Awang Tengah Ali Hasan

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Yang Berhormat Datuk Amar Haji
Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
اواڠ تڠه علي حسن
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Awang Tengah in 2017
Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak
Assumed office
6 May 2017
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Preceded byAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
ConstituencyBukit Sari
Deputy President of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Assumed office
21 January 2017
Serving with Douglas Uggah Embas
PresidentAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Preceded byAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Ministerial roles (Sarawak)
2001–2004Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department
2004–2011Minister of Planning and Resource Management
2006–2016Minister of Public Utilities
2011–2017Minister of Resource Planning and Environment
2016–2017Minister of Industry, Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment
2017–Deputy Chief Minister
2017–2021Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources
2019–2021Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminals and Entrepreneurship
2022–Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development
2022–Minister for International Trade and Investment
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
1987–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born
Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasan

(1955-12-02) 2 December 1955 (age 66)
Kampung Dato, Bukit Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
NationalityMalaysian
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) (1987–present)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (1987–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (2018–present)
Spouse(s)Dayang Morliah Awang Daud
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasan (Jawi: اواڠ تڠه علي حسن; born 2 December 1955)[1] 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.[2]

Career[]

Awang Tengah previously served as Chairman of the Board of Management at the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation. He also served as the Director of the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation.[3]

He is currently the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak to fill the vacancy after former Deputy Chief Minister Abang Johari Tun Openg has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Sarawak, other portfolios he is currently serving are Minister of International Trade & Industry, Industrial Terminal & Entrepreneur Development Sarawak and Second Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources.[4]

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