Abu Seman Yusop
{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Malay name|Abu Seman|Yusop|df=y}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri
| name = Abu Seman Yusop
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PSM|SMW|DCSM|DMSM|KMN}}
| image =
| caption =
| office = Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
| term_start = 10 April 2009
| term_end = 15 May 2013
| monarch = Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
| alongside = Jelaing Mersat {{small|(2009–2010)}}
Lee Chee Leong {{small|(2010–2013)}}
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II)}}
| primeminister = Najib Razak
| minister = Hishammuddin Hussein
| predecessor = Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh {{small|(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)}}
| successor = Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
| constituency = Masjid Tanah
| office2 = Deputy Minister of Defence
| term_start2 = 19 March 2008
| term_end2 = 9 April 2009
| monarch2 = Mizan Zainal Abidin
| primeminister2 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
| minister2 = Najib Razak {{small|(2008–2008)}}
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi {{small|(2008–2009)}}
| predecessor2 = Zainal Abidin Zin
| successor2 = Abdul Latiff Ahmad
| constituency2 = Masjid Tanah
| office3 = Deputy Minister of Federal Territories
| term_start3 = 14 February 2006
| term_end3 = 18 March 2008
| monarch3 = Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
| primeminister3 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
| minister3 = Mohd Isa Abdul Samad {{small|(2004–2005)}}
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Acting) {{small|(2005–2006)}}
Zulhasnan Rafique {{small|(2006–2008)}}
| predecessor3 = Zulhasnan Rafique
| successor3 = Saravanan Murugan
| constituency3 = Masjid Tanah
| office4 = Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security
| term_start4 = 2004
| term_end4 = 2006
| monarch4 = Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
| primeminister4 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
| minister4 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
| 1blankname4 = Deputy Minister
| 1namedata4 = Noh Omar
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Internal Security I)}}
Chia Kwang Chye
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Internal Security II)}}
| constituency4 = Masjid Tanah
| constituency_MP5 = Masjid Tanah
| parliament5 = Malaysian
| term_start5 = 21 March 2004
| term_end5 = 5 May 2013
| predecessor5 = New constituency
| successor5 = Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
(BN–UMNO)
| majority5 = 18,399 (2004)
12,285 (2008)
| constituency_MP6 = Alor Gajah
| parliament6 = Malaysian
| term_start6 = 25 April 1995
| term_end6 = 21 March 2004
| predecessor6 = Ibrahim Jendol
(BN–UMNO)
| successor6 = Fong Chan Onn
(BN–MCA)
| majority6 = 25,096 (1995)
12,332 (1999)
| office9 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
| subterm9 = 1995–2013
| suboffice9 = Barisan Nasional
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|01|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malacca, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Lawyer
| relations =
| alma_mater = Middle Temple
| spouse = Rahimi Yeop
| children = 2
| website =
| footnotes =
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Abu Seman Yusop (born 10 January 1944) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Masjid Tanah constituency in the state of Melaka from 2004 to 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional coalition, he served in the deputy ministry of successive governments during that period.
Before entering politics, Abu Seman was a lawyer with his own firm. He is a former police inspector and prosecutor.
Political career
Abu Seman was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general election for the seat of Masjid Tanah.{{Cite web|title=Malaysia Decides 2008|work=The Star (Malaysia)|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/|access-date=24 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409212729/http://thestar.com.my/election/|archive-date=9 April 2008
}} Includes results from the 2004 election (* denotes incumbent). He was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary,{{cite news|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PR11&y=2004&dt=0328&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Front_Page&pg=fp_06.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918063101/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PR11&y=2004&dt=0328&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Front_Page&pg=fp_06.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2012|title=Profile of new faces in the Cabinet|date=28 March 2004|publisher=Utusan|access-date=24 January 2010}} and in 2009 was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by the newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak.{{cite news|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=402979|title=Najib Announces 28-member Cabinet|date=9 April 2009|publisher=Bernama|access-date=24 January 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moha.gov.my/template01.asp?contentid=123 |title=Pengurusan Tertinggi|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|language=Malay|access-date=24 January 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826173640/http://www.moha.gov.my/template01.asp?contentid=123 |archive-date=26 August 2009 }} His ministerial and parliamentary career came to an end in 2013, when he was not selected to recontest his seat for Barisan Nasional.{{cite news|url=http://www2.bharian.com.my/articles/AbuSemanakurjikatidakdicalonkan/Article/cetak|title=Abu Seman akur jika tidak dicalonkan |date=15 April 2013|work=Berita Harian|language=Malay|access-date=25 October 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025053905/http://www2.bharian.com.my/articles/AbuSemanakurjikatidakdicalonkan/Article/cetak |archive-date=25 October 2014 }}
Election results
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!|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballot cast !|Majority !|Turnout |
1995
|rowspan=2|P120 Alor Gajah |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Abu Seman Yusop}} (UMNO) |align="right" |29,652 |86.68% |{{Party shading/PAS}} | |Omar Baba (PAS) |align="right" |4,556 |13.32% |36,950 |25,096 |79.70% |
1999
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Abu Seman Yusop}} (UMNO) |align="right" |24,615 |66.71% |{{Party shading/PAS}} | |Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (PAS) |align="right" |12,283 |33.29% |41,855 |12,332 |81.58% |
2004
|rowspan=2|P134 Masjid Tanah |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Abu Seman Yusop}} (UMNO) |align="right" |24,188 |80.69% |{{Party shading/PAS}} | |Muhamad Burok (PAS) |align="right" |5,789 |19.31% |30,807 |18,399 |78.98% |
2008
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Abu Seman Yusop}} (UMNO) |align="right" |21,582 |69.89% |{{Party shading/PAS}} | |Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (PAS) |align="right" |9,297 |30.11% |31,715 |12,285 |78.10% |
Honours
=Honours of Malaysia=
- {{Flag|Malaysia}} :
- 50px Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1998){{cite web|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1998.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1998|website=www.istiadat.gov.my}}
- 50px Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2016){{cite web
|url=https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-borneo-post/20160605/282325384233812|publisher=Borneo Post|access-date=11 October 2018|date=5 June 2016|title=AG heads Agong's award list;'Tan Sri' for Empiang Jabu|work=Bernama}}
- {{Flag|Malacca}} :
- 50px Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (1994)
- 50px Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (1998)
- {{Flag|Federal Territory (Malaysia)}} :
- 50px Grand Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SMW) – Datuk Seri (2015){{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/831737/ft-day-award-recipients-a-g-heads-list|publisher=Malay Mail|access-date=11 October 2018|date=1 February 2015|title=FT Day award: Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan gets datukship|work=Bernama}}
References
Category:Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
Category:United Malays National Organisation politicians
Category:20th-century Malaysian lawyers
Category:Malaysian politicians of Malay descent
Category:Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Category:Malaysian police officers
Category:Malaysian MPs 1995–1999
Category:Malaysian MPs 1999–2004
Category:Malaysian MPs 2004–2008
Category:Malaysian MPs 2008–2013
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