Juhar Mahiruddin
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 Haji Juhar bin Haji Mahiruddin (born November 5, 1953 in Tambisan Island) is a Malaysian politician and the current Yang di-Pertua Negeri
Yang di-Pertua Negeri
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is the official title of the ceremonial heads of state of the Malaysian states without hereditary rulers, namely Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak...

 (Governor) of the state of Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

. He was formerly a member of the Dewan Rakyat
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The Dewan Rakyat is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia. All bills must usually be passed by both the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara , before they are given Royal Assent by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong...

 and served as deputy speaker from 1990 to 1999. Juhar is a founding member of the United Malays National Organisation
United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation, is Malaysia's largest political party; a founding member of the National Front coalition, which has played a dominant role in Malaysian politics since independence....

's (UMNO) branch in Sabah.

Biography

Juhar Mahiruddin was born on Tambisan Island, off the coast of the Sandakan Division
Sandakan Division
Sandakan Division is an administrative division of Sabah, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It stretches diagonally from the northeastern coast of Sabah to the state's central region. With an area of 28,205 square kilometres, it occupies 38.3% of Sabah's territory, and is thus the largest of...

 in Sabah
Sabah
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 in 1953 to a political family. His father, Mahiruddin Husin was a member of the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO). His younger sister, Armani Mahiruddin, is the current deputy president of the Dewan Negara
Dewan Negara
The Dewan Negara is the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia. The Dewan Negara consists of 70 members, of which 26 are indirectly elected by the states, with two senators for every state in the Federation, and the other 44 being appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong .The Dewan Negara...

.

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

Political career

Juhar joined USNO, a Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional
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 (BN) component at the time, and campaigned unsuccessfully for office twice before being elected to the Dewan Rakyat
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 for Kinabatangan
Kinabatangan
Kinabatangan is a district located in Sandakan Division, in the east of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 86,783 in 2000. Kinabatangan is mostly populated with Sungei Race, one of the Indigenous Group in Sabah...

 in 1990
Malaysian general election, 1990
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. He was also appointed deputy speaker
Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
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 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. 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.

He was not selected to contest the 1999 general election
Malaysian general election, 1999
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, but remained active in politics. In 2002, he was appointed as speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. He continued to serve until December 2010, when he was appointed the 10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri
Yang di-Pertua Negeri
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is the official title of the ceremonial heads of state of the Malaysian states without hereditary rulers, namely Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak...

 of Sabah by Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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 Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. He was sworn in on January 1, 2011.

Titles and awards

Juhar Mahiruddin was conferred the Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara
Order of the Defender of the Realm
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 (S.M.N.), which carries the title "Tun" by Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on April 19, 2011.
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