Pandikar Amin Mulia

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin bin Mulia (Jawi: ڤندكار أمين بن مليا; born 17 September 1955) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia from April 2008 to May 2018.

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin Mulia PSM SUMW DUPN SPDK
ڤندكار أمين بن مليا
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office 15 December 1999 – 20 November 2002
Monarch	Salahuddin Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (1999–2001) Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (2001–2002)
Preceded by	Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali
Succeeded by	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Constituency	Senator
Sabah State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 28 May 1996 – 14 March 1999
Governor	Sakaran Dandai
Chief Minister	Yong Teck Lee Bernard Giluk Dompok
Deputy	Aklee Abbas
Preceded by	Lajim Ukin
Succeeded by	Lajim Ukin as Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry
Constituency	Tempasuk
Sabah State Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
In office 17 March 1994 – 27 May 1996
Governor	Mohammad Said Keruak Sakaran Dandai
Chief Minister	Sakaran Dandai Salleh Said Keruak
Deputy	Surady Kayong
Preceded by	Askalani Abd. Rahim
Succeeded by	Wilfred Bumburing
Constituency	Tempasuk
8th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
In office 28 April 2008 – 10 May 2018
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak
Deputy	Ronald Kiandee Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (2008–2013) Ismail Mohamed Said (2013–2018)
Preceded by	Ramli Ngah Talib
Succeeded by	Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof
Constituency	non-MP (Barisan Nasional)
President of People's Justice Front (AKAR)
In office 1989–1995
Preceded by	Inaugural holder
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tempasuk
In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Musbah Jamli
Succeeded by	Musbah Jamli
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Usukan
In office 1982–1985
Preceded by	Mohamed Said Keruak
Succeeded by	Mustapha Harun
Personal details
Born	Pandikar Amin bin Mulia 17 September 1955 Kota Belud, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	USNO Baru (since 2020) Independent (2019-2020) UMNO (2001-2018) AKAR (1989-2001) USNO (1986-1989)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (1986-2018)
Spouse(s)	Hadijah Abdullah Teng
Alma mater	University of Wolverhampton Lincoln's Inn
Occupation	Politician

Early background

Pandikar Amin was born in a poor family in a remote village in Kota Belud, Sabah. Prior to going to England for tertiary education, he received education at Sabah College in Kota Kinabalu. He was a graduate of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and Lincoln's Inn.

Political career

Pre-speakership

Pandikar Amin entered politics in 1982 as a member of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and later picked as the Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary candidate for Kota Belud in 1982 general elections but lost to the Independent candidate. At the age of 27, however he became Sabah state assemblyman for Usukan from 1982 to 1985. He was appointed the Speaker of Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1988.[1]

In 1999, he was appointed as a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department until 2002. He was president of People's Justice Front (AKAR), one of the BN component parties in Sabah, at that time. He was elected again Sabah assemblyman from 2004 to 2008; for Tempasuk.

Speakership in the Dewan Rakyat

After the 2008 general elections, the BN coalition government announced that Pandikar, a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), would be the new Speaker, replacing Ramli Ngah Talib.[2]

The 12th Parliament was the first to be presided over entirely by East Malaysians; Pandikar and his deputies, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar and Ronald Kiandee, hail from either Sabah or Sarawak.[3] In mid-May, after Parliament convened, Pandikar resigned as Kota Marudu UMNO division chief, citing the need to be a neutral presiding officer. He denied his resignation was linked to possible party-switching amongst UMNO MPs from East Malaysia.[4]

Ahead of the 2018 general elections, Pandikar announced his intention to contest, thus returning to active politics after serving as a non-MP Speaker for two terms.[5] Somehow he was not picked as candidate to contest the elections that saw the downfall of BN in both the federal and state governments. Despite his appointment to the UMNO's supreme council in 14 July 2018; he quit UMNO on 12 December 2018 along with other Sabah UMNO assemblyman to be independents.[6]

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1993)
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) - Tan Sri (2002)[7]

•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) - Datuk Seri Utama (2009)[8]
•  Penang :
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DUPN) - Datuk Seri Utama (2013)[9]
•  Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) - Datuk (1994)
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) - Datuk Seri Panglima (2010)[10]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[11][12][13]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1990	N07 Tempasuk, P136 Kota Belud		Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR)	1,139	14.54%		Robert Ripin Minggir (PBS)	2,915	37.20%	7,935	343	82.19%
							Musbah Jamli (USNO)	2,572	32.83%
							Mohammad Noor Mansoor (BERJAYA)	1,089	13.90%
							Jumit Panau (PRS)	105	1.34%
							Mukamad Abdullah (IND)	15	0.19%
1994	N07 Tempasuk, P148 Kota Belud		Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR)	4,142	49.59%		Dausin Pangalin (PBS)	3,195	38.25%	8,474	947	78.04%
							Suwah Buleh (IND)	1,016	12.16%
2004	N06 Tempasuk, P169 Kota Belud		Pandikar Amin Mulia (UMNO)	6,044	58.76%		Digong Abd Rashid (IND)	2,604	25.31%	10,592	3,440	76.25%
							Josli Padis (BERSEKUTU)	916	8.91%
							Bandira Alang (PAS)	426	4.14%
							Razak Rakunman (IND)	296	2.88%
2020	N08 Pintasan, P169 Kota Belud		Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO Baru)	2,660	32.29%		Fairuz Renddan (BERSATU)	2,744	33.31%	8,238	84	75.81%
							Mohd Safian Saludin (WARISAN)	1,816	22.04%
							Almudin Kaida (IND)	780	9.47%
							Padlan Samad (PCS)	188	2.28%
							Roslan Mayahman (PPRS)	50	0.61%

References

1. "Baptism of fire for Speaker Pandikar Amin at first sitting". The Star. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
2. "MPs urged to follow the rules". The Malaysian Insider. 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
3. Vasudevan, V. (28 April 2008). "A day of firsts in parliament". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
4. "Pandikar Amin quits as Kota Marudu Umno chief". The Star Online. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
5. Dol, Clarence (5 April 2017). "Pandikar returning to politics". Daily Express. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
6. NEIL BRIAN JOSEPH (13 December 2018). "Umno Sabah ship sinking". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
7. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
8. "Pandikar Amin heads FT Day awards, 282 conferred". Bernama. The Star. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
9. "Pandikar Amin heads honour roll". Winnie Yeoh and Derrick Vinesh. The Star. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
10. "DPM heads Sabah TYT honours list". The Star. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
11. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
12. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
13. "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.