16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||
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Legislative body | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Sabah | ||||||||||
Meeting place | Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building | ||||||||||
Term | 9 October 2020 – | ||||||||||
Election | 2020 state election | ||||||||||
Government | Cabinet of Sabah | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
Members | 73 elected members + 6 nominated members | ||||||||||
Speaker | Kadzim M Yahya | ||||||||||
Secretary | Bernard Joseph Dalinting | ||||||||||
Government Leader | Hajiji Noor | ||||||||||
Opposition Leader | Shafie Apdal | ||||||||||
Party control | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah | ||||||||||
Head of State | |||||||||||
Yang di-Pertua Negeri | Juhar Mahiruddin | ||||||||||
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The 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly is the current term of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Sabah in Sabah, Malaysia. The 16th Assembly consists of 79 members that 73 members were elected in the 2020 Sabah election and 6 members were nominated by the Government and is serving from 26 October 2020 until the next state election.
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition won the election with a simple majority of 42 seats. The coalition consists of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (26), Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (6), United Sabah Party (PBS) (7), United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) (0), Sabah People's Hope Party (PHRS) (1), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (0) and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) (1). GRS also has 1 direct member representatives from N.21 Limbahau. Hajiji Noor from GAGASAN-GRS was sworn in as Chief Minister 3 days later.
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah-led government (65) | Opposition (14) | |||||||||||
42 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah | Barisan Nasional | Pakatan Harapan | KDM | Perikatan Nasional | WARISAN | |||||||
26 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
GAGASAN | PBS | STAR | SAPP | PHRS | Direct | UMNO | DAP | PKR | UPKO | KDM | PAS | WARISAN |
Sabah State Legislative Assembly, 21 May 2023 (79 seats) |
No. | Parliamentary constituency | No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) | Position |
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P167 | Kudat | N01 | Banggi | Mohammad Mohamarin | GRS (GAGASAN) | |
N02 | Bengkoka | Harun Durabi | BN (UMNO) | Assistant Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | ||
N03 | Pitas | Ruddy Awah | GRS (GAGASAN) | Assistant Minister of Rural Development | ||
N04 | Tanjong Kapor | Ben Chong Chen Bin | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
P168 | Kota Marudu | N05 | Matunggong | Julita Majungki | GRS (PBS) | Assistant Minister of Finance |
N06 | Bandau | Wetrom Bahanda | KDM | MP for Kota Marudu | ||
N07 | Tandek | Hendrus Anding | GRS (PBS) | Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | ||
P169 | Kota Belud | N08 | Pintasan | Fairuz Renddan | GRS (GAGASAN) | Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports |
N09 | Tempasuk | Mohd Arsad Bistari | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
N10 | Usukan | Salleh Said Keruak | BN (UMNO) | Former Chief Minister of Sabah | ||
N11 | Kadamaian | Ewon Benedick | PH (UPKO) |
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P170 | Tuaran | N12 | Sulaman | Hajiji Noor | GRS (GAGASAN) | Chief Minister |
N13 | Pantai Dalit | Jasnih Daya | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
N14 | Tamparuli | Jahid Jahim | GRS (PBS) | Minister of Rural Development | ||
N15 | Kiulu | Joniston Bangkuai | GRS (PBS) | Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment | ||
P171 | Sepanggar | N16 | Karambunai | Yakub Khan | BN (UMNO) | |
N17 | Darau | Azhar Matussin | WARISAN | |||
N18 | Inanam | Peto Galim | PH (PKR) | Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry | ||
P172 | Kota Kinabalu | N19 | Likas | Tan Lee Fatt | PH (DAP) | Assistant Minister of Finance |
N20 | Api-Api | Christina Liew Chin Jin | PH (PKR) | Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment | ||
N21 | Luyang | Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe | PH (DAP) | Minister of Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship | ||
P173 | Putatan | N22 | Tanjung Aru | Junz Wong | WARISAN | |
N23 | Petagas | Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
N24 | Tanjung Keramat | Shahelmey Yahya | BN (UMNO) |
