Sakaran Dandai

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Malay name : The part of the name "bin Dandai" is a patronymic and not a family name ; so the person is called Sakaran .
Do Sakaran Dandai (2015)

Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Sakaran bin Dandai SMN , PSM , SPDK , DUNM, DP, PGDK , PSLJ, ADK , JP (born April 15, 1930 in Semporna , North Borneo ) is a Malaysian politician and was the 8th Prime Minister of the State of Sabah . He succeeded Joseph Pairin Kitingan on March 17, 1994 and remained in office until December 26, 1994. From 1995 to 2002 he was the 8th  Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah . Sakaran belongs to the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party.

Life

Sakaran was born in 1930 in Kampung Air , the pile dwelling settlement of the Bajau in Semporna . Its original name was Sakaran Hashim, only later it was renamed to Sakaran. His father was a Bajau named Dandai bin Ajibuddin bin Jamaluddin. Sakaran had nine siblings, 2 brothers and seven sisters.

Sarakan received his schooling from 1937 to 1941 at the Malay School Semporna (1937-1941). During the time of the Japanese occupation he was able to attend a school in Japan. After returning to Semporna, he went to the Government Vernacular School ; he also studied religion from 1945 to 1948.

From 1949 to 1967 he held various positions in public administration in the Semporna and Lahad Datu districts.

Political career

Sakaran was president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party.

Although he was defeated by Kitingan in the 1994 elections to the state parliament, he profited from the debacle of the break-up of the PBS: After almost all the MPs of the PBS had defected to the opposing Barisan Nasional , Kitingan was refused the swearing-in as prime minister. Instead, Sakaran was sworn in as the eighth Prime Minister of Sabah. Already on December 26, 1994 he vacated the post for Salleh Said Keruak in order to be able to take up the office of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah , the ceremonial head of state from January 1, 1995 . He held this office until December 31, 2002.

Awards and honors

Of the numerous honors that Sakaran received in the course of his life, the order Seri Negara Maharaja Mangku (SMN) should be mentioned, which he received in 1996 from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his services as Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah . The ceremony includes the title of the right actions to lead.

Do Sakaran Museum

The Tun Sakaran Museum , which opened in Sakaran's hometown on April 25, 2015 , is mainly dedicated to the biography of the former head of state and his services to the state of Sabah in the exhibition area on the ground floor. The site for the museum is a wakaf (donation of land) by Tun Sakaran.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tun Sarakan's curriculum vitae , accessed June 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Kalimullah Hassan: Reforms yes, but not through violence in the streets . ( Memento of December 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: New Straits Times , November 18, 2007
  3. ↑ Why museum was named after Sakaran . Daily Express, April 22, 2015; Retrieved April 26, 2015
  4. ↑ TYT to launch the Tun Sakaran Museum in Semporna . Borneopost online, April 22, 2015; Retrieved April 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Sakaran, Dandai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sakaran, bin Dandai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malaysian politician, Prime Minister of Sabah, ceremonial head of state of Sabah
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Semporna , North Borneo