Abdul Ghapur Salleh
Abdul Ghapur Salleh | |
|---|---|
| عبدالغڤور صالح | |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kalabakan | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ma'mun Sulaiman (WARISAN) |
| Majority | Walkover (2004) Walkover (2008) 14,221 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1945 Kalabakan, Tawau, Japanese-occupied North Borneo (now present-day Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Died | 4 July 2023 (aged 78) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Political party | Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2022) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Abdul Ghapur bin Salleh (21 March 1945 – 4 July 2023) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kalabakan constituency from March 2004 to May 2018. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Before entering federal politics, Abdul Ghapur was active in Sabah state politics, initially as a member of the Sabah People's United Front (commonly known as BERJAYA). He joined UMNO when it moved into the state in the early 1990s and was a Deputy Chief Minister (representing the Muslim Bumiputeras) in the Barisan Nasional state government between 1996 and 1998, under the Chief Ministerships of Yong Teck Lee and Bernard Giluk Dompok, later only to become a regular state cabinet minister under Chong Kah Kiat's chief ministership from 2001 to 2003.