Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd. Shafie bin Apdal is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Semporna since April 1995 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Senallang since May 2018. He served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020,Minister of Rural and Regional Development from April 2009 to July 2015 and Vice-President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as the 1st and founding President of WARISAN,the opposition party of Sabah that is allied with the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition,since October 2016. He lost the power as Chief Minister of Sabah following the defeat of his coalition,Sabah Heritage Party + in the 2020 state election.
Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan is Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister II of Sabah since September 2020,in May 2018,State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah since September 2020 and State Minister of Agriculture and Industries of Sabah in May 2018 at the Sabah state level. At the federal level,he served as the Deputy Minister of Tourism,Arts and Culture from March 2020 to his resignation in September 2020 and Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government from August 1994 to May 1995. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau since May 2018,Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tambunan since May 2018 and Bingkor from May 2013 to May 2018. He has served and been founding President of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR),a component party of the federal and state ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition,since July 2016.
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Abdul Rahman bin Dahlan is a Malaysian politician. He is the former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and the Minister of Urban Wellbeing,Housing and Local Government. He is also the former Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for the Kota Belud constituency in Sabah,representing the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) party,a component of Barisan Nasional (BN).
Zachary David Liew Vui Keong was a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department also in charge of legal affairs as well as Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2013. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Sapi from May 2018 to his death in October 2020 and for Sandakan from March 2008 to his defeat in May 2013. He served as 3rd President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2014,when he was replaced by Teo Chee Kang in a rancorous internal dispute. He disputed Teo's claim of the LDP party presidency with the Registrar of Societies (RoS). In 2018,Liew led about 200 LDP members to leave the party. He then joined another Sabah-based political party,Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) led by former Chief Minister of Sabah Shafie Apdal and served as its Permanent Chairman.
Datuk Seri Panglima Md Salleh bin Md Said,commonly known as Salleh Said Keruak,is a Malaysian politician who was Chief Minister of the state of Sabah from 1994 to 1996. He was Speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2015 and has served as Minister of Information and Communications of Malaysia since 29 July 2015 until 10 May 2018. He also serves as a Senator in the Dewan Negara;previously he was the state assemblyman for the electoral district of Usukan. He is the son of Mohammad Said Keruak,who served as Chief Minister as well as Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah.
The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff,also known as the Lahad Datu incursion or Operation Daulat,was a military conflict that started on 11 February 2013 and fully ended on 24 March 2013. The conflict began when 235 militants,some of whom were armed,arrived by boats in Lahad Datu District,Sabah,Malaysia from Simunul island,Tawi-Tawi,in southern Philippines. The group,calling themselves the "Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo",was sent by Jamalul Kiram III,one of the claimants to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu.
The Alliance of Hope is a Malaysian political coalition which succeeded the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in 2015. At the federal level,it was the ruling coalition for 22 months from May 2018 when it won the 2018 Malaysian general election to February 2020 when Mahathir Mohamad,the Prime Minister in its administration resigned. It was established in September 2015 as an opposition political coalition against the then-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition that ruled the nation from its independence in August 1957 to its defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election in May 2018 for almost 61 years. It is currently the largest political coalition with 90 seats in the Dewan Rakyat. While at the state level,it is the ruling coalition in three of the 13 states in the nation,which are Penang,Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. It also garners a two-thirds majority in the state legislative assemblies of Penang and Selangor.
Datuk Christina Liew is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister and the State Minister of Tourism,Culture and Environment of Sabah from May 2018 –September 2020. She is the Vice President in People's Justice Party (PKR). She has served as State Chairperson of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition of Sabah since August 2017,which is aligned with WARISAN as well as State Chairperson of the People's Justice Party (PKR),a component party of the PH coalition,of Sabah.
The Lahad Datu District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah,part of the Tawau Division which includes the districts of Kunak,Lahad Datu,Semporna and Tawau. The capital of the district is in Lahad Datu Town.
Datuk Darell Leiking,also known as Ignatius Dorell Leiking is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of International Trade and Industry in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penampang since May 2013,Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Moyog since September 2020 and founding as well as 1st Deputy President of the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) which is aligned with the PH opposition coalition since October 2016.
Isnaraissah Munirah binti Majilis @ Fakharudy is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Energy,Science,Technology,Environment and Climate Change in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Yeo Bee Yin from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Belud since May 2018.
Datuk Mohd Azis bin Jamman is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since May 2018.
Lahad Datu is a federal constituency in Tawau Division,Sabah,Malaysia,that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2019 was renamed from Silam.
The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020.
Ellron Alfred Angin is a Malaysian politician who has been the State Minister of Rural Development briefly in 2018 and currently the incumbent State Minister of Youth and Sports since 2020. He has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sook since March 2008. He was a member of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) which is aligned with the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition both in federal and state levels.
Datuk Junz Wong @ Wong Hon Jun is a Malaysian politician who served as the State Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries of Sabah from May 2018 till September 2020. He has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjong Aru since May 2018. He is a member and the Vice-President of the WARISAN.
Datuk Peter Anthony is a Malaysian politician who has been the State Minister of Infrastructure Development. He has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Melalap since May 2018. He is a member of the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN)
Dumi bin Pg. Masdal is a Malaysian politician who has been the State Assistant Minister. He has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Silam since May 2018. He is a member of the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN).
Datuk Limus bin Jury is a Malaysian politician who is serving as the State Assistant Minister. He has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Apas since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) which is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition both in federal and state levels.
