Aaron Ago anak Dagang (born 12 December 1958) is a Malaysian

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who has served as the Minister of National Unity in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister

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since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for

Kanowit Kanowit ( Malay: ''Pekan Kanowit'') is a town and the capital of Kanowit District, Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985. It is built on the mouth of Kanowit River ...

since March 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of Health II for the second term in the

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(BN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Minister

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from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and his first term in the

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(PN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Minister Adham Baba from March 2020 to August 2021. He is a member of the

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(PRS), a component party of the

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(GPS) coalition. Before entering the Parliament, he was the political secretary to the former Minister for Energy, Communications and Multimedia,

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. He then replaced Moggie in the

federal seat when the latter stepped down from politics during the 2004 general elections. After the election, his Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS) was de-registered, he then joined the

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(SPDP) and later the

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. He retained the Kanowit seat in the 2008 election unopposed.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN

Commander of the

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(PJN) – Datuk (2010) ** MY Pingat Pertabalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVII ribbon

Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024) * : ** MY-SAR Order of the Star of Sarawak - 2 ribbon PNBS -JBS-PBS-ABS-BBS

Knight Commander of the

Order of the Star of Sarawak The Most Excellent Order of the Star of Sarawak ( Malay: ''Darjah Yang Amat Gemilang Bintang Sarawak'') was established by Charles Vyner Brooke, The Rajah of Sarawak, on 26 September 1928 as the highest order of chivalry within the Raj of Saraw ...

(PNBS) – Dato Sri (2023)

References

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