Yusof Yacob

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{EngvarB|date=May 2018}}

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

{{Malay name|note=on|Yusof|Yacob}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk

| name = Yusof Yacob

| native_name = يوسف بن يعقوب

| honorific-suffix = PGDK MLA

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Yusof bin Yacob

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1956}}

| birth_place = Sipitang, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)

| residence =

| death_place =

| office = Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad

| term_start = 13 January 2023

| term_end =

| governor = Juhar Mahiruddin

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Hajiji Noor

| predecessor = Salleh Said Keruak

| successor =

| office1 = State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah

| term_start1 = 16 May 2018

| term_end1 = 29 September 2020

| governor1 = Juhar Mahiruddin

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Shafie Apdal

| 2blankname1 = Assistant

| 2namedata1 = Mohammad Mohamarin
Jennifer Lasimbang

| predecessor1 = Position established

| successor1 = Yakubah Khan
{{small|(State Minister of Science and Innovation of Sabah)}}

| constituency1 = Sindumin

| office2 = Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

| primeminister2 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

| alongside2 = Lim Si Cheng

| term_start2 = 17 May 2004

| term_end2 = 13 February 2008

| predecessor2 = Muhammad Abdullah

| successor2 = Ronald Kiandee

| monarch2 = Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin

| 1blankname2 = Speaker

| 1namedata2 = Mohamed Zahir Ismail {{small|(2004}})
Ramli Ngah Talib
{{small|(2004–2008)}}

| constituency2 = Sipitang

| constituency_AM3 = Sindumin

| assembly3 = Sabah State Legislative

| term_start3 = 9 May 2018

| term_end3 =

| majority3 = 760 (2018)
424 (2020)

| predecessor3 = Ahmad Bujang
(BN–UMNO)

| successor3 =

| constituency_MP4 = Sipitang

| parliament4 = Malaysian

| term_start4 = 25 April 1995

| term_end4 = 8 March 2008

| majority4 = 4,524 (1995)
4,339 (1999)
Walkover (2004)

| predecessor4 = Mustapha Harun
(BN–UMNO)

| successor4 = Sapawi Ahmad
(BN–UMNO)

| office5 = Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| subterm5 = 2018–2021

| suboffice5 = Sabah Heritage Party

| subterm6 = 2021–2023

| suboffice6 = Independent{{Cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2021/10/871731/adun-sindumin-keluar-warisan|title = ADUN Sindumin keluar WARISAN|date = 3 October 2021}}

| subterm7 = 2023–

| suboffice7 = Gabungan Rakyat Sabah

| office8 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm8 = 1995–2008

| suboffice8 = Barisan Nasional

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
{{small|(1995–2018)}}
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
{{small|(2018–2021)}}
Independent
{{small|(2021–2023)}}
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN)
{{small|(member since 2023)}}

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
{{small|(1995−2018, aligned:2021–2023)}}
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
{{small|(aligned:2021–2022)}}
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
{{small|(member since 2023, aligned: 2021–2023)}}

| occupation = Politician

| majority =

| relations =

| spouse = Azizah Beniamen

| children =

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

Yusof bin Yacob is a Malaysian politician who {{Cite web|date=19 May 2018|title=New Sabah ministers learning their new job scopes {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/19/new-sabah-ministers-learning-their-new-job-scopes|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The Star (Malaysia)}} has served as Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad since January 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/01/13/sabah-barisan-dissident-sabah-dap-chief-get-glc-top-posts|title=Sabah Barisan dissident, Sabah DAP chief get top GLC posts|website=The Star|date=13 January 2023|accessdate=8 February 2023}} and the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sindumin since May 2018.{{Cite web|date=2018-07-22|title=Sindumin rep urges Yamani to vacate Sipitang seats|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2018/07/22/sindumin-rep-urges-yamani-to-vacate-sipitang-seats/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The Borneo Post|language=en-US}}-{{cite news|url=https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/now-independent-sindumin-assemblyman-yusof-yacob-announces-support-grsled-state-govt |title=Sindumin assemblyman Yusof Yacob quits Warisan |language=en |publisher=The Edge Markets|date=8 October 2021|access-date=8 October 2021}} He served as State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former chief minister Shafie Apdal from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from May 2004 to December 2007 and member of parliament (MP) for Sipitang from April 1995 to March 2008.{{Cite web|title=Dewan Rakyat Speaker Zahir dies at age 80 {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2004/10/15/dewan-rakyat-speaker-zahir-dies-at-age-80|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The Star (Malaysia)|date=15 October 2004 }} He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. He was a member of the WARISAN, before leaving the party on 8 October 2021 to become an independent in support of the ruling GRS coalition. He was also member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) which he left in 2018. On 22 May 2022, he confirmed that he had applied to rejoin and was pending return to BN and UMNO after leaving them four years ago. However, his application was not accepted before he withdrew the application and joined GAGASAN instead on 21 January 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/05/22/former-warisan-rep-yusof-confirms-returning-to-umno | title=Former Warisan rep Yusof confirms returning to Umno | date=22 May 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/05/19/all-signs-point-to-ex-warisan-rep-joining-sabah-bn | title=All signs point to ex-Warisan rep joining Sabah BN | date=19 May 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/155420/mco-4-900-lost-their-jobs-in-sabah/|title=MCO: 4,900 lost their jobs in Sabah|author=Anthea Peter |publisher=Daily Express|date=8 July 2020|access-date=8 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/156281/rm50m-offer-yusof-told-to-show-proof-/|title=RM50m offer: Yusof told to show proof|author=BNN|language=en|publisher=Daily Express|date=27 July 2020|access-date=27 July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2023/02/1067241/5-adun-umum-keluar-umno-serta-merta|title=5 ADUN umum keluar UMNO serta merta | Berita Harian|date=21 February 2023 }}