Rosey Yunus


Rosey binti Haji Yunus is a Malaysian politician and teacher who serves as the State Deputy Minister of Women, Family, Welfare, [Community Wellbeing and Childhood Development of Sarawak] since September 2011 and Member of the Sarawak [State Legislative Assembly] for Bekenu since May 2006. She is the member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu since 2014.

Education

Rosey graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in linguistic art with British [undergraduate degree classification#Upper second-class honours|upper second-class honours] and a Diploma of Education in 1980.

Political career

Rosey was first elected assemblywoman for Bekenu in the 2006 Sarawak state election. In 2011, she successfully defended her seat in the following elections with an increased majority and was appointed as Assistant Minister for the newly-created Ministry of Welfare, Women & Family Development.
Rosey was formerly a member of the Progressive [Democratic Party (Malaysia)|Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party] before joining then-president William Mawan Ikom and three other assemblymen in leaving the party in 2014.

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