Mustapha Sakmud

Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus bin Sakmud, also known as Mustapha Sakmud (born 9 July 1969), is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2025 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir from December 2023 to his promotion in December 2025 and Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Sivakumar Varatharaju from December 2022 to December 2023. He is a member and Branch Chief of Kota Belud of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Sabah since May 2024.

Election results + Sabah State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2013 N08 Usukan Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)4,067 27.24% (UMNO)10,879 70.85%15,6036,812 83.40%Bakhruddin Ismail (STAR)2851.91% 2018 N06 Tempasuk Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)5,478 35.95% (UMNO)7,742 50.82%15,726 2,264 82.20%Suwah Buleh (STAR)1,4949.81% Mustaqim Aling (PAS)5213.42% 2020 N09 Tempasuk Mustapha Sakmud (PKR)1,852 20.30% (UMNO) 4,040 44.28%9,1241,68576.06%Musbah Jamli (IND)2,35525.81%Amza @ Hamzah Sundang (USNO Baru)4715.16%Abdul Alif Saibeh (PCS)1331.46%Kanul Gindol (PGRS) 570.62%

+ Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2022 P171 Sepanggar (PKR) 27,022 38.44% Yakubah Khan (UMNO) 19,980 28.42% 70,304 7,042 64.87% Mohd Azis Jamman (WARISAN) 18,59426.45% Jumardie Lukman (KDM) 3,9775.66% Yusof Kunchang (PEJUANG) 7311.04%

Honours

Justice of the Peace (JP) (2018)