Muis Picho

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{EngvarB|date=October 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| caption =

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk

| name = Abdul Muis Picho

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PGDK}}

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|حاج عبدالمعز ڤيچو}}}}

| native_name_lang = ms

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|07|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kampung Bombalai, Tawau, North Borneo
(now Sabah)

| citizenship = Malaysian

| office1 = Ministerial roles (Sabah)

| subterm1 = 2018–2020

| suboffice1 = Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development

| office5 = Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| subterm5 = 2008–2018

| suboffice5 = Barisan Nasional

| subterm6 = 2018–2020

| suboffice6 = Sabah Heritage Party

| party = UMNO (-2018)
WARISAN (2018-2020)
PPBM (2020-2022)
GAGASAN (Official member since 2023)

| otherparty = BN (-2018)
PN (2020-)
MN (2020-2022)
GRS (Official direct member since 2023)

| alma_mater = Federal Institute of Technology

| occupation = Politician

| parents =

| spouse = Hajjah Hanawiah binti Paressa

| children = 12

}}

Abdul Muis Picho (born 20 July 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sebatik from 2008 to 2020. He is an official member of Sabah People's Idea Party (GAGASAN RAKYAT), a component party of GRS.

Born in Kampung Bombalai, Tawau in 1957, Muis was educated at SRK Bombalai, SMK Abaka and SMK Holy Trinity.{{cite news |date= 28 February 2020|title= Muis Picho, bekerja untuk kepentingan rakyat|url= https://www.utusanborneo.com.my/2020/02/28/muis-picho-bekerja-untuk-kepentingan-rakyat|access-date= 30 September 2020}} He then studied automotive engineering at Federal Institute of Technology. Following the graduation, he served as the CEO of Manuk Mas Livestock Farm from 1984 to 1993.

Being a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) since 1990s, he served various positions within the party. He was firstly elected the MLA for Sebatik in 2008 election and was re-elected in 2013 and in 2018. Shortly after his third re-election in 2018, he quit the UMNO and joined the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) in order to let Shafie Apdal to be the new Chief Minister.{{cite news |date= 11 May 2018|title= Enam Adun BN sertai Warisan bentuk kerajaan negeri|url= https://www.utusanborneo.com.my/2018/05/11/enam-adun-bn-sertai-warisan-bentuk-kerajaan-negeri|access-date= 30 September 2020}}{{cite news |date= 11 May 2018|title= 'Kami masuk WARISAN tanpa syarat'|url= https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/politik/2018/05/424465/kami-masuk-warisan-tanpa-syarat|access-date= 30 September 2020}}

On 29 July 2020, it was reported that Muis was one of several WARISAN-PH-UPKO MLAs who backed Musa Aman as the new Chief Minister.{{cite news |date= 29 July 2020|title= Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan negeri baharu|url= https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/94610/BERITA/Nasional/Musa-Aman-umum-cukup-majoriti-bentuk-kerajaan-negeri-baharu|access-date= 30 September 2020}}{{cite news |date= 29 July 2020|title= New Sabah government? Musa Aman claims to have simple majority|url= https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/07/612626/new-sabah-government-musa-aman-claims-have-simple-majority|access-date= 30 September 2020}} Though Musa announced that he had already gained enough supports (33 out of 65) to form a new government, Shafie asked the Yang di-Pertua Negeri to rather dissolve the State Legislative Assembly and call a fresh election.{{cite news |date= 30 July 2020|title= DUN Sabah bubar hari ini|url= https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2020/07/716316/dun-sabah-bubar-hari-ini|access-date= 30 September 2020}} Muis then joined the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM){{cite news |date= 11 September 2020|title= Lompat parti - perjudian yang membawa penyesalan|url= https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/542190|access-date= 30 September 2020}} and sought for a re-election, but lost to the WARISAN candidate Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir.{{cite news |title= KEPUTUSAN TERKINI DUN N.73|url= https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/dun/12/N.73|access-date= 30 September 2020}} Later, he joined GAGASAN RAKYAT in 2023 under Hajiji leadership and under Sebatik Division of GAGASAN RAKYAT.

He married Hajjah Hanawiah binti Paressa and has 12 children.

Election results

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|+ Sabah State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/sabah.html|title=Sabah [Parliament Results]|work=The Star|accessdate=1 April 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517234741/https://election.thestar.com.my/sabah.html|archivedate=17 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview|website=election.thestar.com.my}}{{cite web |url= https://undi.info/sabah/r18/n60 |title = N60 Sebatik|publisher= Malaysiakini |accessdate= 30 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/dun/12/N.73|title=N.73 SEBATIK|publisher=SPR Dashboard|date=26 September 2020|accessdate=26 September 2020}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan=2|2008

|rowspan=8|N60 Sebatik

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Abdul Muis Picho}} (UMNO)

|rowspan=2 align="right" |4,711

|rowspan=2| 78.74%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Arsad Jamal (PKR)

|align="right" |880

|14.71%

|rowspan=2|6,093

|rowspan=2|3,831

|rowspan=2|66.00%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Raden Kakung (IND)

|align="right" |392

|6.55%

rowspan=3|2013

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|rowspan=3|Abdul Muis Picho (UMNO)

|rowspan=3 align="right" |5,484

|rowspan=3| 75.10%

|{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Daud Jalaluddin (PAS)

|align="right" |1,344

|18.41%

|rowspan=3|7,595

|rowspan=3|4,140

|rowspan=3|75.50%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Mohamad Yusup Lewah (IND)

|align="right" |249

|3.41%

{{Party shading/State Reform Party}} |

|Mohammad Jeffry Rosman (STAR)

|align="right" |225

|3.08%

rowspan=3|2018

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|rowspan=3|Abdul Muis Picho (UMNO)

|rowspan=3 align="right" |2,468

|rowspan=3| 46.70%

|{{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} |

|Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir (WARISAN)

|align="right" |2,275

|43.04%

|rowspan=3|5,394

|rowspan=3|193

|rowspan=3|70.80%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Roslan Ramli (PAS)

|align="right" |504

|9.54%

bgcolor="{{Sabah People's Unity Party/meta/shading}}" |

|Yusri Yunus (PPRS)

|align="right" |38

|0.72%

rowspan=6|2020

|rowspan=6|N73 Sebatik

|rowspan=6 {{Color box|#031e61|border=darkgray}} |

|rowspan=6|Abdul Muis Picho (BERSATU)

|rowspan=6 align="right" |2,143

|rowspan=6|35.85%

|{{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party|WARISAN}} |

|Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir (WARISAN)

|align="right" |2,665

|44.58%

|rowspan=6|5,978

|rowspan=6|522

|rowspan=6|59.01%

bgcolor="{{Love Sabah Party/meta/shading}}" |

|Abdul Samat Akui (PCS)

|align="right" |504

|8.43%

bgcolor="{{party color|United Sabah National Organisation (New)}}" |

|Hassan Ibrahim (USNO)

|align="right" | 253

|4.23%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Mohd Balbir Arjan (IND)

|align="right" |183

|3.06%

bgcolor="{{Sabah People's Unity Party/meta/shading}}" |

|Baharuddin Basrie (PPRS)

|align="right" |140

|2.34%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Juhuran Kalmin (IND)

|align="right" |90

|1.51%

Honours

  • {{flag|Sabah}} :
  • 50px Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002295.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2013|website=www.sabah.gov.my}}

References