Mohammad Yahya bin Lampong is a Malaysian politician from PKR. He was the Member of

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for Kota Belud from 1982 to 1986 and Member of

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for Tempasuk from 1985 to 1986. He was also the Deputy Minister of Rural Development.

Politics

In 1990, he joined

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after

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was dissolved and he became the Division Chief of UMNO Tanjung Aru. In 1999, he left UMNO and join BERSEKUTU but rejoined UMNO within 12 hours. On 23 August 2001, he was removed as the Division Chief of UMNO Tanjung Aru by the Disciplinary Committee. In 2012, he quitted UMNO again and joined PKR. He said that he decided to leave UMNO due to Nik Aziz. He was also the Vice President of Protem Perkasa till 2009.

Election result

Honours

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Commander of the

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(PGDK) – Datuk (1998)

References

{{reflist 21st-century Malaysian politicians Malaysian Muslims Place of birth missing (living people) Bajau people Independent politicians in Malaysia Former United Malays National Organisation politicians People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu