Abidin Madingkir

Datuk Abidin bin Madingkir (born 28 November 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since October 2020 as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paginatan since May 2018. He is a member of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) a component party of the GRS and formerly Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions and was a member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He is also the former Mayor of Kota Kinabalu City Hall and the first native Ranau Dusun to hold this position, after retiring optionally from the Sabah civil service aged 58 in 2011.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Abidin Madingkir PGDK JSM JP MLA
State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2020 Serving with Wetrom Bahanda (2020–2022) & Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (since 2022) & Ruslan Muharam (since 2023)
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Jimmy Wong Sze Phin
Constituency	Paginatan
Vice President of the Homeland Solidarity Party (Non-Muslim Bumiputera)
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 October 2021 Serving with Paul Porodong (Non-Muslim Bumiputera) (2021–2024) & Suling Isib (Non-Muslim Bumiputera) (since 2024) & Annuar Ayub (Muslim Bumiputera) (2021–2024), (Appointed) (since 2024) & Apas Nawawi Saking (Muslim Bumiputera) (since 2021) & Mohd Lin Harun (Muslim Bumiputera) (since 2024) & Stephen Teo (Chinese) (2021–2024) & Kong Soon Choi (Chinese) (since 2024) & Beverley Natalie Koh (Chinese) (since 2024) & Flovia Ng (Appointed) (since 2024)
President	Jeffrey Kitingan
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Paginatan
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Siringan Gubat (BN–UPKO)
Majority	2,066 (2018) 1,323 (2020)
Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–2019	United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation
2019–2020	United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation
2020–	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Abidin bin Madingkir (1953-11-28) 28 November 1953 (age 71) Ranau, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) (until 2020) Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020)
Spouse	Florence Malangkig
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[6][7][8][9]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N31 Paginatan		Abidin Madingkir (UPKO)	5,666	48.83%		Julian Sidin (WARISAN)	3,600	31.01%	11,905	2,066	77.70%
							Padderin Tuliang (STAR)	1,870	16.12%
							Satiol Indong (PCS)	362	3.14%
							Mat Jaili Samat (PPRS)	104	0.90%
2020	N38 Paginatan		Abidin Madingkir (STAR)	3,783	35.65%		Junaidi Sahat (UMNO)	2,460	23.18%	10,612	1,323	68.86%
							Arthur Sen Siong Choo (PBS)	1,588	14.96%
							Georgina George (UPKO)	1,245	11.73%
							Amru Abd Kadir (PCS)	905	8.53%
							Henrynus Amin (PKAN)	349	3.29%
							Liong Sun Min (LDP)	118	1.11%
							Kamil Kasibun (USNO Baru)	112	1.06%
							Bensin Dani (GAGASAN)	52	0.49%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia :
  • Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (2010)
•  Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1998)
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2012)^[10]

References

1. "Upko sacks vice-president Abidin for supporting Musa". The Star Online. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
2. Willie Jude (23 August 2020). "Ex-Upko rep who defected to support Musa joins Jeffrey's STAR". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
3. "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
4. "Calon PN DUN Paginatan dapat sokongan pemimpin PBS". Sinar Harian. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
5. "ABIDIN MADINGKIR". Facebook. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 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. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.
8. "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
9. "N.38 PAGINATAN". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
10. "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 2012" (PDF). sabah.gov.my.