Ahmad Shabery Cheek
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Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek MP |
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| Minister Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry | |
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Assumed office 29 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister of Communication and Multimedia | |
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In office 16 May 2013 – 28 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Rais Yatim (Information, Communication and Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Salleh Said Keruak |
| Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports | |
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In office 10 April 2009 – 5 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Succeeded by | Khairy Jamaluddin |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kemaman, Terengganu |
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Assumed office 21 March 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Yusof |
| Malaysian Minister of Information | |
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In office 18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Zainuddin Maidin |
| Succeeded by | Rais Yatim |
| Personal details | |
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Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek 10 December 1958 Kemaman, Terengganu, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (until 1989; 1996–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Che Sharifah Ismail |
| Alma mater |
University of Malaya Bachelor's degree (Economics) University of Leeds Master's degree (Political Science) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek (born 10 December 1958) is a Malaysian politician. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry in the Barisan Nasional coalition government, and sits in Parliament as the member for Kemaman, Terengganu. He represents the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was elected to the Supreme Council of UMNO in 2009.
Ahmad Shabery was born in Kijal, Kemaman, Terengganu, on 10 December 1958, and received his early education at the Sekolah Sungai Lembing and Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak in Seremban.
In 1983, he pursued a course in economics at the Universiti Malaya. During this period, he was also elected as the president of the university's Muslim Students Association. In 1986, he obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Leeds and in 1989 he obtained a postgraduate diploma in International Relations from the Uppsala University in Sweden. That same year, he was appointed the Secretary of the Malaysian Social Science Association (PSSM).
In 1990, he became a lecturer in the University Malaya's Faculty of Economics and Administration. He has also served as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.
Ahmad Shabery left UMNO in 1989 to join other members rebelling against the then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the newly formed breakaway party Semangat 46, until its dissolution in 1996 where he rejoined UMNO again. In 2004, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Kemaman, defeating Abd Rahman Yusof of the People's Justice Party (PKR) by 15,882 votes. In 2008, he retained the seat after beating PKR's Fariz Musa by 12,682 votes, and won again in 2013, defeating Kamaaruddin Chik (PKR) by 12,306 votes.
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