Pandikar Amin Mulia | |
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| ڤنديکر أمين مليا | |
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| 8th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat | |
| In office 28 April 2008 – 6 April 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Ronald Kiandee Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (2008–2013) Ismail Mohamed Said (2013–2018) |
| Preceded by | Ramli Ngah Talib |
| Succeeded by | Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof |
| Constituency | non-MP (Barisan Nasional) |
| Sabah State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 28 May 1997 – 14 March 1999 | |
| Governor | Sakaran Dandai |
| Chief Minister | Yong Teck Lee Bernard Giluk Dompok |
| Deputy | Aklee Abbas |
| Preceded by | Lajim Ukin |
| Succeeded by | Lajim Ukinas Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry |
| Constituency | Tempasuk |
| Sabah State Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 27 May 1997 | |
| Governor | Mohammad Said Keruak Sakaran Dandai |
| Chief Minister | Sakaran Dandai Salleh Said Keruak |
| Deputy | Surady Kayong |
| Preceded by | Askalani Abd. Rahim |
| Succeeded by | Wilfred Bumburing |
| Constituency | Tempasuk |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 20 November 2002 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (1999–2001) Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (2001–2002) |
| Preceded by | Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali |
| Succeeded by | Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor |
| Constituency | Senator |
| President of the United Sabah National Organisation (New) | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2021 | |
| Deputy | Leong Chan Chu Ibrahim Linggam |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Linggam |
| President of the People's Justice Front | |
| In office 1989–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly forTempasuk | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Musbah Jamli |
| Succeeded by | Musbah Jamli |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 14 March 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ripin Minggir |
| Succeeded by | Musbah Jamli |
| Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly forUsukan | |
| In office 1982–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Said Keruak |
| Succeeded by | Mustapha Harun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pandikar Amin bin Mulia (1955-09-17)17 September 1955 (age 70) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Party | USNO Baru (since 2020) Independent (2018-2020) UMNO (2002-2018) AKAR (1989-2002) USNO (1982-1989) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1986-2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2022) |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Yusof Diego Hadijah Abdullah Teng (co-wife;polygamous marriage) |
| Alma mater | University of Wolverhampton Lincoln's Inn |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Pandikar Amin bin Mulia (Jawi: ڤنديكر أمين بن مليا; born 17 September 1955) is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as President ofUnited Sabah National Organisation (New) (USNO Baru) since February 2021. He served as 8thSpeaker of the Dewan Rakyat from April 2008 to April 2018,Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from December 1999 to November 2002,State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah from May 1997 to March 1999,State Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Sabah from March 1994 to May 1997, Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forTempasuk from 1994 to 1999 and again from March 2004 to March 2008, Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forUsukan from 1982 to 1985 as well as a former cum founding President of thePeople's Justice Front (AKAR) from 1989 to 1995. He is also the first Sabahan, East Malaysian and also ethnicBajau Iranun to hold the office of theSpeaker of the Dewan Rakyat.
Pandikar Amin was born in a remote village inKota Belud,Sabah toBajau Iranun farmer parents who were of poor backgrounds and started primary schooling in his hometown. Prior to going toEngland for tertiary education, he received education atSabah College inKota Kinabalu, a prestigious elite secondary school of the state. He was a graduate ofWolverhampton Polytechnic andLincoln's Inn.[1]
Pandikar Amin entered politics in 1982 as a member ofUnited Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and later picked as theBarisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary candidate forKota Belud in1982 general elections but lost to an Independent candidate. At the age of 27, however he becameSabah state assemblyman forUsukan, holding for one term from 1982 to 1985. He was then later appointed the first non-MLA Speaker ofSabah State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1988.[2]
Pandikar with another fellow dissidentUnited Sabah Party (PBS) comprising a fewDusun andBajau ethnic-based leaders namely Mark Koding and Kalakau Untol formed thePeople's Justice Front (AKAR) in 1989.[3] In 1999, he was appointed aSenator andMinister in the Prime Minister's Department until 2002. He was president of AKAR, a now-defunct Sabahan political party which joined as one of theBarisan Nasional component parties fromSabah, at that time. The party was then dissolved to enable its members to join theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 2002 where Pandikar-faction choice to join, meanwhile half of the AKAR members joinPGRS in 2013 whereAtiong Tituh-faction established.[1][4]
