Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the

Sabah State Legislative Assembly The Sabah State Legislative Assembly ( 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 State Legislative Assembly Buildin ...

(MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is a member of 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), a component party of the

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS; ) is a Malaysia, Malaysian Parliamentary group, coalition of Sabah-based parties. It was established in 2020 and then registered in 2022 by former United Alliance of Sabah (GBS) and United Borneo Alliance (UBA) compon ...

(GRS) coalition and was a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and

Homeland Solidarity Party Homeland Solidarity Party ( abbrev: STAR; ) is a Sabah-based political party in Malaysia. The party was founded on 1 July 2016 by Joseph Pairin Kitingan's brother Jeffrey. STAR Party was one of four founding parties of the United Sabah Allia ...

(STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of

Putatan Putatan () is a municipality in the capital of the Putatan district in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 100,000 in 2021. It is one of the satellite town of Kota Kinabalu metropolitan area t ...

of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR. He is also brother of Vice President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan Awang Husaini Sahari. On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the

2020 Sabah state election The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020. The state snap election was called prematurely a ...

Education

He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan,

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 ...

. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from

Hawaii Pacific University Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) is a private university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Oceanic Institute of HPU, an aquaculture research facility, is located at Makapuu Point. HPU is also present on military installations on the island of ...

, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University (SIU) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Chartered in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. SIU enrolls students from all 50 sta ...

, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.

Election results

Honours

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Commander of the

Order of Kinabalu The Illustrious Order of Kinabalu (Malay: ''Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Kinabalu'') is the only order conferred by the Governor of Sabah, Malaysia. Background The Illustrious Order of Kinabalu is established by virtue of Section 3(a) of State Honou ...

(PGDK) – Datuk (2019) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - ASDK-ADK-BSK-BK

Companion of the

(ASDK) (2018)

References

{{reflist 21st-century Malaysian politicians Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Bruneian descent Hawaii Pacific University alumni Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni Homeland Solidarity Party politicians Former Sabah Heritage Party politicians Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah politicians Members of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Living people 1959 births Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu