Mustapha Sakmud

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sakmud is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mustapha. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus bin Sakmud^[1] also known as Mustapha Sakmud (born 9 July 1968) is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir since December 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Sivakumar Varatharaju from December 2022 to December 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Kota Belud of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Sabah since May 2024.^[2][3]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Mustapha Sakmud PGDK JP MP
مصطفى سقمود‎
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2023
Monarchs	Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Zambry Abdul Kadir
Preceded by	Yusof Apdal
Constituency	Sepanggar
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Sivakumar Varatharaju
Preceded by	Awang Hashim
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Constituency	Sepanggar
State Chairman of the People's Justice Party of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2024
President	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy	Peto Galim
Preceded by	Sangkar Rasam
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sepanggar
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Azis Jamman (WARISAN)
Majority	7,042 (2022)
Personal details
Born	Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus bin Sakmud (1968-07-09) 9 July 1968 (age 57) Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Alma mater	University of Malaya University of Aberdeen
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineer

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N08 Usukan		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	4,067	27.24%		Salleh Said Keruak (UMNO)	10,879	70.85%	15,603	6,812	83.40%
							Bakhruddin Ismail (STAR)	285	1.91%
2018	N06 Tempasuk		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	5,478	35.95%		Musbah Jamli (UMNO)	7,742	50.82%	15,726	2,264	82.20%
							Suwah Buleh (STAR)	1,494	9.81%
							Mustaqim Aling (PAS)	521	3.42%
2020	N09 Tempasuk		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	1,852	20.30%		Mohd Arsad Bistari (UMNO)	4,040	44.28%	9,124	1,685	76.06%
							Musbah Jamli (IND)	2,355	25.81%
							Amza @ Hamzah Sundang (USNO Baru)	471	5.16%
							Abdul Alif Saibeh (PCS)	133	1.46%
							Kanul Gindol (PGRS)	57	0.62%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P171 Sepanggar		Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)	27,022	38.44%		Yakubah Khan (UMNO)	19,980	28.42%	70,304	7,042	64.87%
							Mohd Azis Jamman (WARISAN)	18,594	26.45%
							Jumardie Lukman (KDM)	3,977	5.66%
							Yusof Kunchang (PEJUANG)	731	1.04%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal
•  Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023)^[4]
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2018)^[5]