Shafie bin Mohd Salleh (; 29 September 1946 – 11 September 2019) was a Malaysian politician who served as Higher Education Minister of Malaysia. Shafie Salleh was also the Chief Scout of Malaysia.
Civil servant Shafie served as the Head of Research Centre, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) for five years. After that he was appointed the Division Secretary of the Ministry of Human Resources of Malaysia. Later on he was appointed the Undersecretary Research on Policy Analysis in the Malaysian Centre for Development Studies under the Prime Minister department.
Political career Shafie was also the Member of Parliament for the district of Kuala Langat, Selangor. He was in the UMNO International Relations committee. Later he was appointed the Minister of Higher Education, Deputy Minister of Finance, and also the Parliament Secretary for the Minister of Finance.
During the 55th UMNO General Assembly, Shafie said that he will uphold the aspiration of the Malays. As the Malay special was attacked by the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia Dong Zong. They are pushing the Malay segment on a defence position. Shafie Salleh in a defensive stance, said at the assembly that non-Bumiputras could not enter Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) because it has been allocated to the Malays and it was agreed by all.Asia Times
Election results + Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1995P101 Kuala Langat (UMNO)28,40175.55%Tarikh Mohd Jonid (S46)9,19024.45%39,58419,2111999Shafie Mohd Salleh (UMNO)24,87859.61%Saari Sungib (keADILan)16,85840.39%43,2968,02075.38%2004P112 Kuala LangatShafie Mohd Salleh (UMNO)34,11872.99%Zulkifli Noordin (PKR)12,62327.01%48,69421,49577.11%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2014) Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1993)
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (SJMK) – Dato' (2006)
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2005)
Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (DSSA) – Dato' (1997) Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (SSA) (1993) Member of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (AMS) (1991)
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