Musa Aman
Yang Amat Berhomat Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Musa bin Haji Aman SPDK , DGSM, DA ( Sarawak ), PGDK, JMN, JP (born March 30, 1951 in Beaufort ) is the 14th Prime Minister of the State of Sabah in Malaysia and the current incumbent. He succeeded Chong Kah Kiat on March 27, 2003. His appointment as Prime Minister marked the end of the rotation system previously practiced in Sabah, in which the post of Chief Minister rolled every two years among the three main ethnic groups of Sabah - Christian Bumiputras, Muslim Bumiputras and Chinese. He is also party chairman of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in Sabah.
Political career
Datuk Musa's political career began on March 8, 1992 with his successful election as UMNO area leader in the Jambongan constituency (now Libaran P184 parliamentary constituency) and his appointment as treasurer of the Barisan Nasional (BN) in Sabah eight days later.
On March 7, 1995, a year after the BN came to power in Sabah, Musa became director of the Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah), a public corporation. In March 1999, he resigned to vote in the Sabah state elections and to defend the seat of the Sungai Sibuga constituency in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly , the legislative assembly of the State of Sabah. He beat Ramli Noordin of the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) by a majority of 4034 votes, the highest majority of the 24 seats for which the UMNO had applied.
Prime Minister Datuk Osu Sukam appointed him to his cabinet as Minister in 1999. He became Minister of Finance on March 27, 2001 under the government of his predecessor Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat. Musa took over the post of Sabah UMNO Liaison Committee Chairman from Osu Sukam on September 28, 2001, which ultimately paved the way for him to the post of Prime Minister. His inauguration as Prime Minister of Sabah took place on March 4, 2003; his third term is currently running.
In addition to his post as prime minister, Musa also holds the post of finance minister.
Economic policy
Shortly after taking his oath as Prime Minister, Datuk Musa presented his political program for Sabah. He set his priorities on agriculture, tourism and the manufacturing industry, which he particularly wanted to support and promote with regard to the development of jobs. This development program is known as Halatuju .
For the first pillar of his Halatuju campaign - tourism - he provided 1.4 billion ringgit (more than 300 million euros at the time) in state funds. This financed the new construction and modernization of the Kota Kinabalu airport terminal , which was completed ahead of schedule in 2008. Part of the old port of Kota Kinabalu, including the associated warehouses from the early 1900s, was converted into Jesselton Point , a modern port with a high-quality ferry terminal and other facilities. The tourism industry reacted immediately with noticeable growth; the number of tourists entering Sabah grew from 1.25 million in 2003 to nearly 2.1 million in 2006. The growth warranted a further capital injection of more than 1 billion ringgit into the tourism sector; Of this, 400 million went into smaller and 700 million ringgit into larger projects.
For the second pillar of the economic project - agriculture - Sabah broke new ground by linking agricultural and manufacturing industries by promoting an organic agricultural industry. The establishment of industrial palm oil clusters (POIC) is an example of how a higher value can be achieved in the raw material markets from agricultural products.
To support the third pillar - the manufacturing industry - a total of 92 projects with an investment of 4.9 billion ringgit were funded in 2006.
Private life
The Islamic politician is married to Datin Seri Hajjah Faridah binti Haji Tussin. Musa Aman has three sons and one daughter. He is the older brother of Dato 'Seri Anifah Aman , the Malaysian Foreign Minister.
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| SURNAME | Aman, Musa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aman, Haji Musa bin Haji |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Malaysian politician, Prime Minister of Sabah |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaufort |