Sabah State Legislative Assembly

Sabah State Legislative Assembly Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah
14th Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	25 September 1963
Leadership
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Juhar Mahiruddin since 1 January 2011
Speaker	Syed Abas Syed Ali, BN–UMNO since 7 August 2015
Deputy Speaker	Johnny Mositun, BN–PBS since 29 April 2008 Johnson Tee, BN–PBRS since 21 May 2013
Chief Minister	Musa Aman, BN–UMNO since 27 March 2003
Opposition Leader	Lajim Ukin, PH–PKR since 19 June 2013
Structure
Seats	60 Quorum: 20 Simple majority: 31 Two-thirds majority: 40
Political groups	(As of 24 February 2016) Government   Barisan Nasional (49) Ministers: 11 Assistant ministers: 18 Backbenchers: 19   UMNO (31)   PBS (7)   UPKO (4)   LDP (3)   GERAKAN (2)   MCA (1)   PBRS (1) Opposition   Pakatan Harapan (8)   PKR (5)   DAP (3)   STAR (1)   Independent (2)   Vacant (0)
Committees	4 Public Accounts Committee Rules of Proceedings Committee Right and Privileges Committee Committee of Selection
Elections
Voting system	Plurality: First-past-the-post (60 single-member constituencies)
Last election	5 May 2013
Next election	on or before 13 September 2018
Meeting place
Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building, Likas, Kota Kinabalu
Website
www.sabah.gov.my/dun/

The Sabah State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 60 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state.

The unicameral state legislature, whose members are called state assemblymen, convenes at the Legislative Assembly building in Likas, Kota Kinabalu. It has 60 seats with Barisan Nasional forming the majority after the 2013 state election. After the 2013 election the State Legislative Assembly is sitting in its 12th edition. The Barisan Nasional coalition has control over 48 seats in the house while Pakatan Rakyat has 11 seats and State Reform Party has one.

Current composition

For a complete list of members, see Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2013-) § Sabah.

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Cabinet

The Cabinet of Sabah forms the executive branch of the state's government. It is led by the Chief Minister of Sabah. The Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Assembly. He then advises the Governor on the appointment of state ministers. The Chief Minister and his ministers constitute the state cabinet, and share collective responsibility to the Assembly.

Full members

Sabah State Cabinet (Effective 3 March 2014)

Name	Post
Musa Aman	Chief Minister Minister of Finance
Joseph Pairin Kitingan MP	Deputy Chief Minister Minister of Infrastructure Development
Yahya Hussin	Deputy Chief Minister Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry
Raymond Tan Shu Kiah	Deputy Chief Minister Minister of Industrial Development
Hajiji Noor	Minister of Local Government and Housing
Masidi Manjun	Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment
Radin Malleh	Minister of Rural Development
Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan	Minister of Youth and Sports
Siringan Gubat	Minister of Resource and Information Technology Development
Jainab Ahmad	Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs
Teo Chee Kang	Minister of Special Functions

Assistant ministers

Name	Post
Arifin Arif	Assistant Minister in Chief Minister's Office
Edward Yong Oui Fah
Ellron Angin
Ramlee Marahaban	Assistant Minister of Finance
Michael Asang
Bobbey Ahfang Suan	Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development
Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar
Sairin Karno	Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry
Musbah Jamli
Bolkiah Ismail	Assistant Minister of Industrial Development
Zakaria Edris	Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing
Dr. Joachim Gunsalam
Kamarlin Ombi	Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment
Pang Yuk Ming
Nilwan Kabang	Assistant Minister of Rural Development
Masiung Banah	Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports
Hamisa Samat	Assistant Minister of Resource Development and Information Technology
Anita Baranting	Assistant Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs

Ex officio members

Portfolio	Office bearers
State Secretary	Sukarti Wakiman
State Permanent Financial Secretary	Pengiran Hassanel Pengiran Mohd. Tahir
State Attorney-General	Mariati Robert

Speakers Roll of Honour

The following is the Speaker of the Sabah State Assembly Roll of Honour, since 1963:

No.	Speaker	Term start	Term end
1	George N. Oehlers	23 September 1963	22 September 1964
2	Mohd Kassim Hashim	23 September 1964	23 September 1975
3	Abdul Momin Kalakhan	24 September 1975	10 May 1979
4	Mohd Sunoh Marso	11 May 1979	29 March 1986
5	Pandikar Amin Mulia	31 March 1986	30 November 1987
6	Hassan Alban Sandukong	8 December 1987	5 December 2002
7	Juhar Mahiruddin	5 December 2002	31 December 2010
8	Salleh Said Keruak	17 January 2011	27 July 2015
9	Syed Abas Syed Ali	7 August 2015	Incumbent

Legislative assembly districts following the 2008 state elections

Map of electoral districts in Sabah

State legislative assembly districts are denoted by the prefix 'N'. National parliamentary districts are denoted by the prefix 'P'. Due to boundary delimitation taking place almost every time before an election, the following image might not be applicable in the future.

Sabah state election, 2013

Main article: Sabah state election, 2013

Sabah state election, 2008

Main article: Sabah state election, 2008

For a complete list of members, see Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2008-2013) § Sabah.

External links

• Sabah State Legislative Assembly official website