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Datuk Amar (Dr.) Leo Moggie anak Irok (born 1 October 1941) is a

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former politician and former President of

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(PBDS); a splinter party of the

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(SNAP) following the 1983 leadership crisis.Hazis, FS (2012). In
Domination and Contestation: Muslim Bumiputera Politics in Sarawak
'.

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. p. 120-124, 127, 128. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 1 February 2015. He is a former chairman of

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Berhad (TNB) from 2004 to 2020.

Early life

He was born in 1941 in

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, Sarawak. Obtained early education at Tanjung Lobang Primary School,

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and St Joseph School, Kuching before continuing his studies at Batu Lintang Teachers Training College,

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. He then obtained a master's degree in history from

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in 1965 and a Master in Business Administration from the

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Career

He started his career in private sector as the deputy general manager of Borneo Development Corporation from 1973 to 1974. He held various civil servant positions in

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from 1966 to 1974.

Politics

He began his political career as the

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(MP) for

from 1974 to 2004. Prior to that, he was the Member of the

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for Machan from 1974 to 1978. He was served as Minister of Welfare Services in 1976 to 1977 and as Minister of Local Government from 1977 to 1978 in Sarawak Government. He then, join the Federal Cabinet as Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts from 1978 to 1989. He also then from 1989 to 1995, appointed as the Minister of Works. Then, he was the Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts again from 1995 to 1998. His last position as minister was as the Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia from 1998 to 2004.

Upon retirement

He is a former chairman of the board for

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(TNB) from 12 April 2004 to 11 March 2020, making him the longest-serving chairman of the company. He also served as the chairman of the boards for

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(UNITEN) and its pro-chancellor. He also serves as a director of Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd from 2004. He is the adjunct professor at the Faculty of Communications and Modern Languages,

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since March 2005. He is also serves as senior independent non-executive director at DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd and has been its independent non-executive director since 2005. At Asian Plantations Limited he was the independent non-executive director until 2014. He is the senior independent non-executive director of Digi.com Bhd until 2013. At

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, he served as non-executive director until 2008.

Honours

He received an honorary doctorate of laws from

, New Zealand, in 2000 and honorary doctorate of science from

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, in 2003.

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

Commander of the

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(PSM) – Tan Sri (2005) * : ** Orde_van_de_Ster_van_Sarawak

Knight Commander of the

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(PNBS) – formerly Dato', now Dato Sri (1980) ** Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) – Datuk Amar (1999) * : ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

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(SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2007)

References

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