James Dawos Mamit (4 November 1948 – 9 July 2019) was a

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. He was the

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for the Mambong constituency in

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, representing the

United Traditional Bumiputera Party Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB; en, United Bumiputera Heritage Party) is a right-wing political party in Malaysia. It is currently the largest political party in Sarawak. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu was formed from the combination ...

(PBB). He was also the former Deputy Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water in the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

coalition government. Dawos was appointed as Deputy Minister of Tourism on 14 December 2009, replacing

Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib Dato' Sri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Taib (born 31 May 1968) is a former Deputy Minister of Tourism of Malaysia. He is the 3rd son of Abdul Taib Mahmud who is the current Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak while his mother was the late Lai ...

. As a backbencher, he had promoted the preservation of

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language and culture. On 16 May 2013, after his victory in the 13th General Election, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-SAR Order of the Star of Sarawak - 3 ribbon PSBS

Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PSBS) - Dato (2006) * : ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

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(SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2012)

References

1948 births 2019 deaths Members of the Dewan Rakyat Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu politicians Bidayuh people Malaysian Christians 21st-century Malaysian politicians People from Sarawak {{Malaysia-politician-stub