Datuk Ir. Shahelmey bin Yahya (born 19 February 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister III and State Minister of Works of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since January 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjung Keramat since September 2020. He served as the State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing in GRS administration under Hajiji from October 2020 to his promotion to deputy chief ministership and switch of ministerial portfolio in January 2023.[1] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2][3][4]

Shahelmey Yahya
شاه حلمي يحيى
Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah III
Assumed office
11 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Preceded byJoachim Gunsalam
ConstituencyTanjung Keramat
State Minister of Works of Sabah
Assumed office
11 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
AssistantLimus Jury
Robert Tawik
Preceded byBung Moktar Radin
ConstituencyTanjung Keramat
State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing of Sabah
In office
08 October 2020 – 11 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
AssistantJulita Majungki
(2020–2022)
Flovia Ng
Preceded byPoon Ming Fung
(State Minister of Health and People's Wellbeing of Sabah)
Succeeded byJames Ratib
ConstituencyTanjung Keramat
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Putatan
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byAwang Husaini Sahari
(PHPKR)
Majority124 (2022)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Tanjung Keramat
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Majority1,124 (2020)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2020–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Shahelmey bin Yahya

(1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 51)
Putatan, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(membership suspended : 2023–2029)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
SpouseDayang Siti Noor Hayyat Awang Mohd Saufi
Alma materUniversiti Teknologi MARA
Master of Business Administration
University of Bristol
Bachelor of Engineering
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer

Election results

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Sabah State Legislative Assembly[5][6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2020 N24 Tanjung Keramat Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO) 4,594 51.75% Rosdy Wasli (AMANAH) 3,470 39.08% 10,482 1,124 76.98%
Ira Uzair (PCS) 363 4.09%
Faezahwaty Abdul Mohamed Ibnu (LDP) 329 3.71%
Mohd.Salleh Bin Lamsin (GAGASAN) 122 1.37%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P173 Putatan Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO) 16,234 39.36% Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) 16,110 39.06% 41,249 124 65.30%
Ahmad Mohd Said (WARISAN) 8,511 20.63%
Poyne Tudus @ Patrick Payne (PEJUANG) 394 0.96%

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Abdullah, Izwan (8 October 2020). "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. ^ Goh, Roy (1 September 2020). "Sabah state election fever growing | New Straits Times". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Pan-Borneo Highway project in Sabah on track". Berita Harian. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ "SHAHELMEY YAHYA". Sinar Harian. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  6. ^ "N.24 TANJUNG KERAMAT". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2005" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
  8. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2009" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
  9. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2013" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
  10. ^ "Norainee, Bung Moktar, Chong Wei antara penerima darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat TYT Sabah" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.