Mustapa Mohamed

Dato' Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed (Jawi: مصطفى بن محمد; born 25 September 1950), commonly known as Tok Pa among local Kelantanese,[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Economic Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for the seat of Jeli in Kelantan, representing the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He became a BERSATU member following his decision to quit United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) on 18 September 2018.[2]

Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed SSAP SIMP SPMP SJMK DGSM DPMS MP MLA
مصطفى بن محمد
Mustapa at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2012
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2020
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Arthur Joseph Kurup
Preceded by	Mohamed Azmin Ali as Minister of Economic Affairs
Constituency	Jeli
In office 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
Monarch	Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded by	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Succeeded by	Mohd Effendi Norwawi
Constituency	Jeli
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office 10 April 2009 – 10 May 2018 Serving with Ong Ka Chuan (2015–2018)
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Deputy	Mukhriz Mahathir (2009–2013) Jacob Dungau Sagan (2009–2013) Hamim Samuri (2013–2015) Lee Chee Leong (2014–2016) Ahmad Maslan (2015–2018) Chua Tee Yong (2016–2018)
Preceded by	Muhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded by	Ignatius Dorell Leiking
Constituency	Jeli
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Rohani Abdul Karim
Preceded by	Muhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded by	Noh Omar
Constituency	Jeli
Minister of Higher Education
In office 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
Monarch	Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Ong Tee Keat
Preceded by	Shafie Salleh
Succeeded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Constituency	Jeli
Minister of Finance II
In office 2 September 1998 – 14 December 1999 Serving with Mahathir Mohamad (1998–1999) and Daim Zainuddin (1999)
Monarch	Ja'afar Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Wong See Wah Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Jamaluddin Jarjis
Constituency	Jeli
Minister of Entrepreneur Development
In office 8 May 1995 – 14 December 1999
Monarch	Ja'afar Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Idris Jusoh
Preceded by	Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor (as Minister of Public Enterprises)
Succeeded by	Nazri Abdul Aziz
Constituency	Jeli
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office 1 December 1993 – 7 May 1995 Serving with Loke Yuen Yow
Monarch	Azlan Shah Ja'afar
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Preceded by	Abdul Ghani Othman
Succeeded by	Affifudin Omar
Constituency	Senator
Chair of the Budget Select Committee
In office 4 December 2018 – 10 March 2020
Speaker of House	Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof
Preceded by	Office established
Constituency	Jeli
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Jeli
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2004
Preceded by	Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)
Majority	7,353 (2004) 4,436 (2008) 5,336 (2013) 6,647 (2018)
In office 21 April 1995 – 29 November 1999
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)
Majority	572 (1995)
Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly for Air Lanas
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS)
Majority	47 (2013) 359 (2018)
In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS)
Succeeded by	Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS)
Majority	799 (2004)
Personal details
Born	Mustapa bin Mohamed 25 September 1950 Bachok, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	UMNO (1978–2018) BERSATU (2018–present)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (1978–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2020-Present)
Spouse(s)	Khamarzan Ahmad Meah
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Melbourne Boston University
Occupation	Politician
Mustapa Mohamed on Facebook Mustapa Mohamed on Parliament of Malaysia

Personal life

Mustapa is an economist.[3] He graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and from Boston University with a Masters in Economic Development.[4]

He is married to Khamarzan Ahmad Meah and the couple has four children.

Political career

Mustapa was elected to Parliament in the 1995 election for Jeli constituency, but was defeated for re-election in 1999.[5] He won back the seat in the 2004 election. In 2004 he was also elected to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly for the Air Lanas seat.[6] He had been slated to become Chief Minister of Kelantan but BN failed to win a majority in the state Assembly.[7] He was re-elected in 2008 election. In 2004 election, he retained his parliamentary seat and again won the state seat of Air Lanas concurrently but with a slim 47 votes.

