In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yusof is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Fadillah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Amat Berhormat Dato Sri Haji
Fadillah Yusof
SSAP DGSM PNBS PGBK ABK MP
فضيلة يوسف
Fadillah in 2021
14th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2022
Serving with Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Monarchs
Abdullah Ibrahim Iskandar
Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Preceded by
Ismail Sabri Yaakob[a]
Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 February 2024
Monarch
Ibrahim Iskandar
Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy
Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Preceded by
Himself (Minister of Energy Transition and Public Utilities)
Constituency
Petra Jaya
Minister of Energy Transition and Public Utilities
In office 12 December 2023 – 7 February 2024
Monarchs
Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (2024)
Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy
Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Preceded by
Nik Nazmi (Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability)
Succeeded by
Himself (Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation)
Constituency
Petra Jaya
Minister of Plantation and Commodities
In office 3 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy
Siti Aminah Aching
Preceded by
Zuraida Kamaruddin
Succeeded by
Johari Abdul Ghani
Senior Minister of Works
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded by
Himself
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Senior Minister of Infrastructure Development
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Himself
Minister of Works
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded by
Himself
Succeeded by
Alexander Nanta Linggi
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by
Baru Bian
Succeeded by
Himself
In office 16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
Monarchs
Abdul Halim (2013–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018)
Prime Minister
Najib Razak
Preceded by
Shaziman Abu Mansor
Succeeded by
Baru Bian
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
In office 19 March 2008 – 15 May 2013
Monarchs
Mizan Zainal Abidin (2008–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2013)
Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) Najib Razak (2009–2013)
Preceded by
Kong Cho Ha
Succeeded by
Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah
Senior Vice President of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Serving with Michael Manyin Jawong
President
Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Youth Chief of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
In office 2007–2017
President
Abdul Taib Mahmud (2007–2014) Adenan Satem (2014–2017) Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg (2017)
(1962-04-17) 17 April 1962 (age 62) Sibu, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Malaysia)
Political party
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) (since 1989)
Other political affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (1989–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018)
Spouse
Ruziah Mohd Tahir
Children
5
Alma mater
University of Malaya (LLB)
Occupation
Politician
Profession
Lawyer
Fadillah Yusof on Parliament of Malaysia
Dato Sri Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof (Jawi: فضيلة بن يوسف; born 17 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022, Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation since 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He is the first DPM from Sarawak, one of the Borneo states in Malaysia and the second DPM not from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) after Wan Azizah Wan Ismail from the People's Justice Party (PKR).
Previously, he served as the Minister of Plantation and Commodities from December 2022 to December 2023, Senior Minister in charge of Works and Minister of Works for the third term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He served as the Senior Minister in charge of Infrastructure Development and Minister of Works for the second term in the PN administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and for the first term in Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018,[1][2] Chair of the Science, Innovation and Environment Select Committee, one of only two select committees led by an opposition MP from December 2019 to his reappointment as a Minister in March 2020. [3][4]
Fadillah is a member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. [5] He is also the Parliamentary Whip of GPS and has served as Senior Vice President of PBB since 2017. He was the Youth Chief of PBB from 2007 to 2017.
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^"Fadillah bin Haji Yusof, Y.B. Tuan Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
^"Deputy Minister: YB Tuan Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof". Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
^"Four new select committees formed, one headed by opposition". Malaysiakini. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^Abdullah, Maria Chin (4 December 2019). "Maria Chin Abdullah". facebook.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^"Works Minister Fadillah Yusof tests positive for Covid-19, undergoing home quarantine".
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