Name Fadillah Yusof | Spouse(s) Ruziah Mohd Tahir Education University of Malaya | |
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Residence Petra Jaya, Kuching, Sarawak | ||
Political party PBB—Barisan Nasional | ||
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Datuk Haji Fadillah Yusof (born 17 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician. He is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Petra Jaya constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB). He is the Works Minister in the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition government. His father, Yusof Merais, was an activist jailed several times by British colonial authorities.
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Yusof first ran for Parliament in the 2004 election, having previously been an official in the PBB and a lawyer. Fadillah won the election for the seat of Petra Jaya. After being re-elected in the 2008 election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation by then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
On 16 October 2010, he was conferred the award 'Darjah Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang' (PGBK), which carries the title 'Datuk'.
On 16 May 2013, after the 13th general election, he was promoted to a full Minister as Minister of Works under the new Cabinet line-up of Prime Minister Najib Razak
Fadillah nafi bertanding pilihan raya Sarawak
