Nancy Shukri Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Hajah
Nancy Shukri
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|ننسي شكري
Birth Name:Nancy binti Shukri
Birth Date:5 August 1961
Birth Place:Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Office:Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Constituency:Santubong
Term Start:3 December 2022
Primeminister:Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy:Aiman Athirah Sabu

Noraini Ahmad
Predecessor:Rina Harun
Office1:Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Monarch1:Abdullah
Primeminister1:Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Predecessor1:Herself
Successor1:Tiong King Sing
Deputy1:Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu
Term Start1:30 August 2021
Term End1:24 November 2022
Constituency1:Batang Sadong
Monarch2:Abdullah
Primeminister2:Muhyiddin Yassin
Predecessor2:Mohammadin Ketapi
Successor2:Herself
Deputy2:Jeffrey Kitingan

Guan Dee Koh Hoi
Term Start2:10 March 2020
Term End2:16 August 2021
Constituency2:Batang Sadong
Office3:Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Monarch3:Abdul Halim

Muhammad V
Primeminister3:Najib Razak
Predecessor3:Mah Siew Keong
Successor3:Yeo Bee Yin
Term Start3:27 June 2016
Term End3:10 May 2018
Constituency3:Batang Sadong
Monarch4:Abdul Halim
Primeminister4:Najib Razak
Predecessor4:Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Successor4:Azalina Othman Said
Deputy4:Razali Ibrahim
Term Start4:16 May 2013
Term End4:27 June 2016
Constituency4:Batang Sadong
Office5:Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Monarch5:Abdul Halim
Primeminister5:Najib Razak
Predecessor5:Douglas Uggah Embas
Successor5:Mah Siew Keong
Term Start5:12 May 2016
Term End5:27 June 2016
Constituency5:Batang Sadong
Constituency Mp6:Santubong
Parliament6:Malaysian
Term Start6:19 November 2022
Majority6:38,681 (2022)
Predecessor6:Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(BNPBB)
Constituency Mp7:Batang Sadong
Parliament7:Malaysian
Term Start7:8 March 2008
Term End7:19 November 2022
Majority7:5,425 (2008)
11,260 (2013)
12,328 (2018)
Predecessor7:Adenan Satem
(BN–PBB)
Successor7:Rodiyah Sapiee
(GPS–PBB)
Party:Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Kamil Misuari
Children:3
Alma Mater:University of Hull
Footnotes:

Nancy binti Shukri (Jawi: ننسي بنت شكري; born 5 August 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Santubong since November 2022. She served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and the MP for Batang Sadong from March 2008 to November 2022.[1] She served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018. She is a member the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.

Political career

Nancy was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election for the rural conservative seat of Batang Sadong, in southern Sarawak state.[2]

After successfully defending her seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election, Nancy was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the new Cabinet of Malaysia announced by then Prime Minister, Najib Razak.[3]

Personal life

Nancy was born on 5 August 1961 in Kuching, Sarawak to Bibi McPherson and Shukri Mahidi.[4] [5] She has Malay and Melanau ancestry on her father's side while her mother has Scottish, Iban and Chinese ancestry. She is married with three children and currently living in Kuching, Sarawak.[6] Nancy is the tenth of eleven siblings.[4]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallot castsMajorityTurnout
2008P200 Batang Sadong, Sarawak (PBB)8,18374.79%Piee Ling (PKR)2,75825.21%11,1205,42566.21%
2013 (PBB)13,27786.81%Mohamad Jolhi (PKR)2,01713.19%15,54111,26078.34%
2018 (PBB)14,20883.25%Othman Mustapha @ Mos (AMANAH)1,88011.02%17,34912,32874.74%
Asan Singkro (PAS)9785.73%
2022P193 Santubong, Sarawak (PBB)43,73984.42%Mohamad Zen Peli (AMANAH)5,0589.76%52,76238,68166.33%
Affendi Jeman (Independent)3,0125.81%

Honours

See also

References

  1. Web site: YB DATO' SRI HAJAH NANCY SHUKRI . . 16 December 2020.
  2. News: 'Benazir Bhutto', 'Sofia Jane' Tags Spice Up BN Campaign in Batang Sadong. 27 February 2008. Bernama. 12 April 2010.
  3. News: Nancy Shukri Is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. 15 May 2013. Bernama. 16 May 2013.
  4. News: HON. NANCY SHUKRI. GIS 2017. 11 January 2017.
  5. News: Malay? Chinese? Just Nancy!. The Nut Graph. 6 May 2010.
  6. News: Putting women first. 9 April 2008. The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). 12 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110622012426/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F4%2F9%2Flifefocus%2F20080408164935&sec=lifefocus. 22 June 2011. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Nancy Shukri terima gelaran 'Datuk Seri'. 8 September 2018. Bernama. 24 October 2016. Free Malaysia Today. ms.
  8. News: Jamilah ketuai penerima darjah kebesaran negeri . 2016-09-11 . Utusan Borneo (Sarawak) . 2018-11-22.
  9. News: Ahmad Urai, Abdul Karim dan Pandelela antara penerima darjah kebesaran TYT Sarawak. 2021-10-09. 2021-10-09.