| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Datuk Seri Panglima |
| Sakaran Dandai | |
| Order: | 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah |
| Native Name: | ساکران محمد هاشم دانداي |
| Term Start: | 1 January 1995 |
| Term End: | 31 December 2002 |
| Predecessor: | Mohammad Said Keruak |
| Successor: | Ahmadshah Abdullah |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Salleh Said Keruak Yong Teck Lee Bernard Giluk Dompok Osu Sukam Chong Kah Kiat |
| Office1: | 8th Chief Minister of Sabah |
| Term Start1: | 17 March 1994 |
| Term End1: | 27 December 1994 |
| Governor1: | Mohammad Said Keruak |
| Predecessor1: | Joseph Pairin Kitingan |
| Successor1: | Salleh Said Keruak |
| Constituency Mp2: | Semporna |
| Parliament2: | Malaysian |
| Predecessor2: | New constituency |
| Successor2: | Shafie Apdal |
| Term Start2: | 3 August 1986 |
| Term End2: | 25 April 1995 |
| Birth Name: | Sakaran Mohd Hashim bin Dandai |
| Birth Date: | 1930 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kampung Air, Semporna, North Borneo |
| Death Place: | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Resting Place: | Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negeri Sabah, Kota Kinabalu |
| Spouse: | Halimah (deceased) Siti Rukaiyah Abdullah |
| Father: | Dandai Ajibuddin (deceased) |
| Relatives: | Shafie Apdal (nephew) Yusof Apdal (nephew and son-in-law) |
| Party: | United Sabah National Organization (USNO) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
Sakaran Mohd Hashim bin Dandai (15 April 1930 – 30 August 2021)[1] was a Malaysian politician.
He served as the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah from January 1995 to December 2002, 8th Chief Minister of Sabah briefly from March 1994 to December 1994 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Semporna from August 1986 to April 1995. In 1990, he was appointed as the Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
In August 2021, Sakaran Dandai was diagnosed with COVID-19 and admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) at Gleneagles Hospital, Kota Kinabalu.[2] On 30 August at 5:30 a.m., Sakaran aged 91, died due to COVID-19.[3] He was buried at Makam Pahlawan near the Sabah State Mosque in Kota Kinabalu.[4]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | P153 Semporna, Sabah | (USNO) | 6,063 | 51.26% | bgcolor= | Abdillah Abdul Hamid (BERJAYA) | 4,116 | 34.80% | 11,947 | 1,947 | 51.56% | |||
| Jendy Jeffery (IND) | 1,650 | 13.95% | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | (UMNO) | 10,832 | 58.85% | Abdillah Abdul Hamid (IND) | 7,574 | 41.15% | 18,566 | 3,258 | 57.77% | |||||
Several places were named after him, including: