPolitician
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Mohd Shafie bin Apdal (Jawi: محمد شافعي بن أڤضل; born 20 October 1957) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Semporna since April 1995, State Leader of the Opposition of Sabah since September 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Senallang since May 2018. He served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020, Minister of Rural and Regional Development from April 2009 to July 2015 and Vice President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as the 1st and founding President of Heritage Party (WARISAN) since October 2016. He lost the power as Chief Minister of Sabah following the defeat of his coalition WARISAN+ in the 2020 state election.