Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Datuk Seri Utama Tengku Adnan bin Tengku Mansor (Jawi: تڠكو عدنان بن تڠكو منصور; born 20 December 1950) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Federal Territories, Minister of Tourism and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from November 2002 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Putrajaya since March 2004. He is a member of and has also served as Treasurer-General of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition which is aligned with another ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, since June 2018. He also served as Secretary-General of UMNO from March 2009 to June 2018.
Contents
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Political career
- 3 Controversies and issues
- 3.1 Lingam Videoclip controversy
- 3.2 Female bloggers controversy
- 3.3 Federal territories expansion proposal
- 3.4 Bribery and corruption
- 3.5 Tax evasion
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Election results
- 6 Honours
- 7 See also
- 8 References
Early life and education
Born in Malacca, Malaysia, Adnan obtained a Diploma in Business Administration from Mara Technology Ins*ute (Malay: Ins*ut Teknologi Mara, ITM), which is now known as Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malay: Universiti Teknologi Mara, UiTM), and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Southern California.
Adnan held important positions in the corporate sector, such as Director and Chairman of Far East *et (FEA) and Chairman of UNZA Holdings Bhd.
Political career
Adnan joined politics in the early 1980s. He became Treasurer of the UMNO Youth wing in 1988. He was elected to the UMNO Supreme Council in 1993 but lost the position in 1996. He was appointed as Federal Territory liaison chairman in June 2000. On 29 November 2001, he was appointed the Chairman of the Federal Territory Barisan Nasional. In 2003, he was appointed the Chief of the Putrajaya UMNO, and later he won the position again uncontested in the party election in June 2004. In September 2004, he was successful in a bid for an UMNO Supreme Council seat.
Adnan won the Parliamentary seat of Putrajaya in the March 2004 general election by defeating Abdul Rahman Othman of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan).
Adnan was appointed as the Tourism Minister, replacing Datuk Dr. Leo Michael Toyad, on 14 February 2006. He was dropped from the cabinet following the March 2008 general election, where the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition received a serious drubbing at the polls.
After his victory for third time in 2013 general election, Adnan has returned to the cabinet and appointed as Minister of the Federal Territories.
In the 2018 general election, Adnan was reelected to the Parliament. However, he lost his cabinet post as BN was relegated to opposition while the federal government was taken over by Pakatan Harapan (PH).
Controversies and issues
Lingam Videoclip controversy
See also: Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video ClipAdnan was called to testify in front of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video Clip investigating the allegation of illegal intervention in the appointment process of Malaysian judges that allegedly occurred in 2002. The formation of the commission was a follow-up to a recommendation by a three-man panel which was tasked to determine the authenticity of a video clip of a telephone conversation that raised the allegation.
Following the findings of the Royal Commission, the Malaysian cabinet ordered the Attorney-General to immediately direct agencies to investigate the allegations levelled against six prominent individuals identified in the Lingam video clip affair. The six are former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, retired chief justices Mohd Eusoff Chin and Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, former minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tengku Adnan Mansor, ty* Vincent Tan and prominent lawyer V. K. Lingam.
There was sufficient cause to invoke the Sedition Act 1948, the Prevention of Corruption Act 1961, the Legal Profession Act 1976, the Official Secrets Act 1972 and the Penal Code against some of the principal individuals involved, however as of recently, no action has been taken by the Barisan Nasional government against the individuals involved.
Female bloggers controversy
Adnan was involved in controversy with regards to a statement he made about female bloggers where he was quoted as calling female bloggers liars. This caused an uproar among the blogger community and attracted a lot of negative reactions. He was quoted as saying in Malaysian Chinese newspaper Sin Chew Daily and Singaporean English daily, the Straits Times:
...All bloggers are liars, they cheat people using all kinds of methods. From my understanding, out of 10,000 unemployed bloggers, 8,000 are women.
Federal territories expansion proposal
In 2017 Tengku Adnan participated in a radio interview in which he discussed his plan to expand the federal territories to include Penang, Langkawi and parts of Malacca. he explained that his goal was to "ensure equal development in the northern state".
Bribery and corruption
He was reported to own a company named Tadmansori holding was established provided many industries sector such as communication, livestock, education and distributor sales for Apple, Dyson and Maxis. Adnan was charged for corruptly receiving RM3mil in bribes from property developers in connection with his official functions as the Federal Territories Minister on 16 November 2018.
Tax evasion
On 24 July 2019, the government had filed a lawsuit through the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), against Adnan to claim RM57.17 million in unpaid taxes since 2012 till 2017.
Personal life
Adnan is married to Datin Seri Enny Beatrice Ferlat Kusumo Anggraini. They have two sons and four daughters; Iqbal, Natasya, Hafiz, Nadira, Najwa and Nabila. Adnan has two sons and two daughters from his previous marriage; Daud, Balqish, Yazir and Nadiah.
Election results
Honours
- :Federal Territory (Malaysia)::
- Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) - Datuk Seri Utama (2011)
- :Kedah::
- Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) - Dato' (1997)
- :Kelantan::
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (SJMK) - Dato' (2003)
- :Malacca::
- Companion Cl* I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) - Datuk (2000)
- Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) - Datuk Seri (2005)
- :Pahang::
- Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) - Dato' (1988)
- Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) - Dato' (1990)
- Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2006)
- :Sabah::
- Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) - Datuk Seri Panglima (2017)
See also
- Putrajaya (federal cons*uency)
References
- Utusan Malaysia, 15 February 2006