Honours
Sabah :- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2018) [4]
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Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2023) [5]
Mustapha Sakmud | |
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| مصطفى سقمود | |
| Deputy Minister of Higher Education | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Zambry Abdul Kadir |
| Preceded by | Yusof Apdal |
| Constituency | Sepanggar |
| Deputy Minister of Human Resources | |
| In office 10 December 2022 –12 December 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | V. Sivakumar |
| Preceded by | Awang Hashim |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Mohamad |
| Constituency | Sepanggar |
| State Chairman of the People's Justice Party of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2024 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Peto Galim |
| Preceded by | Sangkar Rasam |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sepanggar | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Azis Jamman (WARISAN) |
| Majority | 7,042 (2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus bin Sakmud 9 July 1968 Kota Belud,Sabah,Malaysia |
| Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya University of Aberdeen |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Sakmud [1] (born 9 July 1968) is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir since December 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister V. Sivakumar from December 2022 to December 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Kota Belud of the People's Justice Party (PKR),a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Sabah since May 2024. [2] [3]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2013 | N08 Usukan | Mustapha Sakmud (PKR) | 4,067 | 27.24% | Salleh Said Keruak (UMNO) | 10,879 | 70.85% | 15,603 | 6,812 | 83.40% | ||
| Bakhruddin Ismail (STAR) | 285 | 1.91% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | N06 Tempasuk | Mustapha Sakmud (PKR) | 5,478 | 35.95% | Musbah Jamli (UMNO) | 7,742 | 50.82% | 15,726 | 2,264 | 82.20% | ||
| Suwah Buleh (STAR) | 1,494 | 9.81% | ||||||||||
| Mustaqim Aling (PAS) | 521 | 3.42% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N09 Tempasuk | Mustapha Sakmud (PKR) | 1,852 | 20.30% | Mohd Arsad Bistari (UMNO) | 4,040 | 44.28% | 9,124 | 1,685 | 76.06% | ||
| Musbah Jamli (IND) | 2,355 | 25.81% | ||||||||||
| Amza @ Hamzah Sundang (USNO Baru) | 471 | 5.16% | ||||||||||
| Abdul Alif Saibeh (PCS) | 133 | 1.46% | ||||||||||
| Kanul Gindol (PGRS) | 57 | 0.62% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P171 Sepanggar,Sabah | Mustapha Sakmud (PKR) | 27,022 | 38.44% | Yakubah Khan (UMNO) | 19,980 | 28.42% | 70,304 | 7,042 | 64.87% | ||
| Mohd Azis Jamman (WARISAN) | 18,594 | 26.45% | ||||||||||
| Jumardie Lukman (KDM) | 3,977 | 5.66% | ||||||||||
| Yusof Kunchang (PEJUANG) | 731 | 1.04% | ||||||||||
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2023) [5] 
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