Masidi bin Manjun was born on 1 June 1951 and is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and public administrator who has served as the State Minister of Finance of Sabah since January 2023 and State Minister of Local Government and Housing of Sabah from September 2020 to January 2023 in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Karanaan since March 2004.
13 Facts About Masidi Manjun
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Masidi Manjun has served as the Deputy President of GAGASAN since February 2023.
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Masidi Manjun served as the State Deputy Chairman of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah from April 2019 to his resignation from the party in December 2022 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah from August 2020 to January 2021.
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Masidi Manjun entered the State Public Service in 1977 as a legal adviser and prosecutor at the Forestry Department.
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Masidi Manjun was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in 1980, the same year he was appointed as Tuaran District Officer.
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Masidi Manjun was transferred to Sandakan as the town's municipal council president in 1982 before being promoted as Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1984.
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Masidi Manjun left the State Public Service in 1989 to join private sector.
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Masidi Manjun served as Chairman of Institute of Development Studies of Sabah from 1994 to 2004 and member of board of directors of Sabah Development Bank during that time.
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Masidi Manjun is Chairman of Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation since 24 July 2020.
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Masidi Manjun joined politics in 2004 as he was nominated by United Malays National Organisation as candidate for Karanaan state constituency.
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Masidi Manjun rose as Minister of State for Youth and Sports in 2004.
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Masidi Manjun then became Minister of State for Tourism, Culture and Environment from 2006 to 2018 and Minister of State charged with education during that time.
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Masidi Manjun left UMNO in 2018 to join BERSATU and became the latter's state liaison deputy chairman subsequently.