Abu Seman Yusop
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Abu Seman Yusop | |
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| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I | |
| In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 Serving with Jelaing Mersat (2009–2010) Lee Chee Leong (2010–2013) (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II) | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Preceded by | Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I) |
| Succeeded by | Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar |
| Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Najib Razak (2008–2008) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) |
| Preceded by | Zainal Abidin Zin |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Latiff Ahmad |
| Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
| Deputy Minister of Federal Territories | |
| In office 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008 | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Mohd Isa Abdul Samad (2004–2005) Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Acting) (2005–2006) Zulhasnan Rafique (2006–2008) |
| Preceded by | Zulhasnan Rafique |
| Succeeded by | Saravanan Murugan |
| Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
| Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security | |
| In office 2004–2006 | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy Minister | Noh Omar (Deputy Minister of Internal Security I) Chia Kwang Chye (Deputy Minister of Internal Security II) |
| Constituency | Masjid Tanah |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Masjid Tanah | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 18,399 (2004) 12,285 (2008) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Alor Gajah | |
| In office 25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Jendol (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Fong Chan Onn (BN–MCA) |
| Majority | 25,096 (1995) 12,332 (1999) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1995–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1944 |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
| Spouse | Rahimi Yeop |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Middle Temple |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Abu Seman bin Yusop (born 10 January 1944) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Masjid Tanah constituency in the state of Melaka from 2004 to 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional coalition, he served in the deputy ministry of successive governments during that period.
Before entering politics, Abu Seman was a lawyer with his own firm. He is a former police inspector and prosecutor.[1]
Abu Seman was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general election for the seat of Masjid Tanah.[2] He was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary,[1] and in 2009 was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by the newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak.[3][4] His ministerial and parliamentary career came to an end in 2013, when he was not selected to recontest his seat for Barisan Nasional.[5]
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