Fatimah Abdullah
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Fatimah Abdullah
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 Fatimah in 2017 during a conference with UNIMAS
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| Ministerial roles (Sarawak) | |
| 2011– | Minister of Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development |
| Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2001–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018– | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
| 2018 | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ting Sai Ming
1 February 1957 Dalat, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
| Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018, allied : since 2020) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (allied : since 2020) |
| Spouse | Adi Badozaman Tuah |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Official Facebook |
Fatimah Abdullah (born Ting Sai Ming; 1 February 1957) is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. She has served as the State Minister of Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development of Sarawak under Chief Ministers Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg, Adenan Satem and Abdul Taib Mahmud since September 2011 as well as and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Dalat since September 2001.
Background
Fatimah hails from Kampung Teh in Dalat, Sarawak. Her father is a Foochow Chinese and her mother is a Melanau. She was brought up a Muslim by her maternal grandmother. She is married to Datu Dr. Adi Badiozaman Tuah, a social activist and the Director of the Sarawak Islamic Council of Educational Services Bureau. Together they have two children.
Fatimah is an educationist. She was a former principal of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Puteri Wilayah in Kuala Lumpur.
Political career
Fatimah's candidacy for the post of Women's Chief in the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling GPS coalition, was unopposed after Empiang Jabu Anak Antak stepped down in 2018. Fatimah, from the Bumiputera wing, takes over from Empiang, who is from the Pesaka wing.
Election results
| Year | Candidate (Party) | Votes | Pct | Candidate (Party) | Votes | Pct | ||
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| 2001 | Fatimah Abdullah (BN-PBB) | 7,497 | 86.7% | Peter Nari Dina (IND) | 973 | 13.3% | ||
| 2006 | Fatimah Abdullah (BN-PBB) | Unopposed | ||||||
| 2011 | Fatimah Abdullah (BN-PBB) | 6,288 | 77.9% | Sylvester Ajah Subah @ Ajah Bin Subah (PKR) | 1,298 | 16.1% | ||
| Salleh Mahali (IND) | 257 | 3.2% | ||||||
| 2016 | Fatimah Abdullah (BN-PBB) | 7,107 | 87.6% | Sim Eng Hua (PKR) | 777 | 9.62% | ||
| 2021 | Fatimah Abdullah (GPS-PBB) | 7,085 | 93.9% | Salleh Mahali (PBK) | 460 | 6.1% | ||
Honours
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Sarawak :
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Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) - Datuk (2011)
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) - Dato Sri (2017)
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