Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu is a right-wing political party in Malaysia. It is currently the largest political party in Sarawak,with strongholds only in the rural areas. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu was formed from the combination of three parties in Sarawak;Parti Negara Sarawak,Barisan Rakyat Jati Sarawak and Parti Pesaka Anak Sarawak. The formation of the party was for the purpose of the improvement of the livelihood and protect the rights of the Bumiputera in many fields such as politics,economy and social. The party is also one of the former constituents of the Barisan Nasional coalition. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of a meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018,PBB left the coalition to formed a new Sarawak-based coalition,Sarawak Parties Alliance.
Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Saban since May 2016. He currently serves in the state cabinet of Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg as Second Minister for Finance and New Economy,as well as Minister for Infrastructure and Port Development. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture Modernisation and Rural Economy under Chief Minister Adenan Satem. Douglas is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a component party of the ruling state Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition.
The Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak is the second highest order group of the orders,decorations,and medals of Sarawak. The order was instituted in 1970,and was redesigned in 1988. Two more ranks were added to the order:the 'Officer' in 1988 and the 'Companion' in 2002.
Annuar bin Rapaee is a Malaysian cardiologist and politician who has served as State Assistant Minister of Education,Innovation and Talent Development in the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg since January 2022,Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Nangka since April 2011 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of University of Technology Sarawak since March 2021. He is a member and Vice-President of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a component party of the ruling GPS coalition. He served as State Assistant Minister of Housing and Public Health,State Assistant Minister of Education,Science and Technological Research and State Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Department of Sarawak in the Barisan Nasional (BN) and GPS state administrations under Chief Ministers Adenan Satem and Abang Johari from May 2016 to December 2021.
Yang Berhormat Dato' Murshid Diraja Dr. Juanda Jaya is a Malaysian politician and mufti who has served as State Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Department of Sarawak in charge of Integrity and Ombudsman in the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister John Sikie Tayai since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jemoreng since May 2016. He is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a component party of the ruling GPS coalition. He also served as the Mufti of Perlis from January 2009 to January 2014. On 1 October 2009,he started to take leave and was a visiting scholar to Oxford University from 5 October 2009 to 4 August 2010 for 10 months. He is of Melanau descent.
Fatimah Abdullah née Ting Sai Ming is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. She has served as the State Minister of Welfare,Community Wellbeing,Women,Family and Childhood Development of Sarawak under Chief Ministers Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg,Adenan Satem and Abdul Taib Mahmud since September 2011 as well as and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Dalat since September 2001.
The 18th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly was a term of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly,the legislative branch of the Government of Sarawak in Sarawak,Malaysia. The 18th Assembly consisted of 82 members that were elected in the 2016 state election and served from 7 June 2016 until 3 November 2021.
Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Abang Haji Openg,popularly known as Abang Johari or Abang Jo,is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 6th Chief Minister of Sarawak since January 2017 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gedong since December 2021. He served as the MLA for Satok from 1981 to December 2021. He is now the longest-serving MLA by having served since 1981 for 40 years as of 2021.
Gabungan Parti Sarawak or abbreviated GPS is a Sarawak-based political alliance in Malaysia. It was established in 2018 by four former Barisan Nasional component parties operating solely in Sarawak following the federal coalition's defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election. It is currently the fourth-largest bloc in the Dewan Rakyat and forms the government in the state of Sarawak.
The 2021 Sarawak state election,formally the 12th Sarawak general election,was held on 18 December 2021 to elect the 19th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. All 82 seats would be up for election,presuming no constituencies were added or removed in a redistribution. As the 18th Assembly first sat on 7 June 2016,it was originally set to be dissolved automatically on 7 June 2021. However,the 2021 state emergency declaration,preceded by an federal 2021 Malaysian state of emergency declaration nationwide,arising from the 2020–21 political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic,suspended the automatic dissolution of the legislature until the proposed end of the emergency duration on 2 February 2022. On 3 November 2021,Istana Negara announced that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah had consented to lift the state of emergency thus the state legislative assembly dissolved automatically and the state election must be held within 60 days after to elect a new state government.
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr. James Jemut Masing was a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister,State Minister of Infrastructure and Ports Development of Sarawak under Chief Ministers Adenan Satem and Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg as well as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Baleh from May 2016,January 2017 and December 1983 to his death in October 2021 respectively. He was a member of the Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) and later Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He also served as President of PRS from its founding in March 2004 to his death in October 2021.
Datu Dr. Penguang anak Manggil is a Malaysian politician from the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He has served as State Assistant Minister of Public Health and Housing of Sarawak in the GPS state administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Sim Kui Hian since January 2022. He served as State Assistant Minister of Local Government of Sarawak in the Barisan Nasional (BN) and GPS state administrations under Chief Ministers Adenan Satem and Abang Johari and Minister Sim from May 2016 to December 2021 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Marudi since May 2016.
Datuk Liwan anak Lagang is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Assistant Minister of Telecommunication of Sarawak in charge of Telecommunication in the GPS state administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and State Minister Julaihi Narawi since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belaga since May 2006.
Rosey binti Haji Yunus is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Assistant Minister of Women,Family,Welfare,Community Wellbeing and Childhood Development of Sarawak in charge of Women,Family and Childhood Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) and GPS state administrations under Chief Ministers Abdul Taib Mahmud,Adenan Satem and Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg as well as Minister Fatimah Abdullah since September 2011 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bekenu since May 2006.
Dato' Sri Lee Kim Shin,is a Malaysian politician who has served as State Minister of Transport of Sarawak in the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg since August 2019 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Senadin since September 1996. He is a member of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP),a component party of the ruling GPS coalition.
Dato Sri Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah,is a Malaysian politician based in the state of Sarawak from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a major component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition of the state. He has served as State Minister of Tourism,Arts,Culture,Youth and Sports of Sarawak since May 2017. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak from January 2017 to May 2017 and State Assistant Minister of Housing and Youth Development of Sarawak from September 2011 to January 2017. He has also served as the Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Asajaya since September 2001.
Dato' Sri Wong Soon Koh,is a Malaysian politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak since November 2020 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bawang Assan since September 1991. He served as the State Minister of Finance II of Sarawak from 2004 and State Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce from May 2017 to his resignation in July 2019,State Minister of Local Government and Community Development from September 2011 to May 2016 and State Minister of Environment and Public Health from 2008 to September 2011. He is a member of and has also served as 1st and founding President of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) since 2015 and was previously a member of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP).
Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew is a Malaysian lawyer and politician from the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He has served as State Assistant Minister of Tourism,Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak in charge of Tourism in the GPS administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Piasau since May 2016. He served as State Assistant Minister of Tourism,Arts and Culture of Sarawak from August 2019 to December 2021. He has also served as Secretary-General of SUPP since September 2014.
Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasan is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak since May 2017 and Member of Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Sari since April 1987. He currently also holds the portfolio of Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development and Minister for International Trade and Investment under the administration of Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg. Previously,he had also held other cabinet posts under previous chief ministers Abdul Taib Mahmud and Adenan Satem. Awang Tengah is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition.
The First Abang Johari cabinet took office on 19 January 2017,six days after the election of Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg to the leadership of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and his appointment as Chief Minister of Sarawak,Malaysia. It succeeded the second Adenan cabinet,which dissolved on 11 January 2017 following the death of the previous Chief Minister Adenan Satem.
