Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad bin Abdullah ( Jawi: محمد ليو ميکائيل توياد بن عبدالله; born 11 April 1950) is a Malaysian politician. He is the former Member of the

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for the

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constituency in

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, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the ruling

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(BN) coalition. Toyad was first elected to Parliament in the 1982 election. In 1987 he became Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, and after the 2004 election he joined the full ministry of Prime Minister

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as Minister for Tourism . He was dropped from the ministry 2006, in a move that surprised observers, to be replaced by Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. Ahead of the

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he indicated his intention to retire, but he recontested and won his seat, both in that poll and again in 2013.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) - Tan Sri (2017) * : ** MY-SAR Order of the Star of Sarawak - 2 ribbon PNBS -JBS-PBS-ABS-BBS

Knight Commander of the

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(PNBS) - Dato' Sri (2006)

References

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