Thursday, August 29, 2019

Tok Pa: Mustapa Mohamed

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustapa_Mohamed

Dato' Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed (Jawi: مصطفى بن محمد; born 25 September 1950), commonly known as Tok Pa among local Kelantanese,[1] is a Malaysian politician. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for the seat of Jeli in Kelantan, representing the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[2] He became a BERSATU member following his decision to quit United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) on 18 September 2018.[3]

Mustapa was the former Minister for International Trade and Industry in the BN federal government. Previously, he has also held a number of other government portfolios, including Deputy Finance Minister,[4] Minister for Entrepreneur Development,[5] Minister in the Prime Minister's Department,[6] Minister for Higher Education,[7] and Minister for Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.[8] He was appointed to the Trade portfolio when Najib Razak became Prime Minister in April 2009.[9]
On 4 December 2018, Mustapa was elected chair of the Budget Select Committee.[10]


Mustapa is an economist.
[9] He graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and from Boston University with a Masters in Economic Development.[11]



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