Jannie Lasimbang

Jannie Lasimbang is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairperson of the Rural Development Corporation (KPD) of Sabah since February 2023^[1] and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kapayan since May 2018. She served as the State Assistant Minister of Law and Native Affairs of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and former Minister from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.^[2][3][4][5] She has also served as the International Secretary of DAP since March 2022. She is also the sister of Jennifer Lasimbang, former State Assistant Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah and former MLA for Moyog.

Yang Berhormat Puan Jannie Lasimbang ASDK MLA
Chairperson of the Rural Development Corporation of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Raime Unggi
International Secretary of the Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 March 2022
Assistant	Kasthuriraani Patto
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded by	Teo Nie Ching
State Assistant Minister of Law and Native Affairs of Sabah
In office 16 May 2018 – 29 September 2020 Serving with Uda Sulai
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Shafie Apdal
Minister	Aidi Moktar
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Constituency	Kapayan
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kapayan
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Edwin Bosi (PR–DAP)
Majority	13,250 (2018) 13,163 (2020)
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Jannie Lasimbang (1963-11-29) 29 November 1963 (age 60)[citation needed] Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Spouse	Sui Khar Hlawnching
Relations	Jennifer Lasimbang (sister) Adrian Banie Lasimbang (brother)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[6][7][8]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N20 Kapayan		Jannie Lasimbang (DAP)	19,558	71.95%		Goh Fah Sun (MCA)	6,308	23.20%	27,557	13,250	81.80%
							Chong Pit Fah (STAR)	1,318	4.85%
2020	N25 Kapayan		Jannie Lasimbang (DAP)	15,052	77.40%		Lu Yen Tung (MCA)	1,889	9.71%	19,447	13,163	64.75%
							Stephen Jacob Jimbangan (GAGASAN)	892	4.59%
							Edwin Bosi (PBS)	803	4.13%
							Yong Wui Chung (LDP)	428	2.20%
							Chua Juan Shiuh (PCS)	325	1.67%
							Chew Shung Seng (IND)	58	0.30%

Honours

•  Sabah :
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018)^[9]

References

1. "Hajiji continues to strengthen GRS govt with appointments of political leaders". The Star. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
2. Muguntan Vanar (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star Online. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
3. Hayati Dzulkifli (6 April 2019). "Six Sabah Umno YBs to join Bersatu today". Daily Express. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
4. "Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan baru Sabah" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
5. Bernama (31 July 2020). "Warisan defectors 'sacked' themselves; membership cancelled, says secretary-general". The Edge Markets. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
6. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
7. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
8. "N02 Tanjong Kapor". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients". Bernama. Borneo Post. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.