Shafie Apdal

Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie bin Apdal is a Malaysian politician who served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020 following defeat of his coalition, Sabah Heritage Party + in the 2020 state election. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Semporna since April 1995 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Senallang since May 2018. He was the Minister of Rural and Regional Development and Vice-President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is the founding President of WARISAN, the opposition party of Sabah that is allied with the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition.