Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan | |
|---|---|
| نظام أبو بكر تيتيڠن | |
| State Minister of Youth Development, Sports Advancement and Creative Industries of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2025 | |
| Governor | Musa Aman |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant | Anil Jeet Singh |
| Preceded by | Ellron Alfred Angin (as Minister of Youth and Sports) |
| Constituency | Apas |
| State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| In office 26 October 2022 –1 December 2025 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin (2022–2024) Musa Aman (2025) |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Wetrom Bahanda |
| Succeeded by | Isnin Aliasnih |
| Constituency | Apas |
| State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah | |
| In office 8 October 2020 –26 October 2022 Servingwith Jasnih Daya | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Kenny Chua Teck Ho |
| Succeeded by | Julita Mojungki |
| Constituency | Apas |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Apas | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Tawfiq Titingan (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 1,787 (2018) 2,049 (2020) 4,248 (2025) |
| Information Chief of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2023 | |
| President | Hajiji Noor |
| Division Chairman of N63 Apas Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2023 | |
| President | Hajiji Noor |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| 2019–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| Since 2020 | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nizam bin Abu Bakar Titingan 7 November 1966 [1] |
| Nationality | |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (until 2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2019–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) |
| Spouse | Wahida Mardiana Norsalim |
| Relations | Ahmad Bahrom (elder brother) Tawfiq Titingan (elder brother;died 2018) Kee Kim Swee (matrilineal great-grandfather;deceased) |
| Parent(s) | Abu Bakar Titingan Damsani Kee Hafsah Kee Sulaiman |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (born 7 November 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Minister of Youth,Sports Development and Creative Economy of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since December 2025 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Apas since May 2018. He formerly served as State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah from October 2022 to November 2025 and State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah from October 2020 to October 2022 in the GRS state administration under Chief Minister and Minister Hajiji Noor. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN),a component party of the GRS coalition. He has also served as the Information Chief and Division Chairman of Apas of GAGASAN since February 2023. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Nizam was born to Sabah veteran politician Abu Bakar Titingan Damsani (1920–1980),an ethnic Suluk and Kee Hafsah Kee Sulaiman (1926–2012),a Sino-Native of mixed Tidong,Suluk and Hainanese Chinese descent and the granddaughter of Tawau pioneer,Kee Kim Swee;he has 12 siblings,which several of them (Ahmad Bahrom and the late Tawfiq were also politicians,whilst the late Salwa was a civil servant). [9]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2018 | N56 Apas | Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (Sabah UMNO) | 7,243 | 53.58% | Abdul Salip Ejal (WARISAN) | 5,456 | 40.36% | 13,841 | 1,787 | 72.90% | ||
| Daud Jalaluddin (PAS) | 487 | 3.60% | ||||||||||
| Alizaman Jijurahman (PHRS) | 333 | 2.46% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N68 Apas | Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (Sabah BERSATU) | 6,252 | 58.30% | Amrullah @ Ambrullah Kamal (WARISAN) | 4,203 | 39.20% | 10,724 | 2,049 | 55.34% | ||
| Datu Indal Datu Ismail (PCS) | 186 | 1.73% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Sayadi Bakal (USNO Baru) | 83 | 0.77% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (GAGASAN) | 9,239 | 49.66% | Sarman Amat Simito (WARISAN) | 4,991 | 26.83% | 18,954 | 4,248 | 58.84% | |||
| Elmiariezan Ardan (Sabah UMNO) | 2,151 | 11.56% | ||||||||||
| Lim Ting Khai (Sabah BERSATU) | 1,949 | 10.43% | ||||||||||
| Herman Amdas (IMPIAN) | 177 | 0.95% | ||||||||||
| Marsiah Omat (PPRS) | 105 | 0.56% | ||||||||||