Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malaysia :-
Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) –Datuk (2010) [9] [10]
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Sarawak :-
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) –Dato Sri (2023) [11]
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Aaron Ago Dagang | |
|---|---|
| Minister of National Unity | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2022 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Saraswathy Kandasami (since 2023) |
| Preceded by | Halimah Mohamed Sadique |
| Constituency | Kanowit |
| Deputy Minister of Health II | |
| In office 30 August 2021 –24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister | Khairy Jamaluddin |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Lukanisman Awang Sauni (Deputy Minister of Health) |
| Constituency | Kanowit |
| In office 10 March 2020 –16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Adham Baba |
| Preceded by | Lee Boon Chye (Deputy Minister of Health) |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Kanowit |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kanowit | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Leo Moggie Irok (BN–PBDS) |
| Majority | 2,057 (2004) Walkover (2008) 3,042 (2013) 4,312 (2018) 236 (2022) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018 | Parti Rakyat Sarawak |
| 2018– | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aaron Ago anak Dagang 12 December 1958 Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak,Malaysia) |
| Political party | Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) |
| Spouse | Rowenna Ping Bungan |
| Occupation | Politician |
Aaron Ago anak Dagang (born 12 December 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of National Unity in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kanowit since March 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of Health II for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Khairy Jamaluddin from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and his first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Adham Baba from March 2020 to August 2021. He is a member of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS),a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. [1]
Before entering the Parliament,he was the political secretary to the former Minister for Energy,Communications and Multimedia,Leo Moggie Irok. [2] He then replaced Moggie in the Kanowit federal seat when the latter stepped down from politics during the 2004 general elections. [3] After the election,his Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS) was de-registered, [4] he then joined the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) [5] and later the PRS. [6] He retained the Kanowit seat in the 2008 election unopposed. [7]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballot casts | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2004 | P209 Kanowit | Aaron Ago Dagang (PBDS) | 6,438 | 59.51% | Frederick Bunsu Janton (IND) | 4,381 | 40.49% | 11,022 | 2,057 | 60.62% | ||
| 2008 | P210 Kanowit | Aaron Ago Dagang (PRS) | Walkover | |||||||||
| 2013 | Aaron Ago Dagang (PRS) | 8,046 | 59.75% | Thomas Laja Besi (PKR) | 5,004 | 37.16% | 13,759 | 3,042 | 70.80% | |||
| Ellison Ludan (SWP) | 417 | 3.10% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Aaron Ago Dagang (PRS) | 9,552 | 64.58% | Satu Anchom (PKR) | 5,240 | 35.42% | 15,149 | 4,312 | 72.06% | |||
| 2022 | Aaron Ago Dagang (PRS) | 7,411 | 41.07% | Joseph Nyambong (PKR) | 7,175 | 39.77% | 18,043 | 236 | 58.23% | |||
| Michael Lias (IND) | 2,289 | 12.69% | ||||||||||
| George Chen (IND) | 741 | 4.11% | ||||||||||
| Elli Luhat (IND) | 427 | 2.37% | ||||||||||
Malaysia :
Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) –Datuk (2010) [9] [10] 
Sarawak :
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) –Dato Sri (2023) [11] 
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