Yang Berhormat Datuk Haji Fadillah Yusof MP |
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Malaysian Minister of Works | |
Assumed office 16 May 2013 |
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Preceded by | Shaziman Abu Mansor |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Petra Jaya, Sarawak |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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Preceded by | Sulaiman Daud |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kampung Hilir, Sibu, Crown Colony of Sarawak |
17 April 1962
Political party | PBB |
Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional |
Spouse(s) | Ruziah Mohd Tahir |
Residence | Petra Jaya, Kuching, Sarawak |
Alma mater | University of Malaya |
Occupation | Politician |
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.
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