Fadillah Yusof


Fadillah bin Yusof is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, a component party of Gabungan Parti Sarawak. He has served as the four-term Member of Parliament for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He has also served as the Senior Minister for Infrastructure Development and Minister of Works in the Perikatan Nasional administration since March 2020 for the second time and served in Barisan Nasional administration from 2013 to 2018 for the first time. His father, Yusof Merais, was an activist jailed several times by British colonial authorities.
Yusof was appointed chair of the Science, Innovation and Environment Select Committee on 4 December 2019, one of only two select committees headed by an opposition MP.

Political career

Yusof first ran for parliament in the 11th Malaysian general election, having previously been an official in the PBB and a lawyer. Yusof won the election for the seat of Petra Jaya.
After being re-elected in the 12th Malaysian general election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation by then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
On 16 May 2013, after the 13th Malaysian general election, Yusof was promoted to full minister as Minister of Works under the new Cabinet line-up of prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak.
Following the defeat of the BN in the 14th Malaysian general election, Yusof was made chief whip of the opposition Sarawak Parties Alliance in the House of Representatives of Malaysia.

Election results

Honours

Yusof's brother is Bustari Yusof, who has been repeatedly linked with corruption related to former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak and Governor of Sarawak, Abdul Taib Mahmud. Following the fall of BN, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission filed forfeiture suits against, amongst many others, Yusof, for the amount of 11.9 million for funds related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. In late November 2019, Yusof forfeited RM3.7 million as settlement for the Malaysian government's forfeiture suit. He also faces a separate forfeiture suit involving his company, Obyu Holdings, amounting to RM680 million.