| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk |
| Yamani Hafez Musa | |
| Native Name: | يماني حفيظ بن موسى |
| Birth Name: | Yamani Hafez bin Musa |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Office: | Deputy Minister of Finance II |
| Term Start: | 30 August 2021 |
| Term End: | 24 November 2022 |
| Primeminister: | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister: | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
| Predecessor: | Mohd Shahar Abdullah |
| Successor: | Steven Sim Chee Keong |
| Constituency: | Sipitang |
| Constituency Mp1: | Sipitang |
| Parliament1: | Malaysian |
| Term Start1: | 9 May 2018 |
| Term End1: | 19 November 2022 |
| Majority1: | 852 (2018) |
| Predecessor1: | Sapawi Ahmad (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor1: | Matbali Musah (GRS–GAGASAN) |
| Office2: | Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad |
| Term Start2: | 29 July 2020 |
| Term End2: | 1 September 2021 |
| Minister2: | Abdul Latiff Ahmad Mahdzir Khalid |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Executive Officer |
| 1Namedata2: | Mohd Nazrul Izam Mansor |
| Predecessor2: | Shabudin Yahaya |
| Successor2: | Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub |
| Office11: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm11: | 2018 |
| Suboffice11: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm12: | 2018–2019 |
| Suboffice12: | Independent |
| Subterm13: | 2019–2020 |
| Suboffice13: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Subterm14: | 2020–2022 |
| Suboffice14: | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| Subterm15: | 2020–2022 |
| Suboffice15: | Perikatan Nasional |
| Subterm16: | 2023– |
| Suboffice16: | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Subterm17: | 2023– |
| Suboffice17: | Sabah People's Ideas Party |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Independent Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Canterbury |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Relations: | Musa Aman (father) |
Yamani Hafez bin Musa (Jawi: يماني حفيظ بن موسى; born 31 October 1978) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang from May 2018 to November 2022 and Chairman of FELCRA Berhad from July 2020 to September 2021. In 2019 until 2022, He was a former member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition.[1] [2] He is also the son of Musa Aman, the former Chief Minister of Sabah. In 2023, He is an official member of the Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN Rakyat), a component of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition.
Yamani is the son of Musa Aman, the former Chief Minister of Sabah.[3] [4] He has an undergraduate degree of commerce from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and master's degree in business administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
In the 2018 general election (GE14), UMNO had fielded him to contest the Sipitang parliamentary seat despite his participation into politics are being opposed by his father.[3] [4] [5] He subsequently won in a three-corner contest facing a new candidate Noor Hayaty Mustapha from the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Dayang Aezzy Liman from the Sabah People's Hope Party (PHRS).[6] [7]
After the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition's fall in the GE14 as well following the disappearance of his father Musa Aman, Yamani was not seen in public too.[8] He finally presented at the parliament to take his oath as a Member of Parliament on 7 January 2019, nine days shy of the 16 January deadline.[9] [10]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P178 Sipitang, Sabah | (UMNO) | 12,038 | 47.24% | Noor Hayaty Mustapha (WARISAN) | 11,186 | 43.90% | 25,483 | 852 | 79.93% | |||
| bgcolor = | Dayang Aezzy Liman (PHRS) | 1,547 | 6.07% | ||||||||||