Yaakob Sapari

Yaakob Sapari
Senator
Elected by Selangor State Legislative Assembly
In office
5 December 2018 – 4 December 2021
Member of the Selangor State Executive Council
In office
13 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
(Modernisation of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Entrepreneurial Development)
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAbdul Khalid Ibrahim
Succeeded bySallehen Mukhyi
(Agricultural Modernisation) Portfolio abolished
(Natural Resources)
Daroyah Alwi
(Entrepreneur Development)
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2018–Pakatan Harapan
2008–2018Parti Keadilan Rakyat
Personal details
Born (1961-08-14) 14 August 1961 (age 65)
Pontian, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
PartyParti Keadilan Nasional (keADILan) (1999–2003)
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) (2003–present)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–present)
EducationUniversiti Putra Malaysia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Yaakob bin Sapari is a Malaysian politician and member of the People's Justice Party (PKR). He served as a member of the Dewan Negara representing Selangor from December 2018 to December 2021. He had previously represented Kota Anggerik in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for two terms, from 2008 to 2018, and was a member of the Selangor State Executive Council from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

Yaakob first contested a seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly in 1999, standing for Parti Keadilan Nasional in Puchong. He contested Seri Serdang for PKR in 2004, but lost both elections. In the 2008 election, he won Kota Anggerik with 15,738 votes and a majority of 2,200. He retained the seat in 2013, receiving 26,261 votes and a majority of 4,503.

Following the 2008 election, Yaakob was sworn in as one of ten members of the Selangor State Executive Council on 24 March. His responsibilities covered agriculture modernisation, natural resources and entrepreneurial development. He left the council in May 2013, when a new executive council was sworn in, but continued to represent Kota Anggerik in the state assembly. During the 2014 Selangor Menteri Besar crisis, his name was included among the candidates for Menteri Besar submitted to the Selangor palace by the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).

PKR did not nominate Yaakob for a third term in Kota Anggerik in the 2018 election. He publicly accepted the decision and said that he would support the party's replacement candidate. Later that year, the Selangor State Legislative Assembly elected him to the Dewan Negara for a three-year term running from 5 December 2018 to 4 December 2021.

In January 2019, while also serving as head of PKR's Shah Alam branch, Yaakob was appointed to the governing committee of the National Farmers' Organisation (NAFAS). During the 2023 Selangor state election, he served as Selangor PKR's election director.

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1999 N29 Puchong Yaakob Sapari (KeADILan) 12,890 41.92% Mohamad Satim Diman (UMNO) 17,861 58.08% 32,173 4,971 74.67%
2004 N29 Seri Serdang Yaakob Sapari (PKR) 7,378 28.88% Mohamad Satim Diman (UMNO) 17,923 70.16% 26,014 10,545 65.55%
Mazli Mansor (IND) 246 0.96%
2008 N40 Kota Anggerik Yaakob Sapari (PKR) 15,738 53.76% Ahmad Nawawi M. Zin (UMNO) 13,538 46.24% 29,830 2,200 77.60%
2013 Yaakob Sapari (PKR) 26,261 54.53% Mohd Yusof Din (UMNO) 21,578 45.18% 48,738 4,503 88.69%
Eriq Faisal Rusli (IND) 136 0.28%

References

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