Annuar bin Rapaee (; born 18 November 1963) is a Malaysian

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and

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who has served as State Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development in the

Gabungan Parti Sarawak The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (abbreviation, abbrev: GPS; English: Sarawak Parties Alliance) is a Sarawak-based national political alliance in Malaysia. It was established in 2018 by four former Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties operating so ...

(GPS) state administration under Premier

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since January 2022, Member of the

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(MLA) for Nangka since April 2011 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of

University of Technology Sarawak The University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) is a Malaysian private university and state government-linked university as it is wholly owned by Yayasan Sarawak located in Sibu, Sarawak. It operates at two campuses as of now: main campus at Sg. M ...

since March 2021. He is a member and Vice-President of

Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu ( abbrev: PBB; ) is a political party based in Sarawak, East Malaysia. It is currently the largest multiracial and bumiputera's political party in Sarawak. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu was formed from the co ...

(PBB), a component party of the ruling GPS coalition. He served as State Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Health, State Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technological Research and State Deputy Minister in the Chief Minister's Department of Sarawak in the

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(BN) and GPS state administrations under Premiers

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and Abang Johari from May 2016 to December 2021.

Early life and education

Annuar started his primary education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandaran Sibu No.3 from 1970 to 1975, later continuing his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Rosli Dhoby from 1976 to 1981. After completing his secondary education, he pursued his pre-university studies at the

University of Malaya The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a public university, public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in ...

(UM) from 1981 to 1983 in matriculation at its Centre for Foundation Studies. Annuar later undertook his tertiary studies at UM until 1988, when he received his

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(MBBS). He later pursued his postgraduate education at

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for

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(MMed) in Internal Medicine. After completing his studies in the UK, he returned to Malaysia to continue his medical practice, and pursued his second postgraduate studies in Advance Master in Cardiology at

National University of Malaysia The National University of Malaysia (, abbreviated as UKM) is a public research university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), ...

(UKM), from 1998 to 2001. Later in 2004, Annuar went to

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to undergo Subspeciality Advance Training at the renowned

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. He is an expert in the field of cardiac MRI imaging and has trained other cardiologists during his stints in University of Malaysia, Sarawak (UNIMAS) and at

Serdang Hospital Sultan Idris Shah Serdang Hospital, previously known as the Serdang Hospital, is a government-funded multi-specialty tertiary district general hospital located in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. The location of the hospital borders the Sou ...

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, Malaysia. In 2022, Annuar furthered his studies to the law level. He is currently pursuing a three-year law degree from the

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through online learning offered through Brickfields Asia College (BAC).

Political career

Annuar's political career began when he was nominated as the candidate for the N49 Nangka, as the incumbent Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah did not wish to be re-nominated for the

2011 Sarawak state election The tenth Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 16 April 2011 after nomination for candidates on Wednesday, 6 April 2011. The purpose of the election was to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly. The ninth state assembly ...

. He was elected as the new Member of State Legislative Assembly (MLA) with a majority of 5,302 votes over the candidate from People's Justice Party (PKR), Norisham Mohamed Ali, an engineer in the oil and gas industry. In the

2016 Sarawak state election The eleventh Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 7 May 2016 after nomination for candidates on Monday, 25 April 2016. The 82 members of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly, were elected in single-member constituencies using first-pa ...

, Annuar was re-elected for Nangka, with bigger majority of 7,617 votes, beating the PKR candidate Abdul Raafidin Majidi and

State Reform Party The Sarawak People's Aspiration Party (, abbreviated ASPIRASI) is a centre-left political party based in Sarawak, Malaysia, renamed and rebranded from their former organisation faction, State Reform Party abbreviated as STAR. Background and par ...

(STAR) candidate Tiong Ing Tung. Annuar took the oath of office as Deputy Minister at Chief Minister's Department on 19 May 2016, in a ceremony held at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building, with the portfolio of Science Research and Biotechnology. On 7 May 2017, after the conclusion of PBB Special Assembly, he was announced as the Deputy Minister in the newly created Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research (MESTR) and also Deputy Minister for Housing and Public Health.

Personal life

Annuar is married to Haniza Zainal Abidin and the couple has two children.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-SAR Order of the Star of Sarawak - 2 ribbon PNBS -JBS-PBS-ABS-BBS

Companion of the

Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak The ''Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak'' (Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak) is the highest state order in the state of Sarawak. It is conferred to those who rendered excellent service towards the development of the state of ...

(JBS) (2020) ** Commander of the

Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * H ...

(PGBK) – Datuk (2022)

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