1. Mohd Shafie bin Apdal is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Semporna since April 1995, State Leader of the Opposition of Sabah since September 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Senallang since May 2018.
Shafie Apdal served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020, Minister of Rural and Regional Development from April 2009 to July 2015 and Vice-President of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
Shafie Apdal has served as the 1st and founding President of Heritage Party since October 2016.
Shafie Apdal lost the power as Chief Minister of Sabah following the defeat of his coalition WARISAN + in the 2020 state election.
Shafie bin Apdal was born on 20 October 1957 in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia into a Bajau Filipino family.
Shafie Apdal is the nephew of Sakaran Dandai, who was the eighth Chief Minister of Sabah and its former governor as well.
Shafie Apdal has a Diploma in Shipping Management from the London Business College.
Shafie Apdal started his political career with the United Sabah National Organisation.
The party dissolved in 1994, and Shafie Apdal joined UMNO, which was then only starting to gain a presence in the state.
Shafie Apdal was appointed a parliamentary secretary before becoming Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1999.
Shafie Apdal was re-elected as an UMNO vice-president in 2013, this time polling in second place, behind Ahmad Zahid and ahead of Hishammuddin.
Shafie Apdal is the first Sabahan to hold a vice-presidency of UMNO.
On 28 July 2015, Shafie Apdal was removed in the Cabinet reshuffle by Najib thus losing his rural and regional development portfolio.
Shafie Apdal is married to Shuryani Shuaib and has six children.