Snowdan Lawan

Datuk Snowdan anak Donald Lawan (born 5 September 1971)^[1] is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak in charge of Creative Industry and Performing Arts in the GPS state administration under Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Balai Ringin since May 2006. He served as State Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak in the GPS and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under Premier Abang Johari and Minister Abdul Karim from May 2017 to January 2022. He has also served as Youth Chief of PRS since October 2016.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Snowdan Lawan PGBK AMN MLA
Snowdan in 2019
State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak (Creative Industry and Performing Arts)
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 January 2022 Serving with Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (Tourism)
Minister	Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
Governor	Abdul Taib Mahmud Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Chief Minister	Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Preceded by	Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture)
Constituency	Balai Ringin
State Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak
In office 7 May 2017 – 2 January 2022
Minister	Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
Governor	Abdul Taib Mahmud
Chief Minister	Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Preceded by	Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
Succeeded by	Gerald Rentap Jabu (State Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development (Youth and Sports Development))
Constituency	Balai Ringin
Youth Chief of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 October 2016
President	James Jemut Masing (2016-2021) Joseph Salang Gandum (2021-)
Preceded by	Liwan Lagang
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Balai Ringin
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2006
Preceded by	Position established
Majority	1,516 (2006) 2,885 (2011) 2,039 (2016) 1,285 (2021)
Personal details
Born	(1971-09-05) 5 September 1971 (age 53) Sarawak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (-2018, allied : since 2020) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (allied : since 2020)
Relations	Donald Lawan (father)

Election results

Sarawak State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots Cast	Majority	Turnout
2006	Balai Ringin		Snowdan Lawan (PRS)	3,075	62.60%		Ibi Uding (SNAP)	1,559	29.00%	5,376	1,516	5,470
							Cobbold Lusoi (IND)	742	13.80%
2011			Snowdan Lawan (PRS)	4,145	64.63%		Ibi Uding (PKR)	1,260	19.65%	6,413	2,885	6,544
							Dan Giang (SNAP)	765	11.93%
							Sujal Gansi (PCM)	126	1.96%
							Cobbold Lusoi (IND)	85	1.33%
							Sujal Gansi (IND)	32	0.50%
2016			Snowdan Lawan (PRS)	4,478	58.10%		Entusa Imam (IND)	2,439	31.65%	7,707	2,039	7,794
							Nicholas Mujah Ason (PKR)	700	9.08%
							Pok Ungkut (PBDSB)	90	1.17%
2021			Snowdan Lawan (PRS)	4,816	56.38%		Masir Kujat (PSB)	3,531	41.34%	8,542	1,285	79.17%
							Kasim Mana (PBK)	195	2.28%

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2011)
•  Sarawak :
  • Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (2017)^[2][3]

See also

• Balai Ringin (state constituency)

References

1. "DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SARAWAK". Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. 2008.
2. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
3. "Former TYT leads Head of State's honours list". Borneo Post. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2019.