Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib


Sulaiman Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Taib is a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Member of Parliament for Kota Samarahan from March 2008 until May 2013 and briefly served as Deputy Minister of Tourism of Malaysia.

Business

Malaysia

Sulaiman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. Sulaiman was the group Chairman of CMSB from 2002 to 2006, and the former RHB Bank chairman from May 2003 to 2006 following the takeover of RHB by CMS's Utama Banking group. He became the youngest chairman of the local bank at that time. He worked with his brother, Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, brother-in-law Syed Ahmad Alwee Alsree and other board of directors of CMSB.

United States

Sulaiman was reported to be the sole officer and director of Sakti International Corporation and Wallyson's Inc. in the United States, companies reportedly owned by the Taib family.

Political career

Deputy Minister of Tourism

During the [2008 Malaysians|Malaysian general election|12th Malaysian General Election] held in March 2008, Sulaiman stood as a candidate in the Kota Samarahan parliamentary seat previously held by his father, Abdul Taib Mahmud and won under the then Malaysian ruling coalition Barisan Nasional ticket. Following his win of the parliamentary seat, he was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Tourism in the cabinet of the then-Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Under the new cabinet line-up of Prime Minister Najib Razak, he was once appointed again as a Deputy Minister of Tourism.
On 4 December 2009, Sulaiman resigned from his deputy ministerial post. Prime Minister Najib Razak accepted Sulaiman's resignation effective on 14 December 2009. Sulaiman was succeeded by James Dawos Mamit.
In 2002, Sulaiman was named the Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak.

Personal life

He is the third son of Abdul Taib Mahmud, the former Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak and former Chief Minister of Sarawak while his mother was Laila Taib. In 1991, Sulaiman wed 20-year-old Anisa, daughter of former Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak George Chan Hong Nam.

Honours