Bernard Giluk Dompok
Yang Berhormat Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok , PSM , SPDK , PGDK , JP (born October 7, 1949 in Penampang , British North Borneo ) is a Malaysian politician and was the 11th Prime Minister of the State of Sabah . He succeeded Yong Teck Lee in 1998 and was replaced by Osu Sukam in 1999 . Dompok is chairman of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (UPKO) party , which is part of the ruling coalition party Barisan Nasional . He was Minister for Plantation and Extractive Industry in the Malaysian Cabinet from 2009 to 2013 .
Life
Dompok was born on October 7, 1949 in Penampang in what was then British North Borneo and attended SM St. Michael elementary school there ; later he went to Kota Kinabalu to the La Salle Secondary School . He obtained his Bachelor of Science in FISM in 1978 from the West Ham Technical Institute , now the University of East London.
He is married to Puan Sri Diana Alip Dompok, with whom he has five children. He enjoys spending his free time golfing and reading.
Working life
He began his professional life in 1978 as a valuer in the Sabah Lands & Surveys Department . He then turned his back on public administration and worked for five years, from 1980 to 1985, as a self-employed appraiser. He has also worked in various organizations, including as a member of the National Finance Committee . He was also a member of the International Parliamentarian Against Genocide in Bosnia Herzegovina , former chairman of the Jaycees Penampang and former president of the Sabah Economy & Development Native Institute (Institut Kemajuan Ekonomi Anak Negeri Sabah) .
Political career
He began his political career in 1986 with participation in the national elections, in which he entered the legislative assembly of Sabah for the Moyog constituency and the Malaysian parliament for the Penampang constituency. He was appointed Minister of Finance of Sabah, a post he held until 1990.
In 1990 he was able to defend both of his mandates and was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Sabah. In the Sabah government he also held the post of Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries from 1990 to 1993 and from 1993 to 1994 that of Finance Minister.
Since 1994 Dompuk has been chairman of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (UPKO) party . In the same year, Prime Minister Mahatir was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Department , but only stayed there until 1995.
From 1995 to 1998 he was Minister for Tourism and Environment in the state government of Sabah.
Due to the rotation principle applied at the time , Dompok took over the office of Prime Minister of Sabah from Yong Teck Lee in 1998 . In 1999 he had to vacate his seat for Osu Sukam .
Dompok decided to run in the 11th national elections in 1999 no longer for the Penampang constituency, but for the Kinabalu constituency. Again he moved into the Malaysian parliament.
In the 12th national election in 2004, he ran for the parliamentary seat in the constituency of Ranau , which he won by a margin of 1,387 votes. He received a total of 7547 votes against his rivals Ruhimin Adzim @ Ruhimin Ajim (6160 votes, independent candidate), Karim Adam (3310 votes, independent candidate) and Japairil Suhaimin (1609, independent candidate). In the subsequent elections in 2008 he ran again for the constituency of his hometown Penampang and again entered parliament for the Barisan Nasional coalition government .
From 1999 to 2009 he was a Minister in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 's Prime Minister's Department .
From April 10, 2009 until the end of the 2013 legislative period, he was Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities in the Malaysian government.
Awards
In 1995 Dompok was awarded the 1st degree of the Illustrious Order of Kinabalu . The first degree is the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Kinabalu . Dompok was thus entitled to Datuk Seri Panglima and the abbreviation SPDK behind his name. In 1997 he was awarded the order Panglima Setia Mahkota , which goes hand in hand with the right to be addressed as Tan Sri . Dompok is also an appointed justice of the peace of Sabah ( Justice of Peace , abbreviation JP in name).
Controversy
In June 2008, Dompok publicly opposed the construction of the 500-kilometer Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline . Instead, he favored the use of natural gas in Sabah and the implementation of industrial projects for the production of urea and plastics as an alternative. Prime Minister Abdullah had previously announced on May 31, 2008 that the pipeline plans would be abandoned in favor of a gas turbine power plant , but after the intervention of Petronas he buckled and favored the realization of both projects. In October 2008 Dompok announced that he and his party UPKO might leave the Barisan Nasional coalition government if the pipeline project is not put on hold; However, he relativized this announcement a short time later.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b List of cabinet members from April 23, 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Accessed June 9, 2012
- ↑ a b c d CURRICULUM VITAE HON. TAN SRI BERNARD GILUK DOMPOK (PDF; 23 kB); Accessed June 8, 2012
- ↑ Ruben Sario: Dompok: Scrap Petronas gas pipeline plan ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Star, June 30, 2008; Accessed June 9, 2012
- ↑ The Star: Upko: No need for gas pipeline ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , November 7, 2008 edition; Accessed June 9, 2012
- ↑ Sabah Today: Dompok wants government to discard gas plan ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 12, 2008; Accessed June 9, 2012
- ^ Dompok: Give federal royalty to Sabah - NST July 1, 2008; Accessed June 9, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dompok, Bernard Giluk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Malaysian politician, Prime Minister of Sabah |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Penampang , British North Borneo |