Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (born 18 January 1960) is the Malaysian Minister of Rural and Regional Development. He is a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bera constituency in Pahang, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.Ismail Sabri was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election becoming the first member of the new seat of Bera.