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P174 | Penampang | N25 | Kapayan | Jannie Lasimbang | PH (DAP) | |
N26 | Moyog | Darell Leiking | WARISAN | |||
P175 | Papar | N27 | Limbahau | Juil Nuatim | GRS | |
N28 | Kawang | Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
N29 | Pantai Manis | Mohd Tamin Zainal | BN (UMNO) | |||
P176 | Kimanis | N30 | Bongawan | Daud Yusof | WARISAN | |
N31 | Membakut | Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif | GRS (GAGASAN) | Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | ||
P177 | Beaufort | N32 | Klias | Isnin Aliasnih | GRS (GAGASAN) | Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government |
N33 | Kuala Penyu | Limus Jury | GRS (GAGASAN) | Assistant Minister of Works | ||
P178 | Sipitang | N34 | Lumadan | Ruslan Muharam | GRS (PBS) | Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister |
N35 | Sindumin | Yusof Yacob | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
P179 | Ranau | N36 | Kundasang | Joachim Gunsalam | GRS (PBS) |
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N37 | Karanaan | Masidi Manjun | GRS (GAGASAN) | Minister of Finance | ||
N38 | Paginatan | Abidin Madingkir | GRS (STAR) | Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister | ||
P180 | Keningau | N39 | Tambunan | Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan | GRS (STAR) |
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N40 | Bingkor | Robert Tawik | GRS (STAR) | Assistant Minister of Works | ||
N41 | Liawan | Annuar Ayub Aman | GRS (STAR) | |||
P181 | Tenom | N42 | Melalap | Peter Anthony | KDM | |
N43 | Kemabong | Rubin Balang | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
P182 | Pensiangan | N44 | Tulid | Flovia Ng | GRS (STAR) | Assistant Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing |
N45 | Sook | Ellron Alfred Angin | GRS (STAR) | Minister of Youth and Sports | ||
N46 | Nabawan | Abdul Ghani Mohamed Yassin | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
P183 | Beluran | N47 | Telupid | Jonnybone J. Kurum | GRS (PBS) | |
N48 | Sugut | James Ratib | GRS (GAGASAN) | Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing | ||
N49 | Labuk | Samad Jambri | GRS (GAGASAN) | Assistant Minister of Rural Development | ||
P184 | Libaran | N50 | Gum-Gum | Arunarsin Taib | WARISAN | |
N51 | Sungai Manila | Mokran Ingkat | BN (UMNO) | |||
N52 | Sungai Sibuga | Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supain | BN (UMNO) | Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government | ||
P185 | Batu Sapi | N53 | Sekong | Alias Sani | WARISAN | |
N54 | Karamunting | George Hiew Vun Zin | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
P186 | Sandakan | N55 | Elopura | Calvin Chong Ket Kiun | WARISAN | |
N56 | Tanjong Papat | Frankie Poon Ming Fung | PH (DAP) | |||
P187 | Kinabatangan | N57 | Kuamut | Masiung Banah | GRS (GAGASAN) | |
N58 | Lamag | Bung Moktar Radin | BN (UMNO) | MP for Kinabatangan | ||
N59 | Sukau | Jafry Ariffin | BN (UMNO) | |||
P188 | Lahad Datu | N60 | Tungku | Assaffal P. Alian | WARISAN | |
N61 | Segama | Mohammadin Ketapi | BN (UMNO) | |||
N62 | Silam | Dumi Pg. Masdal | WARISAN | |||
N63 | Kunak | Norazlinah Arif | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
P189 | Semporna | N64 | Sulabayan | Jaujan Sambakong | WARISAN | |
N65 | Senallang | Shafie Apdal | WARISAN |
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N66 | Bugaya | Jamil Hamzah | WARISAN | |||
P190 | Tawau | N67 | Balung | Hamid Awang | GRS (GAGASAN) | |
N68 | Apas | Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan | GRS (GAGASAN) | Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister | ||
N69 | Sri Tanjong | Justin Wong Yung Bin | WARISAN | |||
P191 | Kalabakan | N70 | Kukusan | Rina Jainal | GRS (PHRS) | |
N71 | Tanjong Batu | Andi Muhammad Suryandy Bandy | BN (UMNO) |
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N72 | Merotai | Sarifuddin Hata | WARISAN | |||
N73 | Sebatik | Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
N/A | N/A | — | Nominated member | Suhaimi Nasir | BN (UMNO) | MP for Libaran |
— | Nominated member | Raime Unggi | BN (UMNO) | |||
— | Nominated member | Jaffari Walliam | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
— | Nominated member | Aliakbar Gulasan | PN (PAS) | |||
— | Nominated member | Amisah Yassin | GRS (GAGASAN) | |||
— | Nominated member | Yong Teck Lee | GRS/PN (SAPP) | Former Chief Minister of Sabah |
On 25 February 2021, Sebatik MLA Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir left WARISAN [1] and joined BERSATU on 6 April 2021. [2]
On 10 March 2021, independent Pitas MLA Ruddy Awah joined BERSATU. [3]
On 8 October 2021, Sindumin MLA Yusof Yacob left WARISAN and officially rejoined BN and UMNO on 22 May 2022 after leaving four years ago in 2018. [4]
