Ismail Sabri Yaakob

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Who is Ismail Sabri Yaakob?

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Malaysian politician, is the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry. He is a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bera constituency in Pahang, representing the United Malays National Organisation party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition. Previously, he held a post as Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism.

Ismail Sabri was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election becoming the first member of the new seat of Bera. He was re-elected in 2008, and was appointed as Minister for Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Abdullah Badawi. In April 2009, he became the Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism under new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

Before entering Parliament, Ismail Sabri served as Chairman of the National Sports Complex.

His son Gadafi had participated in Akademi Fantasia as a contestant.

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  • University of Malaya

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on July 23, 2013

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