Halimah Mohamed Sadique

Datuk Halimah binti Mohamed Sadique (Jawi: حليمة بنت محمد صادق; born 2 February 1962) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of National Unity for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Tinggi from May 2018 to November 2022.

She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN administration.

She served as the Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing, and Local Government in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Abdul Rahman Dahlan as well as Noh Omar from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, MP for Tenggara from March 2008 to May 2018, Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Raja from March 2004 to March 2008 and MLA for Gunung Lambak from April 1995 to March 2004.

Halimah was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 general elections,[1] having previously served in the State Assembly of Johor[2] and on the Johor State Executive Council.

[4] Halimah contested and won the Kota Tinggi parliamentary in the 2018 general elections instead, but BN had lost power in recapturing the federal government to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, only to regain power in 2020.