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Hajiji bin Noor (; born 10 May 1955) is a Malaysian people politician who has served as the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah since 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sulaman since 1990. He is also the first official chairman of political coalition party in Sabah, the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (GRS Party) and 3rd President of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN).
He was appointed Chief Minister in late September 2020 after his coalition, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), won 38 out of the 73 seats, in which 37 seats needed for a simple majority in the 2020 state election. His administration was further strengthened after three independent members of state legislative assembly (MLAs) pledged their support for the state government.
He joined United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 1994 following the dissolution of USNO. He became Tuaran Division Chief a year after until 2018 as well as Treasurer of UMNO Sabah from 2001 to 2018. He remained as an Assembly Member for Sulaman for six terms and is currently serving the seventh term after defeating two other candidates from Sabah Heritage Party (Warisan) and Love Sabah Party (PCS) in the recent state election.
He was appointed as Assistant Minister of State at the Ministry of Youth and Sports (for some times in 1994), Ministry of Industrial Development (1994 to 1996, and then 1999 to 2001), Chief Minister's Department (1996 to 1999) and Ministry of Finance (2001 to 2004). He was promoted as Minister of State for Housing and Local Government from 2004 to 2018 and as Deputy Chief Minister in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development for two days post 14th general election.
Following the fall of BN in Sabah in 2018, he was appointed Sabah UMNO Liaison Chairman. He later joined Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) in 2018 and serves as the State chairman for Sabah since 2019. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin nominated Hajiji as Chief Minister if PN win the next state election. Consequently, GRS, in which PN is a member, won the recent state election and moved to Governor Juhar Mahiruddin to name Hajiji as the next Chief Minister, in which the nomination was affirmed by Juhar the day before Hajiji's swearing-in.
In March 2022, Hajiji became the first official chairman of the registered political coalition party in Sabah, named Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (GRS Party). The GRS under Hajiji's leadership then formed a unity government with Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and other parties in the aftermath of the 15th Malaysian General Election. On 10 December 2022, Hajiji and other BERSATU Sabah leaders leave BERSATU and become direct members of GRS.
On 7 January 2023, a political crisis began when Hajiji Noor lost support from 13 Sabah UMNO member due to the breach of agreement of GRS-PN-BN thus his is no longer the Chief Minister of Sabah with confirmed majority support from the Sabah House of Legislative Assembly and will be continuing to hold this position until the new Chief Minister is elected. On 29 January 2023, Hajiji Noor announced to lead Sabah People's Idea Party (PGRS). He said PGRS will be used to continue the struggle as a local party in Sabah. He added, this is also intended to ensure that no more people deny the existence of the Chief Minister of Sabah and to stop the 2023 Sabah political crisis. PGRS was also accepted by the GRS coalition as a component party on 9 December 2022. In May 2023, Hajiji Noor become the first Chief Minister of Sabah that successfully got the full majority to approved the Anti-Party Hopping Bill in Sabah for both Parliament and State Legislative Assembly.
| + Sabah State Legislative Assembly ! | Year ! | Constituency !colspan=2 | Candidate ! | Votes ! | Pct !colspan=2 | Opponent(s) ! | Votes ! | Pct ! | Ballots cast ! | Majority ! | Turnout | |
| 1990 | N11 Sulaman | ( USNO) | 3,575 | 43.91% | Jahid Jahim (PBS) | 3,294 | 40.46% | 8,202 | 281 | 80.02% | ||
| Kalakau Untol (AKAR) | 565 | 6.94% | ||||||||||
| Aliasgar Basri (BERJAYA) | 538 | 6.61% | ||||||||||
| Shafie Anterak (PRS) | 120 | 1.47% | ||||||||||
| Yusof Awang Ludin (IND) | 38 | 0.47% | ||||||||||
| Laugan Tarki Noor (IND) | 11 | 0.14% | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Hajiji Noor ( UMNO) | 5,016 | 54.02% | Matbee Ismail (PBS) | 4,140 | 44.59% | 9,365 | 876 | 79.56% | |||
| Pengiran Othman Rauf (IND) | 69 | 0.74% | ||||||||||
| Margaret Kimon (SETIA) | 60 | 0.65% | ||||||||||
| 1999 | N10 Sulaman | Hajiji Noor ( UMNO) | 6,571 | 61.50% | Rakam Sijim (PBS) | 3,127 | 29.27% | 10,799 | 3,444 | 77.31% | ||
| Mohammed Daud Abdullah (BERSEKUTU) | 886 | 8.29% | ||||||||||
| Hamdin Adb. Kadir (SETIA) | 100 | 0.94% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Hajiji Noor ( UMNO) | 7,065 | 66.35% | Ansari Abdullah (keADILan) | 3,583 | 33.65% | 12,997 | 3,482 | 72.54% | |||
| 2008 | Hajiji Noor ( UMNO) | 8,961 | 71.88% | Ansari Abdullah (PKR) | 3,505 | 28.12% | 12,770 | 5,456 | 79.44% | |||
| 2013 | Hajiji Noor ( UMNO) | 13,065 | 78.73% | Ghulabidin Enjih (PKR) | 2,624 | 15.80% | 17,044 | 10,441 | 87.10% | |||
| Ali Akbar Kawi (IND) | 615 | 3.71% | ||||||||||
| David Orok (STAR) | 225 | 1.36% | ||||||||||
| Arifin Harith (IND) | 66 | 0.40% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Hajiji Noor ( UMNO) | 12,966 | 69.62% | Abdullah Sani Daud (WARISAN) | 5,192 | 27.87% | 19,055 | 7,774 | 84.30% | |||
| Arifin Harith (PHRS) | 467 | 2.51% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N12 Sulaman | Hajiji Noor ( BERSATU Sabah) | 5,919 | 65.83% | Aliasgar Basri (WARISAN) | 2,820 | 31.36% | 8,992 | 3,099 | 76.78% | ||
| Rekan Hussien (PCS) | 253 | 2.81% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Hajiji Noor (GAGASAN) | (BERSATU Sabah) | ||||||||||
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