Honours
Sabah:-
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018) [7] -
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2019) [8]
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Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari | |
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| أواڠ أحمد صح أواڠ صحارى | |
| Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party | |
| In office 13 October 2022 –27 February 2023 | |
| President | Shafie Apdal |
| Preceded by | Terrence Siambun |
| Succeeded by | Azhar Matussin |
| Information Chief of the Heritage Party | |
| In office 16 October 2021 –13 October 2022 | |
| President | Shafie Apdal |
| Preceded by | Yusof Yacob |
| Succeeded by | Azis Jamman |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Petagas | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Uda Sulai (WARISAN) |
| Majority | 261 (2020) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari 24 July 1959 Petagas,Putatan,Penampang,British North Borneo |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (−2020) Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2020–2023) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023) |
| Relations | Awang Husaini Sahari (brother) |
| Alma mater | Hawaii Pacific University Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Occupation | Politician |
Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN),a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and was a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR. He is also brother of Vice President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan Awang Husaini Sahari. [1] [2]
On 27 February 2023,Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN,becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election. [3]
He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan,Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College,Sembulan,Kota Kinabalu. In addition,he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University,Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale,all three universities in the United States,in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah. [4]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2013 | N23 Petagas | Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (STAR) | 1,111 | 8.62% | Yahyah Hussin (UMNO) | 8,504 | 66.00% | 12,884 | 5,653 | 83.03% | ||
| Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR) | 2,851 | 22.13% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (WARISAN) | 4,125 | 43.23% | Arsit Sidik (BERSATU) | 3,864 | 40.49% | 9,542 | 261 | 69.33% | |||
| Paul Nointien (IND) | 572 | 5.99% | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS) | 355 | 3.72% | ||||||||||
| Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP) | 118 | 1.24% | ||||||||||
| Mohamad Kulat (PGRS) | 33 | 0.35% | ||||||||||
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