Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari

Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and was a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR. He is also brother of Vice President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan Awang Husaini Sahari.[1][2]

Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari
اوڠ احمد صح اوڠ سهاري
Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party
In office
13 October 2022  27 February 2023
PresidentShafie Apdal
Preceded byTerrence Siambun
Information Chief of the Heritage Party
In office
16 October 2021  13 October 2022
PresidentShafie Apdal
Preceded byYusof Yacob
Succeeded byAzis Jamman
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Petagas
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byUda Sulai (WARISAN)
Majority261 (2020)
Personal details
Born
Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari

(1959-07-24) 24 July 1959
Petagas, Putatan, Penampang, British North Borneo
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyHomeland Solidarity Party (STAR)
(−2020)
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
(2020–2023)
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN)
(since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(since 2023)
RelationsAwang Husaini Sahari (brother)
Alma materHawaii Pacific University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
OccupationPolitician

On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election.[3]

Education

He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.[4]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[5][6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 Petagas Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (STAR) 1,111 8.62% Yahyah Hussin (UMNO) 8,504 66.00% 12,884 5,653 83.03%
Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR) 2,851 22.13%
2020 Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (WARISAN) 4,125 43.23% Arsit Sidik (BERSATU) 3,864 40.49% 9,542 261 69.33%
Paul Nointien (IND) 572 5.99%
Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS) 355 3.72%
Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP) 118 1.24%
Mohamad Kulat (PGRS) 33 0.35%

Honours

References

  1. "Star to fight it alone if necessary: Jeffrey". 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. ASMIN, ASYIKIN (2021-10-16). "Awang Ahmad Sah Ketua Penerangan Warisan baharu". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  3. "ADUN Petagas pula keluar Warisan". 27 February 2023.
  4. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM – DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". resultpru13.spr.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  6. "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).


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