Sulaiman Daud

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Malaysian Parliament
for Santubong, Sarawak
In office
1974–1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRohani Abdul Karim
Personal details
Born
Sulaiman bin Daud

(1933-03-04)4 March 1933
Kingdom of Sarawak
Died23 March 2010(2010-03-23) (aged 77)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political partyPBBBarisan Nasional
SpouseNaemah Hasbi (Deceased)
Children4
OccupationPolitician

Sulaiman bin Daud (

Jawi: سليمان بن داود; 4 March 1933 – 23 March 2010) was a Malaysian politician who held seven cabinet posts in the Malaysian government between 1981 and 1999, including as Federal Minister of Education.[1] He represented the constituency of Santubong (1974 - 1990) and Petra Jaya (1990 - 2004) in the Parliament of Malaysia[2] and was a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[3] He was Chancellor of the International Medical University
from 2005 to 2010.

Sulaiman was born in Kuching, Sarawak and was a dentist including in the government hospital in Kuala Belait, Brunei before entering politics. He graduated from the University of Otago in New Zealand.[1] He died aged 77 of liver cancer at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on 23 March 2010.[4] He had four children.[5]

In 2018, a bridge on Matang-Stapok in Sarawak named as 'Sulaiman Daud Bridge' in honour of him.[6]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[7]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1974 P133 Santubong, Sarawak Sulaiman Daud (PBB) 9,929 66.69% Jerry Martin (SNAP) 4,960 33.31% 15,494 4,969 76.90%
1978 Sulaiman Daud (PBB) 12,683 64.42% Ali Kawi (PAJAR) 7,005 35.58% 5,678
1982 Sulaiman Daud (PBB) Unopposed
1986 P156 Santubong, Sarawak Sulaiman Daud (PBB) Unopposed
1990 P156 Petra Jaya, Sarawak Sulaiman Daud (PBB) 12,686 80.46% Mustapha Ismail (PERMAS) 3,080 19.54% 16,053 9,606 62.41%
1995 P168 Petra Jaya, Sarawak Sulaiman Daud (PBB) Unopposed
1999 Sulaiman Daud (PBB) 11,878 56.87% Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi (keADILan) 9,008 43.13% 21,672 2,870 61.60%

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr Sulaiman, An Experienced Minister With Almost 20 Years' Service". Bernama. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Ling, Sulaiman Daud among those bowing out". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Tan Sri Sulaiman Daud dies". The Star (Malaysia). Star Publications (Malaysia). 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Tan Sri Sulaiman Daud dies". The Sun (Malaysia). 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Dewan Rakyat Extends Condolences Over Sulaiman's Death". Bernama. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  6. Utusan Borneo
    . 19 April 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019
  7. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  8. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  9. ^ "砂元首耶谷昨庆华诞三百余人受封各级荣衔" [More than 300 people were conferred honorary titles during the birthday celebration of Sarawak's Yang Di-Pertua, Yakub]. 星洲日报. 8 July 1981. p. 9.
  10. ^ Sulaiman tops state's honours list. New Straits Times. 16 September 1991.
  11. ^ "DSSA 1992". awards.selangor.gov.my.