Sulaiman bin Daud (Jawi: سليمان بن داود; ) (4 March 1933 – 23 March 2010) was a Malaysian politician who held seven cabinet posts in the Malaysian government between 1981 and 1999, including as Federal Minister of Education. He represented the constituency of Santubong (1974 - 1990) and Petra Jaya (1990 - 2004) in the Parliament of Malaysia and was a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was Chancellor of the International Medical University from 2005 to 2010.
Sulaiman was born in Kuching, Sarawak and was a dentist including in the government hospital in Kuala Belait, Brunei before entering politics. He graduated from the University of Otago in New Zealand. He died aged 77 of liver cancer at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on 23 March 2010. He had four children.
In 2018, a bridge on Matang-Stapok in Sarawak named as 'Sulaiman Daud Bridge' in honour of him.Jambatan Matang-Stapok Dinamakan Jambatan Tan Sri Sulaiman Daud Utusan Borneo. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019 A few roads in the township Taman Tun Dr Ismail, at Kuala Lumpur known as Jalan Datuk Sulaiman was named after him next to another Sarawakian politician, Persiaran Abang Haji Openg, named after Abang Haji Openg.
Election results + Parliament of Malaysia Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1974P133 Santubong (PBB)9,92966.69%Jerry Martin (SNAP)4,96033.31%15,4944,96976.90%1978Sulaiman Daud (PBB)12,68364.42%Ali Kawi (PAJAR)7,00535.58%5,6781982Sulaiman Daud (PBB)Unopposed1986P156 SantubongSulaiman Daud (PBB)Unopposed1990P156 Petra JayaSulaiman Daud (PBB)12,68680.46%Mustapha Ismail (PERMAS)3,08019.54%16,0539,60662.41%1995P168 Petra JayaSulaiman Daud (PBB)Unopposed1999Sulaiman Daud (PBB)11,87856.87%Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi (keADILan)9,00843.13%21,6722,87061.60%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2000)
Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (JBS) Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) – formerly Dato', now Dato Sri (1981) Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) – Datuk Amar (1991)
Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (1985)
Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (DSSA) – Dato' (1992)
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