Pandikar, as a member of UMNO was elected again Sabah assemblyman from 2004 to 2008; for theTempasuk seat inKota Belud. After the2008 general elections, the BN coalition government announced that Pandikar, a non-MP would be the new Speaker, replacingRamli Ngah Talib.[5]
The 12th Parliament was the first to be presided over entirely by East Malaysians; Pandikar and his deputies,Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar andRonald Kiandee, hail from eitherSabah orSarawak.[6] In mid-May, after Parliament convened, Pandikar resigned asKota Marudu UMNO divisional chief, citing the need to be a neutral, non-partisan presiding officer of the legislature. He denied his resignation was linked to possible party-switching amongst UMNO MPs from East Malaysia.[7]
Ahead of the2018 general elections, Pandikar announced his intention to contest, thus enable his possible prospect to be a more active federal-elected politician after serving as anon-MP Speaker for two terms.[8] Somehow he was not picked as candidate to contest the elections that saw the downfall of BN in both the federal and state governments. Despite his appointment to the UMNO's supreme council later on 14 July 2018; he decided to quit UMNO on 12 December 2018 along with other Sabah UMNO assemblymen to be independents.[9]
Pandikar then later joined a newly revived Sabahan political party known as theUSNO Baru and was appointed as the chairman of the party's Strategic Advisory Council in July 2019.[10] He then contested thePintasan state seat during the September2020 Sabah state election under USNO Baru[11] but he together with all the party's candidates in other state seats they contested were defeated in cornered fights with candidates from rival parties and/or coalitions.[12] Pandikar was officially elected party president in February 2021 and remains in the position as of 2023, proceeds to became the main reason of the localpolitical coalition,GRS accepting USNO Baru as a component member.[13]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1982 | N07Usukan | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO) | Unknown | |||||||||
| 1990 | N07Tempasuk | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) | 1,139 | 14.54% | Robert Ripin Minggir (PBS) | 2,915 | 37.20% | 7,935 | 343 | 82.19% | ||
| Musbah Jamli (USNO) | 2,572 | 32.83% | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Noor Mansoor (BERJAYA) | 1,089 | 13.90% | ||||||||||
| Jumit Panau (PRS) | 105 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
| Mukamad Abdullah (IND) | 15 | 0.19% | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) | 4,142 | 49.59% | Dausin Pangalin (PBS) | 3,195 | 38.25% | 8,474 | 947 | 78.04% | |||
| Suwah Buleh (IND) | 1,016 | 12.16% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | N06Tempasuk | Pandikar Amin Mulia (UMNO) | 6,044 | 58.76% | Digong Abd Rashid (IND) | 2,604 | 25.31% | 10,592 | 3,440 | 76.25% | ||
| Josli Padis (BERSEKUTU) | 916 | 8.91% | ||||||||||
| Bandira Alang (PAS) | 426 | 4.14% | ||||||||||
| Razak Rakunman (IND) | 296 | 2.88% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N08Pintasan | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO Baru) | 2,660 | 32.29% | Fairuz Renddan (BERSATU) | 2,744 | 33.31% | 8,238 | 84 | 75.81% | ||
| Mohd Safian Saludin (WARISAN) | 1,816 | 22.04% | ||||||||||
| Almudin Kaida (IND) | 780 | 9.47% | ||||||||||
| Padlan Samad (PCS) | 188 | 2.28% | ||||||||||
| Roslan Mayahman (PPRS) | 50 | 0.61% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | N08Pintasan | Pandikar Amin Mulia (GRS) | 3,605 | 30.32% | Fairuz Renddan (IND) | 2,744 | 33.31% | 4,675 | 84 | 39.32% | ||
| Abdullah Otong (WARISAN) | 1,167 | 9.81% | ||||||||||
| Tadzul Radim (BN) | 1,024 | 8.61% | ||||||||||
| Almudin Kaida (KDM) | 365 | 3.07% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1982 | P117Kota Belud | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO) | 5,362 | 31.62% | Yahya Lampong (IND) | 9,952 | 58.68% | 17,305 | 4,590 | 79.63% | ||
| Majikon Moluni (PASOK) | 884 | 5.21% | ||||||||||
| Mohamed Yakin Mumin (IND) | 419 | 2.47% | ||||||||||
| Sisambin Bungan (IND) | 262 | 1.54% | ||||||||||
| Jailin Toh (PUSAKA) | 80 | 0.47% | ||||||||||
| 1990 | P145Tanjong Aru | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) | 763 | 4.62% | Joseph Voon Shin Choi (PBS) | 8,504 | 51.55% | 16,671 | 3,817 | 55.97% | ||
| Jabar (IND) | 4,687 | 28.41% | ||||||||||
| Hsing Yin Shean (DAP) | 2,507 | 15.20% | ||||||||||
| Charles Tulis @ Mohd Salleh (IND) | 37 | 0.22% | ||||||||||
Malaysia
Commander of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) –Tan Sri (2002)[18]
Companion of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1992)
Federal Territory (Malaysia)
Grand Knight of theOrder of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) –Datuk Seri Utama (2008)
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Knight Grand Commander of theOrder of the Defender of State (DUPN) –Dato' Seri Utama (2012)
Sabah
Grand Commander of theOrder of Kinabalu (SPDK) –Datuk Seri Panglima (2010)[19]
Commander of theOrder of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (1994)[20]
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat 2008 – 2018 | Succeeded by |
