Musa Aman
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Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman MLA |
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| 14th Chief Minister of Sabah | |
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Assumed office 27 March 2003 |
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| Governor |
Ahmadshah Abdullah (2003-2010) Juhar Mahiruddin (2011-present) |
| Deputy |
Joseph Pairin Kitingan Raymond Tan Shu Kiah Yahya Hussin |
| Preceded by | Chong Kah Kiat |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Sibuga |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Thien Fui Yun |
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Musa bin Aman 30 March 1951 Beaufort, Crown Colony of North Borneo |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | UMNO – Barisan Nasional |
| Spouse(s) | Faridah Tussin |
| Relations | Anifah Aman (brother) |
| Children | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Edith Cowan University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | www |
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Musa bin Haji Aman (born 30 March 1951) is the 14th and current Chief Minister of the state of Sabah in Malaysia, in office since 2003. He is also the Sabah finance minister, the chairman of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) for Sabah, and the older brother of Dato' Seri Anifah Aman, Foreign Minister of Malaysia.
Musa Aman received his primary education in St. Paul primary school, Beaufort, Sabah. He attended Sabah College in Kota Kinabalu and All Saints secondary school for his secondary education. He pursue his tertiary education and received Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
He was interested in the world of business since his primary school days. In 1973, he pursue his business interests in Sandakan. He later put Syarikat Musman Holdings Sdn Bhd under his stewardship. He was the chairman for City Finance Berhad from 1983 until 1995. He later became the chief executive of Innoprise Corporation in 1995 and also the chairman for Sabah Softwood Berhad (under Innoprise Corporation) in the same year.
Datuk Musa's political career started on 8 March 1992, when he contested and won the Jambongan UMNO division chief's post (now known as Libaran division) and was appointed as Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) treasurer eight days later.
On 7 March 1995, a year after BN came to power in Sabah, Musa became the director of Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah), a Sabah statutory body.
In March 1999 he resigned as the Sabah Foundation Director to contest in the state elections and defend the Sungai Sibuga State Legislative Assembly seat, defeating Ramli Noordin of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) by 4034 majority votes, the highest majority among the 24 seats contested by UMNO.
He moved up further in his political career when he was appointed Minister in the Chief Minister's Department under Datuk Osu Sukam in 1999.
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