Mustapa was the former Minister for International Trade and Industry in the BN federal government. Previously, he has also held a number of other government portfolios, including Deputy Finance Minister,[8] Minister for Entrepreneur Development,[9] Minister in the Prime Minister's Department,[10] Minister for Higher Education,[11] and Minister for Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.[12] He was appointed to the Trade portfolio when Najib Razak became Prime Minister in April 2009.[3]

In the aftermath of BN's loss in the 2018 election and UMNO's own party election, Mustapa announced on 18 September 2018 that he has quit UMNO, citing disagreements with the party's current direction.[2] On the 27 October 2018, Mustapa joined BERSATU.[13]

On 4 December 2018, Mustapa was elected chair of the Budget Select Committee.[14]

Health

In January 2021, Mustapa was tested positive for COVID-19.[15] He has recovered and has been discharged from hospital, after being admitted for treatment for nearly two weeks including three days in the intensive care unit (ICU).[16]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[17][18][19][20][21]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	P30 Jeli, Kelantan		Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	13,301	51.10%		Zianon Abdin Ali (S46)	12,729	48.90%	26,962	572	81.20%
1999			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	14,830	48.43%		Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)	15,523	50.69%	31,152	693	81.93%
2004			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	16,960	63.84%		Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)	9,607	36.16%	26,961	7,353	82.38%
2008			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	17,168	57.07%		Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)	12,732	42.33%	30,555	4,436	84.18%
2013			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	21,223	56.95%		Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS)	15,954	42.81%	37,688	5,269	87.19%
2018			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	21,665	45.64%		Azran Deraman (PPBM)	2,078	4.38%	39,161	6,647	82.50%
							Mohamad Hamid (PAS)	15,018	31.64%

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly[17][18][19][20][21]

Year	Constituency	Opposition		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N32 Air Lanas		Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	5,118	53.75%		Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS)	4,319	45.36%	9,522	799	83.92%
2013			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	6,605	49.42%		Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS)	6,558	49.07%	13,365	47	89.10%
2018			Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)	7,243	40.89%		Aminuddin Yaacob (PPBM)	608	3.43%	14,908	359	84.19%
							Abdullah Ya'kub (PAS)	6,884	38.87%

Honours

•  Kelantan :
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (SJMK) – Dato' (2000)[22]
•  Perlis :
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2014)[23]
•  Malacca :
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2015)[22][24]
•  Pahang :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – Dato' Indera (1998)[22]
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2008)[22]
•  Selangor :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1994)[22]

See also

• Budget Select Committee (Malaysia)
• Jeli (federal constituency)
• Air Lanas (state constituency)

References

1. "Tok Pa, a man of the people". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
2. "Tok Pa quits Umno, disagrees with party's direction (updated) - Nation | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
3. "New Malaysian prime minister unveils Cabinet". Taipei Times. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
4. "The top corporate figures". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. 23 May 2004.
5. Shamsul Akmar (19 April 2000). "Next Bank Negara governor: Mustapa on the list". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
6. Tan, Joceline (28 March 2004). "Cabinet-level boost for the east coast". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
7. Wong Chun Wai (24 March 2004). "Promise of balanced and sensible govt". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
8. Tan, Joceline; Hisham Mahzan (5 March 2005). "Wooing the voters in Kelantan". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
9. "Cabbies undergo front-liners course". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. 29 May 1997. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
10. Lau Y-Sing (27 March 2004). "Badawi keeps his friends close in new cabinet". Independent Online. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
11. Tan Shiow Chin (9 December 2007). "Enhancing ties with Iran". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
12. "Slashing food imports is new Agriculture Minister's priority". The Star. Star Publications. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
13. "Mustapa Mohamed joins Bersatu". The Sun Daily. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
14. "Six new select committees announced, Anwar heads reforms caucus". Malaysiakini. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
15. Murugiah, Surin (10 January 2021). "Mustapa tested positive for Covid-19". The Edge Markets. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
16. "Tok Pa beats Covid-19, tells of ICU ordeal". Free Malaysia Today. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
17. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
18. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
19. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
20. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
21. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
22. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).
23. "Menteri Besar heads Perlis honours' list". Astro Awani. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
24. "Dr Wee gets Malacca award". The Star. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

External links

• Mustapa Mohamed on Facebook