Early Political Career
Datuk Musa's political career started on March 8, 1992, when he contested and won the Jambongan UMNO division chief's post (now known as Libaran division) and was appointed as Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) treasurer eight days later.
On March 7, 1995, a year after BN came to power in Sabah, Musa became the director of Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah), a Sabah statutory body.
In March 1999 he resigned as the Sabah Foundation Director to contest in the state elections and defend the Sungai Sibuga State Legislative Assembly seat, defeating Ramli Noordin of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) by 4034 majority votes, the highest majority among the 24 seats contested by UMNO.
He moved up further in his political career when he was appointed Minister in the Chief Minister's Department under Datuk Osu Sukam in 1999.
On March 27, 2001, he became the Finance Minister in Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat's cabinet. On September 28, 2001, Musa replaced Osu Sukam as the Sabah UMNO Liaison Committee Chairman, which paved the way for him to be the Chief Minister.
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