Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari
{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Malay name|Awang Ahmad Sah|Awang Sahari|note=on}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk
| name = Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari
| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|أواڠ أحمد صح أواڠ صحارى}}}}
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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PGDK|ASDK|MLA (Sabah)}}
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| office = Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party
| president = Shafie Apdal
| predecessor = Terrence Siambun
| successor = Azhar Matussin
| term_start = 13 October 2022
| term_end = 27 February 2023
| office1 = Information Chief of the Heritage Party
| predecessor1 = Yusof Yacob
| successor1 = Azis Jamman
| president1 = Shafie Apdal
| term_start1 = 16 October 2021
| term_end1 = 13 October 2022
| assembly2 = Sabah State Legislative
| constituency_AM2 = Petagas
| predecessor2 = Uda Sulai (WARISAN)
| successor2 =
| term_start2 = 26 September 2020
| term_end2 =
| majority2 = 261 (2020)
| birth_name = Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|7|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Petagas, Putatan, Penampang, British North Borneo
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| citizenship = Malaysian
| party = Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR)
{{small|(−2020)}}
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
{{small|(2020–2023)}}
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN)
{{small|(since 2023)}}
| otherparty = Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
{{small|(since 2023)}}
| occupation = Politician
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| relations = Awang Husaini Sahari (brother)
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| alma_mater = Hawaii Pacific University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and was a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan 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.{{Cite web |date=2012-04-22 |title=Star to fight it alone if necessary: Jeffrey |url=https://kgsilou.blogspot.com/2012/04/star-may-go-it-alone.html |access-date=2022-11-09}}{{Cite web |last=ASMIN |first=ASYIKIN |date=2021-10-16 |title=Awang Ahmad Sah Ketua Penerangan Warisan baharu |url=https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/167309/berita/politik/awang-ahmad-sah-ketua-penerangan-warisan-baharu |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Sinar Harian |language=ms}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/247257/berita/politik/adun-petagas-pula-keluar-warisan | title=ADUN Petagas pula keluar Warisan | date=27 February 2023 }}
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. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=158698885846996&set=pcb.158699259180292 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.facebook.com}}
Election results
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|+Sabah State Legislative Assembly{{Cite web |title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM – DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI |url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/5_KeputusanDUN.php?kod=06426 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=resultpru13.spr.gov.my |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026213703/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/5_KeputusanDUN.php?kod=06426 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pub&lang=BI&no=P.U.%20(B)%20484/2020 |access-date=2022-11-09}} !|Year !|Constituency ! colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct ! colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |
| rowspan="2" |2013
| rowspan="7" |N23 Petagas | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Homeland Solidarity Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (STAR) | rowspan="2" |1,111 | rowspan="2" |8.62% | {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Yahyah Hussin (UMNO) |8,504 |66.00% | rowspan="2" |12,884 | rowspan="2" |5,653 | rowspan="2" |83.03% |
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR) |2,851 |22.13% |
| rowspan="5" |2020
| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} | | rowspan="5" |{{nowrap|Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari}} (WARISAN) | rowspan="5" |4,125 | rowspan="5" |43.23% | bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" | |Arsit Sidik (BERSATU) |3,864 |40.49% | rowspan="5" |9,542 | rowspan="5" |261 | rowspan="5" |69.33% |
| {{Party shading/Independent}} |
|Paul Nointien (IND) |572 |5.99% |
| bgcolor="{{Love Sabah Party/meta/shading}}" |
|Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS) |355 |3.72% |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)}}" |
|Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP) |118 |1.24% |
| bgcolor="blue" |
|Mohamad Kulat (PGRS) |33 |0.35% |
Honours
- {{Flag|Sabah}}:
- 50px Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2019){{cite web |title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat |url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/semakan-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-bintang-dan-pingat/ |work=Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa |publisher=Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)}}
- 50px Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002580.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2018|website=www.sabah.gov.my}}
References
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Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians
Category:Malaysian people of Bruneian descent
Category:Hawaii Pacific University alumni
Category:Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni
Category:Homeland Solidarity Party politicians
Category:Former Sabah Heritage Party politicians
Category:Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah politicians
Category:Members of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly