Nancy Shukri

Nancy binti Shukri (Jawi: ننسي بنت شكري; born 5 August 1961) is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). She has served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Batang Sadong since March 2008.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Shukri is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nancy.
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Hajah

Nancy Shukri

SSAP PGBK KMN MP
ننسي بنت شكري
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Assumed office
10 March 2020
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyJeffrey Kitingan
(2020)
Preceded byMohammadin Ketapi
ConstituencyBatang Sadong
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office
27 June 2016 – 10 May 2018
Malaysian Innovation Agency, Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC), Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MiGHT)
MonarchAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byMah Siew Keong
Succeeded byYeo Bee Yin as Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change
ConstituencyBatang Sadong
In office
16 May 2013 – 27 June 2016
Legal Affairs
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyRazali Ibrahim
Preceded byMohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Succeeded byAzalina Othman Said
ConstituencyBatang Sadong
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Acting
In office
12 May 2016 – 27 June 2016
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byDouglas Uggah Embas
Succeeded byMah Siew Keong
ConstituencyBatang Sadong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batang Sadong
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded byAdenan Satem (PBB – BN)
Majority5,425 (2008)
11,260 (2013)
12,328 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Nancy binti Shukri

(1961-08-05) 5 August 1961
Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Bumiputera Heritage Party (PBB)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Sarawak Parties Alliance (GPS) (since 2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Spouse(s)Kamil Misuari
Children3
ResidenceKuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of Hull
OccupationPolitician
Websitenancyshukribatangsadong.blogspot.com
Nancy Shukri on Facebook
Nancy Shukri on Parliament of Malaysia

Previously, Nancy had served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration led by former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 until it lost the 2018 general election in May 2018.

Political career

Nancy was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election for the rural conservative seat of Batang Sadong, in southern Sarawak state.[2][3]

After successfully defending her seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election, Nancy was appointed as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the new Cabinet of Malaysia announced by then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak.[4]

Personal life

Nancy was born on 5 August 1961 in Kuching, Sarawak to Bibi McPherson and Shukri Mahidi.[5][6] She has Malay and Melanau ancestry on her father's side while her mother has Scottish, Iban and Chinese ancestry. She is married with three children and currently living in Kuching, Sarawak.[7] Nancy is the tenth of eleven siblings.[5]

Controversy

In November 2013, she created a controversy after being appointed Minister in the Najib Razak cabinet, saying 'Bumiputera will steal if left unaided.' She said it in her defence of the government’s recent move to reintroduce a race-preferential economic policy that has drawn the ire of Malaysia’s Chinese and Indian minority communities.[8] Nancy has since dismissed the said remark on several occasions.[9][10]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia[3]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Majority
2008 Batang Sadong Nancy Shukri (PBB) 8,183 74.79% Piee Ling (PKR) 2,758 25.21% 5,425
2013 Nancy Shukri (PBB) 13,277 86.81% Mohamad Jolhi (PKR) 2,017 13.19% 11,260
2018 Nancy Shukri (PBB) 14,208 83.25% Othman Mustapha @ Mos (AMANAH) 1,880 11.02% 12,328
Asan Singkro (PAS) 978 5.73%

Honours

See also

References
  1. "YB DATO' SRI HAJAH NANCY SHUKRI". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "'Benazir Bhutto', 'Sofia Jane' Tags Spice Up BN Campaign in Batang Sadong". Bernama. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 12 April 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. "Nancy Shukri Is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department". Bernama. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. "HON. NANCY SHUKRI". GIS 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  6. "Malay? Chinese? Just Nancy!". The Nut Graph. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  7. "Putting women first". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  8. "Bumiputera will steal if left unaided, says law minister". Malay Mail. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  9. "Nancy Shukri dismisses viral 'Bumi' statement attack on her". New Straits Times. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. "Nancy Shukri denies uttering "Bumiputera will steal if left unaided"". Dayak Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. "Nancy Shukri terima gelaran 'Datuk Seri'". Bernama (in Malay). Free Malaysia Today. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  12. "Jamilah ketuai penerima darjah kebesaran negeri". Utusan Borneo (Sarawak). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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