Dr. Ationg Tituh (16 November 1959 – 13 June 2025) is a Malaysian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who established and founded the

Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah Sabah People's Ideas Party ( Malay: ''Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah''; abbrev: GAGASAN or PGRS) is a regionalist political party based in Sabah, East-Malaysia. Founded in August 2013 by the late Ationg Tituh, continued by Stephen Jacob Jimba ...

(GAGASAN), and also the inaugural president of the local party since 28 August 2013 until 2021, later succeeded by Stephen Jacob Jimbangan. His political party was among the 20 official political parties registered in 2013. In 2023, his party was then taken over by a local

Tuaran Tuaran () is the town and capital of the Tuaran District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located north of the state capital Kota Kinabalu, and is strategically situated along the main highway linking Kota Kinabalu with the ...

politician,

GRS GRS may refer to: Politics Malaysia * Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), a political coalition based in Sabah, Malaysia * Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (also known as PGRS), a political party based in Sabah, Malaysia and also a main component party of Gabunga ...

Chairman

Hajiji Noor Hajiji bin Noor (; born 10 May 1955) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah since 2020 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sulaman since 1990. He is also the first official chai ...

and subsequently became the largest party in

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

in terms of number of single party seats.

Career

He began his political career as a member of '' United People's Justice Front'' (abbreviated as AKAR, later known as AKAR BERSATU) and become a political candidate in 1990 Sabah state election representing the AKAR Party for Kuamut. He was the main member of AKAR Party until 2001 where the party was fully dissolved. In 2009, he began to established the Sabah Gagasan Rakyat Party as AKAR Party successor but the party only registered under Registrar of Societies 3 years later in 2013. He officially become an organization founder of the party in 2013 and he is very well known among

Kinabatangan Kinabatangan () is the capital of the Kinabatangan District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 10,256 in 2010. Kinabatangan is mostly populated with the Orang Sungai The Orang Sungei (Ma ...

people as the "First-ever president" of the local party that is based in Kinabatangan ''(but headquartered in

Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu (; formerly known as Jesselton), colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is also the capital of the Kota Kinabalu District as well as the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the ...

)''. He was also a founder of several Sabahan local

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(NGOs) since 2014. From 2018 to 2020, he began his action to comeback as political candidate for the Sabah elections after his party got well recognised after many contributions.

Election results

Honours

* : ** Member of the

Order of the Defender of the Realm The Most Esteemed Order of the Defender of the Realm () is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country. The Order Motto are 'Dipeliharakan Allah-Pangkuan Negara' (By the Grace of God-Defender of the Realm). The o ...

(AMN) (2008)

References

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