16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly

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16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Sabah
Meeting place	Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building
Term	9 October 2020 –
Election	2020 state election
Government	Cabinet of Sabah
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/dun
Members	73 elected members + 6 nominated members
Speaker	Kadzim M Yahya
Secretary	Bernard Joseph Dalinting
Government Leader	Hajiji Noor
Opposition Leader	Shafie Apdal
Party control	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Head of State
Yang di-Pertua Negeri	Juhar Mahiruddin
Sessions
1st 9 October 2020 – 23 December 2020 2nd 21 September 2021 �� TBD 3rd TBD – TBD

The 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly is the current term of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Sabah in Sabah, Malaysia. The 16th Assembly consists of 79 members that 73 members were elected in the 2020 Sabah election and 6 members were nominated by the Government and is serving from 26 October 2020 until the .

Background[]

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition won the election with a simple majority of 38 seats. The coalition consists of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (14) and Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (11) with support from United Sabah Party (PBS) (7) and Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (6). Hajiji Noor from BERSATU was sworn in as Chief Minister 3 days later. For the first time since 2003 in which the rotation system was scrapped, the Chief Minister position was offered to a non-majority party.

Officeholders[]

Speakership[]

• Speaker: Kadzim Yahya (non-MLA)
• Deputy Speaker:
  • Ahmad Abdul Rahman (non-MLA)
  • George Anthony Ginibun (non-MLA)

Other parliamentary officers[]

• Secretary: Shafaruddin Halide
• Deputy Secretary:
• Serjeants-at-Arms:

Party leaders[]

• Chief Minister: Hajiji Noor (Malaysian United Indigenous Party)
• Deputy Chief Ministers:
  • Bung Moktar Radin (United Malays National Organisation)
  • Jeffrey Kitingan (Homeland Solidarity Party)
  • Joachim Gunsalam (United Sabah Party)
• Leader of the Opposition: Shafie Apdal (Sabah Heritage Party)
• Leader of the Democratic Action Party: Frankie Poon Ming Fung
• Leader of the People's Justice Party : Christina Liew Chin Jin

Floor leaders[]

• Leader of the House:
• Shadow Leader of the House:

Whips[]

• Government Whip:
• Opposition Whip:

Constituency map showing current standings by party

Current composition[]

Membership changes[]

On 25 February 2021, Sebatik assemblyman Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir left WARISAN and accused the party of no longer prioritising the well-being of the people and only focusing on politics and^[1] joined BERSATU on 6 April 2021.^[2]

On 10 March 2021, independent Pitas assemblyman Ruddy Awah joined BERSATU.^[3]

On 30 October 2021, Lahad Datu MP and Segama assemblyman Mohammadin Ketapi left WARISAN and joined BERSATU on 26 November 2021.

On 28 December 2021, Limbahau assemblyman Juil Nuatim and Melalap assemblyman Peter Anthony left WARISAN and would be forming a new local political party based in Sabah that would align with the ruling GRS coalition.

Seating plan[]

References[]