Honours
Sabah :-
Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2009) [4] - Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2014) [5]
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Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2023) [6]
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Jamawi Ja'afar | |
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| جاموي جا'افار | |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kemabong | |
| In office 2018–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Rubin Balang |
| Succeeded by | Rubin Balang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamawi bin Ja'afar 8 January 1974 |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | UMNO (till 2018,2020-2023) WARISAN (2018–2020) PGRS–GRS (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (till 2018,2020–2023) Warisan Plus Coalition (2019–2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2023) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Jamawi bin Ja'afar is a Malaysian politician from Sabah region and currently represent the PGRS-GRS side. He was the Former Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kemabong from 2018 until 2020. He become the Division Leader of Melalap branch PGRS-GRS in March 2023. He is also Tenom PGRS Member and official GRS Backbenchers leader council member of Tenom and Melalap. He become one of PGRS-GRS backbone since 2023
He was the Youth Chief of UMNO Tenom Division and Youth Information Chief of UMNO. [1] He quit UMNO in 2018 and then later joined WARISAN with the reason to support Sabah local party. In 2020,he quit WARISAN because of PSS controversies and rejoined UMNO as alternative choices. After BN-UMNO got lose streak and lost many seats in Malaysia General Election in November 2022,he decided to joining GRS through GRS direct membership constitution. In February 2023,he has confirmed to support and joining Sabah local party namely PGRS,one of the major component party of GRS. In March 2023,he officially become the Division Leader of Melalap branch PGRS–GRS. In October 17,2023,he has confirmed that Tenom parliamentary branch of PGRS–GRS has successfully reached 5,000 membership.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2022 | P181 Tenom | Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) | 8,625 | 30.11% | Riduan Rubin (IND) | 10,027 | 35.00% | 28,649 | 1,108 | 68.14% | ||
| Noorita Sual (DAP) | 8,919 | 31.13% | ||||||||||
| Ukim Buandi (WARISAN) | 992 | 3.46% | ||||||||||
| Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND) | 86 | 0.30% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kemabong | Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) | 6,093 | 50.65% | Haris Bolos (WARISAN) | 5,198 | 43.21% | 12,030 | 862 | 84.93% | ||
| Tay Jin Kiong @ Alfred (PCS) | 152 | 1.26% | ||||||||||
| Yahia @ Yahya Raimah (PHRS) | 124 | 1.03% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Melalap | Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) | 3,526 | 33.25% | Peter Anthony (WARISAN) | 5,245 | 49.46% | 10,605 | 1,719 | 75.79% | ||
| Radin Malleh (PBS) | 1,359 | 12.81% | ||||||||||
| Apiang Sausun (PCS) | 268 | 2.53% | ||||||||||
| Sazali Justi (USNO Baru) | 32 | 0.30% | ||||||||||
| Masdin Tumas (LDP) | 23 | 0.22% | ||||||||||
Sabah :
Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2009) [4] Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2014) [5] 
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2023) [6] 
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