Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' |
Napsiah Omar | |
Birth Name: | Napsiah binti Omar |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1943 |
Birth Place: | Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Japanese occupation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Death Place: | Ampang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
Resting Place: | Kampung Jawa Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Office: | Minister of National Unity and Community Development |
Term Start: | 27 October 1990 |
Term End: | 7 May 1995 |
Predecessor: | Portfolio Established |
Successor: | Zaleha Ismail |
Constituency: | Kuala Pilah |
Deputy: | Alexander Lee Yu Lung |
Primeminister: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Office1: | Minister of Public Enterprises |
Primeminister1: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Monarch1: | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Term Start1: | 20 May 1987 |
Term End1: | 26 October 1990 |
Constituency1: | Kuala Pilah |
Successor1: | Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor |
Deputy1: | Daud Taha |
Constituency Mp2: | Kuala Pilah |
Term Start2: | 29 November 1999 |
Term End2: | 21 March 2004 |
Parliament2: | Malaysian |
Majority2: | 2,818 (1999) |
Predecessor2: | Abu Zahar Ujang (BN–UMNO) |
Successor2: | Hasan Malek (BN–UMNO) |
Term Start3: | 22 April 1982 |
Term End3: | 25 April 1995 |
Parliament3: | Malaysian |
Majority3: | 15,195 (1982) 14,941 (1986) 11,906 (1990) |
Predecessor3: | Mansor Othman (BN–UMNO) |
Successor3: | Abu Zahar Ujang (BN–UMNO |
Constituency Am4: | Pilah |
Assembly4: | Negeri Sembilan State Legislative |
Majority4: | 4,549 (1995) |
Term Start4: | 25 April 1995 |
Term End4: | 29 November 1999 |
Predecessor4: | Abu Zahar Ujang (BN–UMNO) |
Successor4: | Norhayati Omar (BN–UMNO) |
Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Academic |
Alma Mater: | Australian National University Cornell University |
Napsiah binti Omar (21 April 1943 – 16 April 2018) was a Malaysian educator and politician.
The daughter of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) activists, Napsiah was born in Negeri Sembilan. She studied zoology and botany at the Australian National University and received a BSc in nutrition and education from Cornell University. From 1969 to 1982, Napsiah taught at the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, becoming associate professor and head of the Department of Human Studies.[1]
In 1972, she joined the local branch of the UMNO. She was elected to the Dewan Rakyat representing the constituency of Kuala Pilah (1982-1995; 1999–2004) and was named Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government. She became divisional head of Wanita UMNO (the women's wing) and was also named to its national executive council. In 1987, she was named Minister of Public Enterprises. In 1990, she was elected deputy leader for Wanita UMNO. Later that year, she became Minister of National Unity and Social Development. In 1995 general election, she did not run for reelection to the parliamentary seat but instead was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly of Pilah seat and served as the State Minister for Public Works.[2] In 1999 general election, she contested again the Kuala Pilah parliamentary seat and won for another one term.
Napsiah died on 16 April 2018 at the age of 74 due to liver cancer.[3] She was buried at the Kampung Jawa Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Pilah.[4]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | N16 Pilah | (UMNO) | 5,727 | 80.33% | Azizuddin Ishak (S46) | 1,178 | 16.52% | 7,129 | 4,549 | 67.88% |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
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1982 | P092 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan | (UMNO) | 19,206 | 82.72% | (PAS) | 4,011 | 17.28% | 24,395 | 15,195 | 74.62% | |||||
1986 | P106 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan | Napsiah Omar (UMNO) | 19,400 | 81.31% | (PAS) | 4,459 | 18.69% | 25,076 | 14,941 | 70.77% | |||||
1990 | Napsiah Omar (UMNO) | 19,444 | 72.06% | (S46) | 7,538 | 27.94% | 27,267 | 11,906 | 72.75% | ||||||
1999 | P116 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan | Napsiah Omar (UMNO) | 16,494 | 54.67% | Ruslan Kasim (KeADILan) | 13,676 | 45.33% | 31,232 | 2,818 | 71.14% |