Ismail Sabri Yaakob
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Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob MP |
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| Malaysian Minister of Rural and Regional Development | |
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Assumed office 29 July 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by | Shafie Apdal |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bera, Pahang |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry | |
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In office 16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Noh Omar |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Shabery Cheek |
| Malaysian Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism | |
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In office 10 April 2009 – 5 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Shahrir Samad |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Malek |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
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In office 18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Azalina Othman |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Shabery Cheek |
| Personal details | |
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18 January 1960 Temerloh, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | UMNO |
| Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional |
| Spouse(s) | Muhaini Zainal Abidin |
| Alma mater |
University of Malaya L.LB |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
| Website | www |
Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (born 18 January 1960) is a controversial Malaysian Minister of Rural and Regional Development. He is a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bera constituency in Pahang, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Ismail Sabri was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election becoming the first member of the new seat of Bera. He was re-elected in 2008, and was appointed as Minister for Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Abdullah Badawi. In April 2009, he became the Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism under new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. After the 2013 election, in which he retained his parliamentary seat, he was appointed as the Minister for Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry.
Before entering Parliament, Ismail Sabri served as Chairman of the National Sports Complex. His son Gadaffi is a singer who was a contestant in the 2007 series of Akademi Fantasia.
In 2015, Ismail Sabri sparked a firestorm of protest over his Facebook post urging Malay consumers to boycott the monopolizing and profiteering Chinese businesses who discriminate non-Chinese entrepreneurs, arguing that it was necessary for Malays to exercise consumer power to prevent "profiteering" by the Malaysia's ethnic Chinese that control over 90% of Malaysian economies.
In reply, political analyst Wan Saiful Wan Jan, head of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs think tank, said in personal capacity that any Malaysian voter regardless of race, would be repelled by Ismail's comments. “I think the reaction of any right-minded Malay or Chinese who believes in Malaysian unity would be of disgust. “And I think, or at least hope, that the Chinese voters will remember what he said when it comes to the vote.”
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