On 30 October 2021, Segama MLA Mohammadin Ketapi left WARISAN and joined BERSATU on 26 November 2021. [5] However, he left BERSATU on 28 June 2022. [6] He then joined PBM on 28 August 2022. [7]
On 28 December 2021, Limbahau MLA Juil Nuatim and Melalap MLA Peter Anthony left WARISAN and founded a new local political party based in Sabah namely Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM) that is aligned with the ruling GRS coalition on 28 January 2022. [8] Juil left KDM on 21 May 2023. [9]
On 20 January 2022, Elopura MLA Calvin Chong and Sri Tanjong MLA Justin Wong left DAP but carried on aligning themselves with the PH opposition coalition and officially joined WARISAN on 26 March 2022. [10] [11]
On 5 June 2022, Kukusan MLA Rina Jainal left WARISAN and joined PHRS on the same day. [12]
On 21 October 2022, State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister and Bandau MLA Wetrom Bahanda left BERSATU and joined KDM on the same day. [13]
On 10 December 2022, The leadership of Bersatu Sabah announced its exit from the party and will form a new local party. Bersatu Sabah Chairman Hajiji Noor said the “unanimous decision” by Bersatu Sabah leaders to leave the party is based on the premise that the status quo is “no longer tenable”. [14]
On 6 February 2023, Mohammad Mohamarin, Ben Chong Chen Bin and Norazlinah Arif left WARISAN on the same day and support the ruling GRS coalition. [15]
On 21 February 2023, Yusof Yacob, along with other 8 MLAs support Hajiji. At the same time, Yusof Yacob, James Ratib, Jasnih Daya, Arshad Bistari, Hamid Awang, Mohammad Mohamarin, Ben Chong and Norazlinah joined GAGASAN. [16]
On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Shaari left WARISAN for GAGASAN. [17]
On 4 March 2023, Karamunting MLA George Hiew Vun Zin left WARISAN for GAGASAN. [18]
On 21 May 2023, Juil Nuatim resigned from KDM and support GRS. [9]
Datuk Mohamaddin bin Ketapi is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Segama since September 2020. He served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lahad Datu from October 2019 to November 2022 and for Silam from May 2018 to October 2019 as well as MLA for Lahad Datu from August 1986 to October 1990. He also served as the State Assistant Minister of Industrial and Rural Development of Sabah in the United Sabah Party (PBS) state administration under former Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan from 1986 to 1990. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions, member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and member of the PBS. He has also served as the 1st State Chairman of PBM of Sabah from August 2022 to his resignation from the party in January 2023. On 30 October 2021, he left WARISAN and became independent in support for GRS. Later, he officially became a member of BERSATU on 26 November 2021. However on 28 June 2022, he left BERSATU and became independent again in support for BN and GRS ruling coalitions after joining it only seven months prior. He then joined PBM and was appointed as its State Chairman of Sabah exactly two months later after leaving BERSATU on 28 August 2022. On 6 January 2023, he left PBM and joined UMNO and supported its withdrawal of support for GRS that triggered the 2023 Sabah political crisis.
Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd. Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023. In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party, the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.
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The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020.
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Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji bin Haji Noor is a Malaysian 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 and 3rd President of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN).
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Phoong Jin Zhe also known as Ginger Phoong is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Minister of Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since February 2023 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Luyang since May 2018. He served as the State Minister of Industrial Development of Sabah in the GRS state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji from January 2023 to February 2023, State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2019 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is also the Youth Chief of DAP of Sabah or known as Chief of the DAP Socialist Youth, the youth wing of the party, of Sabah.
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