Abu Seman Yusop

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yusop is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abu Seman.

Abu Seman bin Yusop (born 10 January 1944) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Masjid Tanah constituency in the state of Melaka from 2004 to 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional coalition, he served in the deputy ministry of successive governments during that period.

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Abu Seman Yusop PSM SMW DCSM DMSM KMN
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 Serving with Jelaing Mersat (2009–2010) Lee Chee Leong (2010–2013) (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II)
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Hishammuddin Hussein
Preceded by	Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)
Succeeded by	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Constituency	Masjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Najib Razak (2008–2008) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009)
Preceded by	Zainal Abidin Zin
Succeeded by	Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Constituency	Masjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories
In office 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
Monarchs	Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Mohd Isa Abdul Samad (2004–2005) Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Acting) (2005–2006) Zulhasnan Rafique (2006–2008)
Preceded by	Zulhasnan Rafique
Succeeded by	Saravanan Murugan
Constituency	Masjid Tanah
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security
In office 2004–2006
Monarchs	Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy Minister	Noh Omar (Deputy Minister of Internal Security I) Chia Kwang Chye (Deputy Minister of Internal Security II)
Constituency	Masjid Tanah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Masjid Tanah
In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (BN–UMNO)
Majority	18,399 (2004) 12,285 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Alor Gajah
In office 25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004
Preceded by	Ibrahim Jendol (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Fong Chan Onn (BN–MCA)
Majority	25,096 (1995) 12,332 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2013	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-10) 10 January 1944 (age 81) Malacca, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Spouse	Rahimi Yeop
Children	2
Alma mater	Middle Temple
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Before entering politics, Abu Seman was a lawyer with his own firm. He is a former police inspector and prosecutor.^[1]

Political career

Abu Seman was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general election for the seat of Masjid Tanah.^[2] He was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary,^[1] and in 2009 was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by the newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak.^[3][4] His ministerial and parliamentary career came to an end in 2013, when he was not selected to recontest his seat for Barisan Nasional.^[5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballot cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	P120 Alor Gajah		Abu Seman Yusop (UMNO)	29,652	86.68%		Omar Baba (PAS)	4,556	13.32%	36,950	25,096	79.70%
1999			Abu Seman Yusop (UMNO)	24,615	66.71%		Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (PAS)	12,283	33.29%	41,855	12,332	81.58%
2004	P134 Masjid Tanah		Abu Seman Yusop (UMNO)	24,188	80.69%		Muhamad Burok (PAS)	5,789	19.31%	30,807	18,399	78.98%
2008			Abu Seman Yusop (UMNO)	21,582	69.89%		Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (PAS)	9,297	30.11%	31,715	12,285	78.10%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1998)^[6]
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2016)^[7]
• Malacca :
  • Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (1994)
  • Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (1998)
• Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SMW) – Datuk Seri (2015)^[8]