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Adenan Satem (Adenan bin Satem) was born on 27 January, 1944 in Kuching, Empire of Japan (now Malaysia), is a Malaysian politician (1944–2017). Discover Adenan Satem's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Adenan bin Satem
Occupation Politician
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 27 January, 1944
Birthday 27 January
Birthplace Kuching, Empire of Japan (now Malaysia)
Date of death 2017
Died Place Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Nationality Japan

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Children 4 (including Azizul)

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1944

Adenan bin Haji Satem (حاج عدنان بن حاج صتيم; 27 January 1944 – 11 January 2017), popularly known as Tok Nan, was a Malaysian politician who served as the fifth chief minister of Sarawak from March 2014 to his death in January 2017.

During his tenure, Adenan held the position as the President of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), which is part of the Barisan Nasional coalition.

He was of Malay descent.

He is referred to as the Father of Sarawak Unity (Bapa Perpaduan Sarawak).

Adenan was born in Kuching, Sarawak during its occupation by Japan in World War II.

He received his early education at St. Joseph's Primary School, and later at St. Joseph's Secondary School.

He once worked as a journalist and teacher before pursuing his studies in law at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

1970

Upon graduating in 1970, he was appointed as Magistrate from 1971 to 1972.

1972

He was appointed assistant secretary for the Ministry of Primary Industries from 1972 to 1974.

1976

Adenan's political career began in 1976 when he was appointed as the legal advisor and a committee member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Later in 1979, he contested in elections and won twice, the first in a by-election for the Muara Tuang constituency in January, and the third Sarawak state election several months later in the same constituency.

1979

Adenan was the member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Muara Tuang from 1979 onwards until he moved to the Tanjong Datu constituency for the 2006 state election, where he won.

1987

Adenan played a role in the 1987 Ming Court Affair, a crisis that involved a power tussle between Abdul Taib Mahmud and the then governor Abdul Rahman Ya'kub.

Abdul Rahman was the previous chief minister and Taib's uncle.

The crisis helped trigger the 1987 state election after four ministers and three deputy ministers aligned to Abdul Rahman resigned from Taib's cabinet.

Adenan sided with Taib, who emerged as the victor in the crisis.

Two years earlier, Adenan was appointed by Taib as PBB publicity chief as the former sought to purge Abdul Rahman's influence in the party.

In 1987 soon after the seven resignations, Adenan was appointed as the state minister for land development in the Taib cabinet.

2004

Apart from that, he also became the Member of Parliament for Batang Sadong after winning the 2004 general election.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi appointed him as the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

2006

He, however, gave up the post in 2006 and returned to Sarawak.

2010

In 2010, he was appointed as the special advisor to Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, and later in 2011 as State Minister with Special Functions.

2014

In March 2014, Adenan Satem succeeded Abdul Taib Mahmud as Chief Minister of Sarawak.

He officially took the oath of office in a ceremony held at Astana on 28 February 2014, Later that year, in conjunction with the Governor of Sarawak's 78th Birthday, he was awarded the "Datuk Patinggi" title.

2016

Prior to the 2016 Sarawak state election, he was praised for inspiring support among Chinese voters.

He won his seat of Tanjung Datu with 93.4% of the popular vote.

His party won 72 of the 82 available seats.

As a chief minister, he clashed with federal government from time to time despite his party being part of the ruling federal coalition.

He spoke openly about strengthening Sarawak's autonomy and called for higher state's share of petroleum royalty, much to the consternation of Putrajaya and the national oil company Petronas.

Among other issues he disagreed with the federal government included official recognition for Unified Examination Certificate (UEC).

During his capacity as chief minister, he also announced that Sarawak has adopted English as the official language of the state's administration, apart from Bahasa Malaysia.

Malay language activists have criticised Adenan for making English as one of the official languages of Sarawak.

Adenan also advocated the policy of 90% of all teachers from Sarawak should be Sarawakians because only people from Sarawak are sensitive to local needs.

He further suggest that educational matters should be handled by the state government so that the rural schools are better looked after.

His stance has received criticism for promoting regionalism in a country.

Sarawak also started to recognise UEC, in contrast to federal government that does not recognise the UEC certificate.

Najib Razak, the then head of the federal government responded positively to demands made by Sarawak.

He also appointed a committee, co-chaired by Nancy Shukri (Sarawak) an Anifah Aman (Sabah) to study the devolution of powers to Sabah and Sarawak under federal constitution.

At the same time, the federal government leaders was preoccupied with various issues such as resignation of deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin for protesting against 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, Sabah State Water Department corruption probe, and economic slowdown due to low prices of raw materials.

Meanwhile, the opposition leaders from the Peninsular Malaysia has held negative opinions regarding Adenan's pronouncements.

Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad stated that such acts would weaken the authority of the federal government.