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Which political party did Shafie Apdal belong to from 2016 to 2017?
Shafie Apdal Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie bin Apdal ( Jawi : محمد شافعي بن أفضل ; born 20 October 1956 ) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020 following defeat of his coalition , Sabah Heritage Party + ( WARISAN + ) in the 2020 state election . He has served as the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Semporna since April 1995 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) for Senallang since May 2018 . He was the Minister of Rural and Regional Development and Vice-President of the United Malays National Organisation ( UMNO ) , the leading party in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional ( BN ) coalition . He is the founding President of WARISAN , the opposition party of Sabah that is allied with the Pakatan Harapan ( PH ) opposition coalition . Personal life . Shafie Apdal was born in 1956 in Semporna , Sabah , Malaysia . He is the nephew of Sakaran Dandai , who was the eighth Chief Minister of Sabah and its former governor as well . He is married to Shuryani Shuaib and has six children . Education . Shafie completed his secondary education in Victoria Institution , Kuala Lumpur ( but attended Sabah College , Kota Kinabalu for his middle school ) . He has a Diploma in Shipping Management from the London Business College ( not to be confused with the London Business School ) . In 1992 , he received his Bachelor in Economics ( Hons ) from North Staffordshire Polytechnic , England . Political career . Shafie started his political career with the United Sabah National Organisation ( USNO ) . The party dissolved in 1994 , and Shafie joined UMNO , which was then only starting to gain a presence in the state . In 1995 he was elected to federal Parliament as an UMNO member , for the seat of Semporna . He was appointed a parliamentary secretary before becoming Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1999 . From 1999 to 2004 , he was Deputy Minister for Defence . After the 2004 election , he was appointed Minister of Domestic , Trade and Consumer Affairs in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawis Cabinet and was later given the Ministry of Unity , Culture , Arts and Heritage . On 10 April 2009 , he became the Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the first Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak . This coincided with his election to one of the partys three vice-presidential posts , polling in third place behind Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Hishammuddin Hussein . He was re-elected as an UMNO vice-president in 2013 , this time polling in second place , behind Ahmad Zahid and ahead of Hishammuddin . He is the first Sabahan to hold a vice-presidency of UMNO . On 28 July 2015 , Shafie was removed in the Cabinet reshuffle by Najib thus losing his rural and regional development portfolio . Following this , he formed a new Sabah-based opposition party known as WARISAN that was approved by Registrar of Societies ( RoS ) on 17 October 2016 . Appointment as a Chief Minister . In the 2018 general election , Shafies party of WARISAN together with the coalition of Pakatan Harapan ( PH ) are tied up with 29-29 seats with BN in the 2018 Sabah state election . Jeffrey Kitingan with his party of Homeland Solidarity Party ( STAR ) under the United Sabah Alliance ( USA ) which are not aligned from either the two sides , has won two seats in the election and subsequently emerged as the decision maker for the formation of a state government from the two sides . Jeffrey then decide to team up with the BN to form coalition state government with him appointed as a Deputy Chief Minister while Musa Aman from BN to become the Chief Minister for another 5 years under the new coalition government . However , situation change when six seats assemblymen from the BN allied parties of United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation ( UPKO ) and United Sabah Peoples Party ( PBRS ) switched their allegiance to WARISAN , giving Shafie an advantage with 35 seats which is sufficient to establish a valid state government . Earlier , Musa Aman had already sworn in as Chief Minister following the help of two seats from STAR . This situation left Sabah with two ruling Chief Ministers , the second in its history since the dispute between PBS and USNO in 1980s . The results of this events sparks a constitutional crisis in Sabah , and the need to review and change the current constitution so as to curb the allegiance switching of assemblymen , after the swearing-in ceremony of the chief minister . Another four seats assemblymen from BN allied parties of UMNO and UPKO switching their allegiance to WARISAN on 13 May 2018 . The Yang di-Pertua Negeri Juhar Mahiruddin also had requested for Musa to step down , despite Musa still stressing that he still the rightful Chief Minister . Musa was then issued a letter from the TYT that he is no longer the Chief Minister effective from 12 May 2018 that was delivered into his residence on 14 May 2018 . On 7 November , the high court in Kota Kinabalu decided that Shafie remained the legitimate Chief Minister of Sabah and dismissed a suit made by Musa who claimed his dismissal as chief minister was illegal and against the state constitution . On 30 July 2020 , upon the political manoeuvring in Sabah , he announced that the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Juhar Mahiruddin had agreed to dissolve the Sabah State Legislative Assembly to hold a state election in his audience with Juhar . Honours . - Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca ( DMSM ) - Datuk ( 2002 ) - Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang ( DIMP ) - Dato ( 2010 ) - Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis ( SPMP ) - Dato Seri ( 2008 ) - Commander of the Order of Kinabalu ( PGDK ) - Datuk ( 1994 ) - Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu ( SPDK ) - Datuk Seri Panglima ( 2011 ) - Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak ( PNBS ) - Dato Sri ( 2014 )