| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr. |
| Yusof Yacob | |
| Native Name: | يوسف بن يعقوب |
| Honorific-Suffix: | PGDK MLA |
| Birth Name: | Yusof bin Yacob |
| Birth Place: | Sipitang, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Office: | Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad |
| Term Start: | 13 January 2023 |
| Governor: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Hajiji Noor |
| Predecessor: | Salleh Said Keruak |
| Office1: | State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah |
| Term Start1: | 16 May 2018 |
| Term End1: | 29 September 2020 |
| Governor1: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Shafie Apdal |
| 2Blankname1: | Assistant |
| 2Namedata1: | Mohammad Mohamarin Jennifer Lasimbang |
| Predecessor1: | Position established |
| Successor1: | Yakubah Khan |
| Constituency1: | Sindumin |
| Office2: | Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat |
| Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Alongside2: | Lim Si Cheng |
| Term Start2: | 17 May 2004 |
| Term End2: | 13 February 2008 |
| Predecessor2: | Muhammad Abdullah |
| Successor2: | Ronald Kiandee |
| 1Blankname2: | Speaker |
| 1Namedata2: | Mohamed Zahir Ismail) Ramli Ngah Talib |
| Constituency2: | Sipitang |
| Constituency Am3: | Sindumin |
| Assembly3: | Sabah State Legislative |
| Term Start3: | 9 May 2018 |
| Majority3: | 760 (2018) 424 (2020) |
| Predecessor3: | Ahmad Bujang (BN–UMNO) |
| Constituency Mp4: | Sipitang |
| Parliament4: | Malaysian |
| Term Start4: | 25 April 1995 |
| Term End4: | 8 March 2008 |
| Majority4: | 4,524 (1995) 4,339 (1999) Walkover (2004) |
| Predecessor4: | Mustapha Harun (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor4: | Sapawi Ahmad (BN–UMNO) |
| Office5: | Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm5: | 2018–2021 |
| Suboffice5: | Sabah Heritage Party |
| Subterm6: | 2021–2023 |
| Suboffice6: | Independent[1] |
| Subterm7: | 2023– |
| Suboffice7: | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Office8: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm8: | 1995–2008 |
| Suboffice8: | Barisan Nasional |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Heritage Party (WARISAN) Independent Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Azizah Beniamen |
Datuk Yusof bin Yacob is a Malaysian politician who [2] has served as Chairman of Qhazanah Sabah Berhad since January 2023[3] and the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sindumin since May 2018.[4] [5] He served as State Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from May 2004 to December 2007 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang from April 1995 to March 2008.[6] He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. He was a member of the WARISAN, before leaving the party on 8 October 2021 to become an independent in support of the ruling GRS coalition. He was also member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) which he left in 2018. On 22 May 2022, he confirmed that he had applied to rejoin and was pending return to BN and UMNO after leaving them four years ago. However, his application was not accepted before he withdrew the application and joined GAGASAN instead on 21 January 2023.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
| Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | P155 Sipitang, Sabah | Yusof Yacob (UMNO) | 9,732 | 64.44% | Jamilah Sulaiman (PBS) | 5,208 | 34.49% | 15,324 | 4,524 | 74.36% | ||||
| Hussin Masalih (IND) | 162 | 1.07% | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Yusof Yacob (UMNO) | 9,581 | 64.01% | Abdul Rahman Md. Yakub (KEADILAN) | 5,242 | 35.02% | 15,181 | 4,339 | 68.74% | |||||
| Ag. Ku Tengah Pg. Damit (IND) | 145 | 0.97% | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | P178 Sipitang, Sabah | Yusof Yacob (UMNO) | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | N38 Sipitang, P149 Padas | (USNO) | 2,161 | 34.38% | Jawawi Isa (PBS) | 2,437 | 38.77% | 6,361 | 276 | 82.17% | |||
| Harris Mohd. Salleh (BERJAYA) | 969 | 15.42% | |||||||||||
| Othman Mohd. Yassin (IND) | 597 | 9.50% | |||||||||||
| Pius Ganang (AKAR) | 86 | 1.37% | |||||||||||
| Ramlah Rammelan (PRS) | 35 | 0.56% | |||||||||||
| 2018 | N28 Sindumin, P178 Sipitang | Yusof Yacob (WARISAN) | 6,648 | 51.90% | Sapawi Amat Wasali (UMNO) | 5,888 | 45.97% | 13,065 | 760 | 77.40% | |||
| Patrick Sadom (PHRS) | 273 | 2.13% | |||||||||||
| 2020 | N35 Sindumin, P178 Sipitang | (WARISAN) | 5,415 | 48.96% | Sani Miasin (UMNO) | 4,991 | 45.12% | 11,061 | 424 | 65.99% | |||
| bgcolor= | Manshur Okk Mohd Yassin (USNO Baru) | 365 | 3.30% | ||||||||||
| Daniel Gaing (LDP) | 142 | 1.28% | |||||||||||
| Jaebeh Buaya (PCS) | 114 | 1.03% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor=blue | Arifin Harith (GAGASAN) | 34 | 0.31% | ||||||||||