Juhar Mahiruddin

Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji
Juhar Mahiruddin
SMN SPDK SUMW DUPN PGDK PJN ASDK JP
Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Juhar Mahiruddin SMN SPDK SUMW DUPN PGDK PJN ASDK JP
جوهر ماهرالدين‎
10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 2011
Chief Ministers	Musa Aman ; (2011–2018) ; Shafie Apdal ; (2018–2020) ; Hajiji Noor ; (since 2020)
Preceded by	Ahmadshah Abdullah
Speaker of the ; Sabah State Legislative Assembly
	In office; 15 December 2002 – 31 December 2010
Preceded by	Hassansaid Alban Sandukong
Succeeded by	Salleh Said Keruak
Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat
	In office; 5 December 1990 – 10 November 1999 Serving with Ong Tee Keat
Monarchs	Azlan Shah ; Ja'afar ; Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Speaker	Mohamed Zahir Ismail
Constituency	Kinabatangan
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Kinabatangan
	In office; 21 October 1990 – 29 November 1999
Preceded by	Pitting Mohd Ali
Succeeded by	Bung Moktar Radin
Personal details
Born	Juhar bin Mahiruddin; 5 November 1953 (age 70); Tambisan Island, Sandakan Division, Crown Colony of North Borneo
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	as politician:; * United Sabah National Organisation (USNO); * United Malays National Organisation (UMNO); as TYT Sabah:; Unknown/Independent
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Norlidah R. M. Jasni (b. 1961)
Relations	Armani Mahiruddin (sister) ; Al Hambra Juhar (son)
Residence(s)	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Alma mater	Wolverhampton Polytechnic (LLB) ; Lincoln's Inn
Profession	Lawyer

Juhar bin Mahiruddin (Jawi: جوهر بن ماهرالدين; born 5 November 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah since January 2011. He had served as Speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly from December 2002 to December 2010, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinabatangan from October 1990 to November 1999. He is also the longest-serving Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah in the history of the state, Chancellor of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and founding member of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO).

Biography

Juhar was born on Tambisan Island, off the coast of the Sandakan Division in Sabah in 1953 to a political family.^[1] His father, Mahiruddin Husin was a member of the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO).^[2]

He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1977 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1980.^[1]^[2] He served as a first-class magistrate from 1981 to 1982 and went into private practice from 1982 to 1985.^[2]^[3]

Political career

Juhar joined USNO, a Barisan Nasional (BN) component party of the time, and campaigned unsuccessfully for office twice, before being elected to Dewan Rakyat for Kinabatangan in October 1990.^[2] He was also appointed the Deputy Speaker upon taking his seat in parliament, and served throughout his term as member of parliament.

USNO had been experiencing a decline since 1976, when it lost the state government to the Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA), which later joined BN.^[4] It was disbanded in 1991, and Juhar was involved in negotiations that culminated in the entry of UMNO into Sabah, and the absorption of USNO members into UMNO.^[3]

He was not selected to contest the 1999 general election, but remained active in politics. In December 2002, he was appointed the Speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.^[2] He carried on to serve till December 2010, when he was to be appointed the 10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah by King Mizan Zainal Abidin.^[3] He was sworn in on 1 January 2011.^[1]^[5]

He was sworn in once again for his second term on the first day in 2015.^[6]

In 2018, he was again reappointed the Yang di-Pertua Negeri for the third term.

On 23 December 2022, he was confirmed to be reappointed the Governor of Sabah for his fourth term from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024 for 2 years.^[7]On 1 January 2023, he was officially sworn in.^[8]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[9]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1990	P141 Kinabatangan		Juhar Mahiruddin (UMNO)	5,473	50.77%		Miyong Hamzah (IND)	5,308	49.23%	10,910	165	40.07%
1995	P162 Kinabatangan		Juhar Mahiruddin (UMNO)	6,431	58.66%		Abdul Malek Chua (PBS)	4,533	41.34%	11,202	1,898	58.46%

Personal life

Juhar is married to Norlidah R. M. Jasni and has four children.^[2]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Malaysia :
- Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (1997)
- Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN) – Tun (2011)^[10]
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
- Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) – Datuk Seri Utama (2021)^[11]^[12]
Penang :
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DUPN) – Dato' Seri Utama (2022)^[13]
Sabah :
- Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK)
- Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1996)
- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2005)^[14]
- Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima