Jafry Ariffin

2020–

Yang Berhormat Datuk Jafry Ariffin PGDK JP MLA
جفري عارفين‎
State Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2025		Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Jafry bin Ariffin (1963-10-26) 26 October 1963 (age 62) [1] Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysia
Party	United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional of Sabah (Sabah BN)
Spouse	Halida Bahad
Alma mater	International Islamic University Malaysia
Occupation	Politician [2]

Jafry bin Ariffin (born 26 October 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since December 2025 and from October 2020 to his removal from the position in January 2023 as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sukau since September 2020. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional of Sabah (Sabah BN) coalition. He has served as the State Deputy Chairman of Sabah BN since January 2026 and State Chairman of Sabah UMNO since December 2025. In addition, he is also the Acting Division Chief of UMNO of Kinabatangan. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N59 Sukau		Jafry Ariffin (Sabah UMNO)	3,763	55.67%		Amrah Liwangsa (WARISAN)	1,634	24.16%	10,482	2,129	76.98%
							Saddi Abdul Rahman (IND)	1,228	18.17%
							Malaya Kasurah (PCS)	94	1.39%
							Jakariah Janit (GAGASAN)	41	0.61%
2025			Jafry Ariffin (Sabah UMNO)	5,143	45.68%		Juhari Janan (GAGASAN)	3,909	34.72%	11,493	1,234	69.52%
							Azhari Rangon (WARISAN)	1,605	14.26%
							Pengiran Petra Pengiran Asri (Sabah BERSATU)	381	3.38%
							Roslan Madali (IMPIAN)	118	1.05%
							Nordin Damit (PR)	54	0.48%
							Afiq Anwari Zulkifli (PKS)	48	0.43%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia
  • Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (2008)
• Sabah
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2016)
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2021) ^[8]

See also

• List of International Islamic University Malaysia alumni

References

1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
2. "Datuk Jafry Bin Arifin. Calon Barisan Nasional untuk rakyat Sabah, N.59 Sukau". Facebook . 12 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
3. "Bung Moktar confirms contesting Lamag seat in upcoming state election". The Borneo Post. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
4. "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
5. "Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed Sabah BN chairman". Malay Mail. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
6. "INTERACTIVE: Here's how Sabah voted | The Star". The Star (Malaysia) . 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
7. "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
8. "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2021" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.