Tiki Lafe

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'

| name = Tiki Lafe

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DPMP (Perak)|DMSM}}

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| birth_name = Tekhee @ Tiki anak Lafe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|05|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)

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|office = Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development

|primeminister = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

|term_start = 27 March 2004

|term_end = 18 March 2008

|predecessor = Palanivel Govindasamy

|successor = Joseph Kurup

|alongside = Awang Adek Hussin (2004-2006)
Zainal Abidin Osman (2006-2008)

|monarch = Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin

|minister = Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin

|constituency = Mas Gading

|office1 = Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development

|predecessor1 = Peter Tinggom Kamarau

|successor1 = Palanivel Govindasamy

|term_start1 = 15 December 1999

|primeminister1 = Mahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

|term_end1 = 26 March 2004

|constituency1 = Mas Gading

|monarch1 = Salahuddin
Sirajuddin

|minister1 = Siti Zaharah Sulaiman

| constituency_MP2 = Mas Gading

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| term_start2 = 29 November 1999

| term_end2 = 5 May 2013

| majority2 = 4,020 (1999)
2,712 (2004)
4,301 (2008)

| predecessor2 = Patau Rubis

| successor2 = Nogeh Gumbek

| party = Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP)
Independent
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2018–2020)
Sarawak United Party (PSB) (2020–present)

|otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020)
Perikatan Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak (PERKASA) (2022–present)

| occupation = Politician

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Tiki Lafe (born 11 May 1953) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Mas Gading constituency in Sarawak from 1999 to 2013, representing the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=172|title=Tekhee @Tiki anak Lafe, Y.B. Datuk Dr.|publisher=Parliament of Malaysia|language=Malay|accessdate=5 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225181424/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=172 |archivedate=25 December 2009}}

Tiki was a Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional government (appointed in 2004{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/3/29/nation/7648062&sec=nation|title=Tiki hopes to bring progress to the people|date=29 March 2004|work=The Star|accessdate=5 April 2010}}), but was left out of the ministry after the 2008 election.{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/22/nation/20726016&sec=nation|title=Serian MP not crossing over, says SUPP|last=Wong|first=Jack|date=22 March 2008|work=The Star|accessdate=5 April 2010}} His loss of the ministry triggered unhappiness among the Bidayuh community in Sarawak that there were no longer any Bidayuh appointed to the ministry.{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/15/focus/21558673&sec=focus|title=The party and tuak can wait|last=Aznam|first=Suhaini|date=15 June 2008|work=The Star|accessdate=5 April 2010}} He was dropped as a Barisan Nasional candidate for the 2013 election. He recontested the seat as an independent, but was defeated by the Barisan Nasional candidate Nogeh Gumbek.{{cite news|url=http://elections.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=/2013/4/19/nation/12992395#.VGBf8-lxnmQ|title=GE13: Tiki frets over Mas Gading seat|last=Ting|first=Russell|date=19 April 2013|work=The Star|accessdate=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ntv7.com.my/7edition/local-en/DR_TIKI_SHOULD_WITHDRAW_FOR_THE_SAKE_OF_BIDAYUH_S_FUTURE_SAYS_ALFRED_JABU.html|title=Dr. Tiki should withdraw for the sake of Bidayuh's future, says Alfred Jabu|last=Damodaran|first=Sobana|date=29 April 2013|work=7 News|accessdate=10 November 2014}} Presently he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, in which he joined in 2018.