| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk Wira |
| Halimah Mohamed Sadique | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|حليمة محمد صادق |
| Birth Name: | Halimah binti Mohamed Sadique |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Office: | Minister of National Unity |
| Primeminister: | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Predecessor: | Herself |
| Successor: | Aaron Ago Dagang |
| Deputy: | Wan Ahmad Fayhsal |
| Term Start: | 30 August 2021 |
| Term End: | 24 November 2022 |
| Constituency: | Kota Tinggi |
| Monarch1: | Abdullah |
| Primeminister1: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Successor1: | Herself |
| Deputy1: | Ti Lian Ker |
| Term Start1: | 10 March 2020 |
| Term End1: | 16 August 2021 |
| Constituency1: | Kota Tinggi |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government |
| Primeminister2: | Najib Razak |
| Term Start2: | 16 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 9 May 2018 |
| Constituency2: | Tenggara |
| Minister2: | Abdul Rahman Dahlan Noh Omar |
| Monarch2: | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Constituency Mp3: | Kota Tinggi |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 9 May 2018 |
| Term End3: | 19 November 2022 |
| Majority3: | 14,621 (2018) |
| Predecessor3: | Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor3: | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (BN–UMNO) |
| Constituency Mp4: | Tenggara |
| Parliament4: | Malaysian |
| Term Start4: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End4: | 9 May 2018 |
| Majority4: | 14,049 (2008) 17,196 (2013) |
| Predecessor4: | Adham Baba (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor4: | Adham Baba (BN–UMNO) |
| Constituency Am5: | Pasir Raja |
| Assembly5: | Johor State Legislative |
| Term Start5: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End5: | 8 March 2008 |
| Majority5: | 8,965 (2004) |
| Predecessor5: | Position established |
| Successor5: | Adham Baba (BN–UMNO) |
| Constituency Am6: | Gunung Lambak |
| Assembly6: | Johor State Legislative |
| Term Start6: | 24 April 1995 |
| Term End6: | 21 March 2004 |
| Predecessor6: | Ng Kim Lai (BN–MCA) |
| Successor6: | Position abolished |
| Majority6: | 14,630 (1995) 14,368 (1999) |
| Office10: | Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm10: | 1995–2008 |
| Suboffice10: | Barisan Nasional |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Relations: | Illi Najwa Saddique (niece) |
| Spouse: | Suffian Othman |
| Footnotes: | |
Datuk Halimah binti Mohamed Sadique (Jawi: حليمة بنت محمد صادق; born 2 February 1962) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of National Unity for the second 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 her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Tinggi from May 2018 to November 2022. She also served as Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan from May 2013 to July 2015. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN administration.
She served as the Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Abdul Rahman Dahlan as well as Noh Omar from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, MP for Tenggara from March 2008 to May 2018, Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Raja from March 2004 to March 2008 and MLA for Gunung Lambak from April 1995 to March 2004. She is also a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition which is aligned with the PN coalition.
Halimah was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 general elections,[1] having previously served in the State Assembly of Johor[2] and on the Johor State Executive Council.[3] She was re-elected in the 2013 election and appointed as Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak.[4]
Halimah contested and won the Kota Tinggi parliamentary in the 2018 general elections instead, but BN had lost power in recapturing the federal government to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, only to regain power in 2020.
In January 2021, Halimah was tested positive for COVID-19.[5]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | N24 Gunung Lambak | (UMNO) | 18,048 | 81.36% | Zainal Abidin Hj Ibrahim (S46) | 3,418 | 15.41% | 22,183 | 14,630 | 78.89% | |||||
| 1999 | Halimah Mohamed Sadique (UMNO) | 19,348 | 76.47% | Salleh Farmin (PAS) | 4,980 | 19.68% | 25,300 | 14,368 | 79.48% | ||||||
| 2004 | N35 Pasir Raja | Halimah Mohamed Sadique (UMNO) | 10,402 | 85.24% | Sanip Ithnin (PAS) | 1,437 | 11.78% | 12,203 | 8,965 | 75.63% | |||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | P155 Tenggara | (UMNO) | 19,031 | 79.25% | Salleh Farmin (PAS) | 4,982 | 20.75% | 25,784 | 14,049 | 79.83% | |||||
| 2013 | Halimah Mohamed Sadique (UMNO) | 25,698 | 75.14% | Muhamad Said Jonit (PAS) | 8,502 | 24.86% | 34,946 | 17,196 | 88.04% | ||||||
| 2018 | P156 Kota Tinggi | Halimah Mohamed Sadique (UMNO) | 26,407 | 69.14% | Azlinda Abd Latif (BERSATU) | 11,786 | 30.86% | 39,418 | 14,621 | 84.45% | |||||