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Siringan bin Gubat (28 November 1949 – 20 March 2018) was a Malaysian politician. He is the Minister for Resource Development and Information Technology in the state government of

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory o ...

, and represents the seat of Paginatan in the

Sabah State Legislative Assembly The Sabah State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah, Kadazandusun: ''Langga' Tinukuan Pogun Sabah'') is a part of the legislature of Sabah, Malaysia, the other being the governor of Sabah. The assembly meets at the Sabah Sta ...

. From 2008 to 2013 he was the Member of the

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for the

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constituency. He is a member of the

United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation The United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation ( ms, Pertubuhan Kinabalu Progresif Bersatu; abbrev: UPKO) is a multiracial political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. The party was rebranded from its previous party's name, United Pasokmomogun Ka ...

(UPKO) party in the

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(BN) coalition. Siringan was a member of the State Assembly between 1990 and 2004. He was first elected as a member of the Parti Bersatu Sabah, United Sabah Party (PBS), but defected with Bernard Dompok in 1994 to join the

coalition with a newly formed party that became UPKO. He was elected to the federal Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election, 2008 election after the incumbent member, UPKO's President Bernard Dompok, shifted to the seat of Penampang. He served one term, before returning to the State Assembly at the 2013 Malaysian general election. After the election he was appointed as the Sabah Minister for Resource Development and Information Technology. He died on 20 March 2018 at the age of 68. His remains are buried at Kampung Kinarasan, Ranau.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : ** Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) - (2002) ** Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia#Companion, Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (2007) ** MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN

MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN

Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service#Commander, Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) - Datuk (2017) * : ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - PGDK

Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) - Datuk (1998)

References

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