Samad Jambri

2020–

Yang Berhormat Datuk Samad Jambri PGDK MLA
صمد زمبري‎
State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2020 (lapse on 30 November 2025 – 1 December 2025) Servingwith Harun Durabi (2020–2023) & Ruddy Awah (2023–2025) & Juil Nuatim (since 2025)		Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Samad bin Jambri @ Jamri (1973-09-10) 10 September 1973 (age 52) Beluran, Sabah, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysia
Party	Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2020–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023)
Spouse	Rosminah Arman
Occupation	Politician

Samad bin Jambri (born 10 September 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Minister Jahid Jahim from October 2020 until November 2025 and Minister Rubin Balang since December 2025, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Labuk since September 2020. He is a member of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition. He was a formerly member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a branch of a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN). He left Sabah BERSATU on 10 December 2022 and joined GAGASAN on 5 February 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N49 Labuk		Samad Jambri (Sabah BERSATU)	2,701	46.11%		Dennis T. Rantau (UPKO)	1,493	25.49%	5,858	1,208	65.44%
							Abdul Rahman Kongkawang (IND)	1,441	24.60%
							Fidelis K. Michael (PCS)	115	1.96%
							Sh. Suhaimi Sh. Miasin (USNO Baru)	108	1.84%
2025			Samad Jambri (GAGASAN)	2,885	31.70%		Yusuflatif Mustapah (Sabah UMNO)	1,906	20.94%	9,342	979	64.21%
							Japar Awang (WARISAN)	1,411	15.50%
							Asmad Nasir (Sabah BERSATU)	1,364	14.99%
							Norfadzlina Ramsah (UPKO)	1,081	11.88%
							Marx Henry Lim (KDM)	232	2.55%
							Junsik @ Joseph Imus (IMPIAN)	185	2.03%
							Nuralizah Lee Abdullah (ANAK NEGERI)	38	0.42%

Honours

• Sabah
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023) ^[10]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2021) ^[11]
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2015)

References

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2. "Pelajar SMK Beluran II ikuti tuisyen percuma anjuran Pemuda Umno". Malaysiakini. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
3. "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
4. "Buat kejutan rampas semula Parlimen Sandakan". Berita Harian. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
5. "SAMAD JAMBRI". Facebook . 18 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
6. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
7. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
8. "N40 Labuk". Malaysiakini . Retrieved 30 May 2020.
9. "N.49 LABUK". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
10. "Acryl Sani dahului 1,209 senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Sabah". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
11. "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2021" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.