Sulaiman Daud | |
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سليمان داود | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Petra Jaya, Sarawak | |
In office 1990–2004 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Fadillah Yusof |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Santubong, Sarawak | |
In office 1974–1990 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Rohani Abdul Karim |
Personal details | |
Born | Sulaiman bin Daud 4 March 1933 Kuching, Kingdom of Sarawak |
Died | 23 March 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged 77)
Political party | PBB—Barisan Nasional |
Spouse | Naemah Hasbi (Deceased) |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Politician |
Sulaiman bin Daud (Jawi: سليمان بن داود; ) (4 March 1933 – 23 March 2010) was a Malaysian politician who held seven cabinet posts in the Malaysian government between 1981 and 1999, including as Federal Minister of Education.[1] He represented the constituency of Santubong (1974 - 1990) and Petra Jaya (1990 - 2004) in the Parliament of Malaysia[2] and was a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[3] He was Chancellor of the International Medical University from 2005 to 2010.
Sulaiman was born in Kuching, Sarawak and was a dentist including in the government hospital in Kuala Belait, Brunei before entering politics. He graduated from the University of Otago in New Zealand.[1] He died aged 77 of liver cancer at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on 23 March 2010.[4] He had four children.[5]
In 2018, a bridge on Matang-Stapok in Sarawak named as 'Sulaiman Daud Bridge' in honour of him.[6]