Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Sarawak :-
Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) –Datuk (2008) [14]
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Joseph Entulu Belaun | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 2004–2008 | Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| 2008–2013 | Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development |
| 2013–2018 | Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| Ministerial roles (Sarawak) | |
| 1997–2002 | Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Department |
| 2002–2004 | Minister of Youth and Sports |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | |
| 1991–2006 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1954 Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak,Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS) Sarawak People's Party (PRS) (2004-May 2018) People's Justice Party (PKR) (May 2018-Mar 2019) Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) (from Mar 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Spouse | Jacklyne Anthony |
| Children | Magnus Ngelambong Belaun |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun (born 8 June 1954) is a Malaysian politician. He was a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Selangau constituency in Sarawak,representing the Sarawak People's Party (PRS) from 2004 until the dissolution of the Parliament on 7 April 2018.
Entulu was elected to Parliament in the 2004 general elections. Immediately after his election in 2004,Entulu was appointed to the federal level as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. [1] Before his election into the Dewan Rakyat,he was Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1997 to 2002 and later was promoted as full minister holding the portfolio of Youth and Sports from 2002 until 2004. [2] He was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS), [3] but joined the PRS after the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) was deregistered in 2004. [4]
Entulu was re-elected unopposed to Parliament in the 2008 general elections. [5] Following the 2008 general elections he became Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development and in October 2008,he was also conferred the title of Datuk. [6]
He has spoken out against the use of the term Dayak as a generic descriptor of Sarawak's indigenous non-Muslim residents,preferring instead specific terms for each community in 2009. [7]
After he was re-elected again in the 2013 general elections,Entulu was promoted to a full minister as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. [8]
On 13 May 2018,People's Justice Party (PKR) Women chief Zuraida Kamaruddin announced that Entulu has joined its ranks as a PKR party member in a press conference in Cheras. [9]
Entulu has joined Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) since March 2019. [10] [11] Prior to that,he was the Deputy President of the PRS until his sacking in April 2018,which was announced by the PRS President Dr. James Jemut Masing. [12]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P213 Selangau,Sarawak | Joseph Entulu Belaun (PBDS) | 7,876 | 64% | Liman Sujang (SNAP) | 4,260 | 34% | ||
| 2008 | P214 Selangau,Sarawak | Joseph Entulu Belaun (PRS) | None | None | Unopposed | ||||
| 2013 | Joseph Entulu Belaun (PRS) | 12,040 | 70% | Joshua Jabeng (PKR) | 3,891 | 30% | |||
Sarawak :
Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) –Datuk (2008) [14] 
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