Datuk Jamawi bin Ja'afar 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 served as the Member of

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 ...

for Kemabong from 2018 until 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 United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a branch of a component party of the

Barisan Nasional Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...

(BN) coalition. He became the GAGASAN Division Chairman of Melalap Branch in March 2023.

Politics

He was the

UMNO Youth The UMNO Youth Movement (Malay language, Malay: ; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) or more known simply as UMNO Youth is the youth wing of Malaysia's grand old party the United Malays National Organisation. Primarily for members aged 18 to 40, the goal of ...

Chief of Tenom Division and Youth Information Chief of UMNO. He quit UMNO in 2018 and then later joined

WARISAN Warsan or Warisan () is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Warsan is an industrial neighbourhood of Dubai, bordering Al Warqaa to the north and Nad Al Sheba to the west. Warsan is subdivided into four localities — Warsan 1 ...

with the reason to support

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 ...

local party. In 2020, he quit WARISAN because of PSS controversies and rejoined UMNO as alternative choices. After BN-UMNO lost many seats in the Malaysia General Election in November 2022, he decided to joining

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 ...

through GRS direct membership constitution. In February 2023, he confirmed to support and joining

local party GAGASAN, one of the major component party of

. In March 2023, he officially become the Division Chairman of Melalap branch. In October 17, 2023, he has confirmed that Tenom parliamentary branch of PGRS–

has successfully reached 5,000 membership.

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 (2023) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - ASDK-ADK-BSK-BK

Companion of the

(ASDK) (2014) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - ASDK-ADK-BSK-BK

Member of the

(ADK) (2009)

References

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