Aliakbar Gulasan

Yang Berhormat Dr.
Aliakbar Gulasan
ASDK (Sabah); Ph.D
Yang Berhormat Dr. Aliakbar Gulasan ASDK (Sabah); Ph.D
Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Nominated Member
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 October 2020 Serving with ; Yong Teck Lee ; Raime Unggi ; Suhaimi Nasir ; Jaffari Waliam ; Amisah Yassin
Chairman ; Malaysian Cocoa Board
	In office; 1 July 2020 – 30 September 2021
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin; Ismail Sabri Yaakob;
Minister	Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali; Zuraida Kamaruddin;
Preceded by	Anyi Ngau
Succeeded by	Rahimah Majid
Personal details
Born	February 8, 1971 (age 53); Keningau
Political party	PN - PAS
Spouse	Rohayati Bilmahruf
Parents	Gulasan bin Mushall Khan (father); Ruhujah binti Musturullah (mother);
Residence	Sabah
Occupation	Lecturer; Politician

Dr. Aliakbar Gulasan (Jawi: ‏علي أكبر بن ۢولاسن‎‎) is a Malaysian politician of Bajau/Pakistani descent from Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. He is an official member and the Sabah State Chairman of Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). At the party level, he is a member of the Central PAS Working Committee. He is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). He was appointed as the Chairman of the Malaysian Cocoa Board.^[1]

The background

Aliakbar was born in Kampung Kota Ayangan Keningau and later settled in Tenom, Sabah. He is the fourth of eight children. His father, Gulasan bin Mushall Khan, initially worked as a passenger car driver using a Land Rover car (Tenom-Keningau). His father also has rubber and cocoa land. After that, his father also became a driver at the Public Works Department (JKR) in Tenom. His mother, Ruhujah binti Musturullah works as a full-time housewife.^[2]

Education

He received his early education at St Anthony Tenom National School starting in 1978 before continuing his secondary education at St Anthony Tenom Secondary School from Form 1 to 5 (1983–1987). Then he continued his education in Form Six at SMK Gunsanad Keningau (1988–1999).

He continued his studies at the University of Malaya in the field of Geography. After that, he continued his studies at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) until he graduated with a master's degree in Environmental Management in 1995 and then continued his studies at the PhD level in the field of Urban Geography in 2009.^[2]

Career

After successfully completing his studies at UKM in 1995, he was accepted to serve as a lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) since November 1996. He was appointed as Chairman of the Malaysian Cocoa Board on 1 July 2020.^[2]

Politics

After the Malaysian Islamic Party leadership election, he was elected as a member of the Central PAS Working Committee.^[3]

Awards and Honours

Sabah:

Pingat Ahli Setia Darjah Kinabalu (ASDK) - 2021

References

^ Universiti Malaysia Sabah (31 Julai 2020). "Tahniah daripada UMS". Facebook. Retrieved 8 Oktober 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Utusan Borneo (15 Ogos 2020). "Dr Aliakbar Gulasan, membesar bersama koko". PressReader. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Nur Fazlizai Ali (November 7, 2021). "Muktamar Pas :Tiga penyandang Naib Presiden Pas kekal". Astro Awani. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] Universiti Malaysia Sabah (31 Julai 2020). "Tahniah daripada UMS". Facebook. Retrieved 8 Oktober 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-2] Utusan Borneo (15 Ogos 2020). "Dr Aliakbar Gulasan, membesar bersama koko". PressReader. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Nur Fazlizai Ali (November 7, 2021). "Muktamar Pas :Tiga penyandang Naib Presiden Pas kekal". Astro Awani. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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