Anifah Aman

Anifah Aman
حنيفة أمان
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Representing Labuan
Assumed office
20 March 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byBashir Alias
Chairman of the Labuan Corporation
Assumed office
19 June 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Chief Executive OfficerRithuan Mohd Ismail
Preceded byBashir Alias
Special Advisor to the
Chief Minister of Sabah
on International Relations
and Foreign Investments
Assumed office
30 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Preceded byPosition established
3rd President of the Love Sabah Party
Assumed office
26 July 2020
DeputyWilfred Bumburing
(2020–2024)
Preceded byWilfred Bumburing
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
10 April 2009 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
(2009–2011)
Abdul Halim
(2011–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyA. Kohillan Pillay
(2009–2013)
Lee Chee Leong
(2009–2010)
Richard Riot Jaem
(2010–2013)
Hamzah Zainudin
(2013–2015)
Reezal Merican Naina Merican
(2015–2018)
Preceded byRais Yatim
Succeeded bySaifuddin Abdullah
ConstituencyKimanis
Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
In office
27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
(2004–2006)
Mizan Zainal Abidin
(2006–2008)
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterPeter Chin Fah Kui
Preceded byHimself
(Deputy Minister of Primary Industries)
Succeeded byA. Kohillan Pillay
ConstituencyKimanis
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries
In office
15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
MonarchsSalahuddin
(1999–2001)
Sirajuddin
(2001–2004)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
(1999–2003)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(2003–2004)
MinisterLim Keng Yaik
Preceded byHishammuddin Hussein
Succeeded byHimself
(Deputy Minister Plantation Industries and Commodities)
ConstituencyBeaufort
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kimanis
In office
21 March 2004 – 16 August 2019
Preceded byNurnikman Abdullah
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byMohamad Alamin
(BN–UMNO)
Majority5,108 (2004)
5,453 (2008)
5,723 (2013)
156 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Beaufort
In office
29 November 1999 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byNurnikman Abdullah
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byAzizah Mohd Dun
(BN–UMNO)
Majority6,800 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1999–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2023–Love Sabah Party
Personal details
Born
Anifah bin Aman @ Haniff Amman

(1953-11-16) 16 November 1953 (age 71)
Keningau, Crown Colony of North Borneo
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(member until 2018)
Independent
(2018–2020)
Love Sabah Party (PCS)
(member since 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(member until 2018)
Sabah Native Cooperation Party (PKAN)
(allied since 2019)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(member since 2024; allied 2021–2024)
SpouseSiti Rubiah Abdul Samad
RelationsMusa Aman (elder brother)
Annuar Ayub (nephew)
Yamani Hafez Musa (nephew)
Children3 sons
Alma materUniversity College of Buckingham
OccupationPolitician

Anifah bin Haji Aman @ Haniff Amman (Jawi: حنيفة بن أمان @ حنيف أمان; born 16 November 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senator since March 2023, Chairman of the Labuan Corporation since June 2023, Special Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sabah Hajiji Noor on International Relations and Foreign Investments since January 2023 and the 3rd President of the Love Sabah Party (PCS) since July 2020. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Primary Industries and Deputy Minister of Primary Industries in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Lim Keng Yaik and Peter Chin Fah Kui from December 1999 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaufort from November 1999 to March 2004 and for Kimanis from March 2004 to August 2019 and for Beaufort from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of the PCS and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition before leaving it to be an independent in September 2018 and joining PCS in 2020.[1]

  1. ^ Muguntan Vanar (19 September 2018). "Anifah: I quit Umno in the interest of Sabah rights". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

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