Fadillah Yusof
Dato' Sri Haji Fadillah bin Yusof (Jawi: فضيلة بن يوسف; born 17 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senior Minister in charge of Infrastructure Development and Minister of Works for the third term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob since August 2021 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He previously held the same portfolio for a second term in Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021. Meanwhile, he also held the same position from  May 2013 to May 2018 in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak but only as Minister of Works since the portfolio of a senior minister had not been created at that time. Fadillah also served as the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from March 2008 to May 2013 in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak. He also served as chairman of the Science, Innovation and Environment Select Committee, one of only two select committees led by an opposition MP from December 2019 to his reappointment as a minister  in March 2020. He is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and Parliamentary Whip of its coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Political career. Yusof first ran for parliament in the 11th Malaysian general election, having previously been an official in the PBB and a lawyer. Yusof won the election for the seat of Petra Jaya. After being re-elected in the 12th Malaysian general election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation by then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. On 16 May 2013, after the 13th Malaysian general election, Yusof was promoted to full  minister as Minister of Works under the new Cabinet line-up of prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak. Following the defeat of the BN in the 14th Malaysian general election, Yusof was made chief whip of the opposition Sarawak Parties Alliance (GPS) in the House of Representatives of Malaysia. Personal life and family. His father, Yusof Merais, was an activist jailed several times by British colonial authorities. Yusof's brother is Bustari Yusof, who has been repeatedly linked with corruption related to former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak and Governor of Sarawak, Abdul Taib Mahmud. Following the fall of  BN, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) filed forfeiture suits against, amongst many others, Yusof, for the amount of 11.9 million for funds related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. In late November 2019, Yusof forfeited RM3.7 million as settlement for the Malaysian government's forfeiture suit. He also faces a separate forfeiture suit involving his company, Obyu Holdings, amounting to RM680 million.