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Fadillah bin Yusof (Jawi alphabet: فضيلة بن يوسف; born 17 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022, Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation since 2023 and the Dewan Rakyat (MP) for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He is the first DPM from Sarawak, one of the East Malaysia states in Malaysia and the second DPM not from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) after Wan Azizah Wan Ismail from the People's Justice Party (PKR).
Previously, he served as the Minister of Plantation and Commodities from December 2022 to December 2023, Senior Minister in charge of Works and Minister of Works for the third term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Dewan Rakyat (MP) for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He served as the Senior Minister in charge of Infrastructure Development and Minister of Works for the second term in the PN administration under former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and for the first term in Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former prime minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018, Chair of the Science, Innovation and Environment Select Committee, one of only two select committees led by an opposition MP from December 2019 to his reappointment as a Minister in March 2020.
Fadillah is a member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He is also the Parliamentary Whip of GPS and has served as Senior Vice President of PBB since 2017. He was the Youth Chief of PBB from 2007 to 2017.
Fadillah and his siblings helped contribute to the family's income by collecting and selling farm produce. He began his education at St. Mary's Primary School in Sibu before continuing at Panglima Bukit Gantang Secondary School in Parit Buntar, Perak. This move was made possible through a scholarship from Yayasan Sarawak, which also included a student exchange programme.
In 1986, Fadillah completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in both Civil and Sharia law at the University of Malaya. During his time there, he often helped new Sarawakian students settle into university life, sometimes prioritising their needs even when it affected his own schedule.
After being re-elected in the 12th Malaysian general election, Fadillah was appointed Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
After the 13th Malaysian general election, Fadillah was promoted to full minister as Minister of Works under the new Cabinet line-up of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Following the defeat of Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 14th Malaysian general election, Fadillah was made chief whip of the opposition Sarawak Parties Alliance (GPS) in the Dewan Rakyat.
In a cabinet announcement on 2 December 2022, Fadillah was appointed Deputy Prime Minister alongside Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Simultaneously, he was assigned the role of Minister of Plantation and Commodities. Fadillah's appointment is of historic significance as he is the first individual from Sarawak to hold the country's second-highest political office since the formation of Malaysia. Sarawak is one of the states.
| + Dewan Rakyat Percentage figures based on total turnout. ! | Year ! | Constituency !colspan=2 | Candidate ! | Votes ! | Pct !colspan=2 | Opponent(s) ! | Votes ! | Pct ! | Ballots cast ! | Majority ! | Turnout | |
| 2004 | P194 Petra Jaya | ( PBB) | 18,236 | 77.09% | Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi (PKR) | 5,420 | 22.91% | 24,195 | 12,816 | 61.46% | ||
| 2008 | ( PBB) | 19,515 | 79.22% | Mohamad Jolhi (PKR) | 5,118 | 20.78% | 25,027 | 14,397 | 61.74% | |||
| 2013 | ( PBB) | 29,559 | 78.46% | Ahmad Nazib Johari (PKR) | 8,116 | 21.54% | 38,170 | 21,443 | 76.70% | |||
| 2018 | Fadillah Yusof ( PBB) | 28,306 | 65.91% | Nor Irwan Ahmat Nor (PKR) | 13,289 | 30.94% | 43,513 | 15,017 | 75.12% | |||
| Hamdan Sani (PAS) | 1,350 | 3.14% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | ( PBB) | 54,745 | 79.15% | Sopian Julaihi (PKR) | 13,382 | 19.35% | 69,163 | 41,363 | 62.98% | |||
| Othman Abdillah (SEDAR) | 1,036 | 1.50% | ||||||||||
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