Henry Sum Agong

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Dato

| name = Henry Sum Agong

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PSBS|PBS|MP}}

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| birth_name = Henry Sum Agong

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|02|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = British Military Administration (Borneo) (now Sarawak, Malaysia)

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Deputy Minister of Transport

| term_start = 30 August 2021

| term_end = 24 November 2022

| monarch = Abdullah

| primeminister = Ismail Sabri Yaakob

| minister = Wee Ka Siong

| predecessor = Hasbi Habibollah

| successor = Hasbi Habibollah

| constituency = Lawas

| office1 = Deputy Minister of Rural Development II

| term_start1 = 10 March 2020

| term_end1 = 16 August 2021

| monarch1 = Abdullah

| primeminister1 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| minister1 = Abdul Latiff Ahmad

| alongside1 = Abdul Rahman Mohamad

| predecessor1 = Sivarasa Rasiah

| successor1 = Hasbi Habibollah

| constituency1 = Lawas

| office2 = Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism

| term_start2 = 27 June 2016

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| monarch2 = Abdul Halim
{{small|(Jun–Dec 2016)}}
Muhammad V
{{small|(2016–2018)}}

| primeminister2 = Najib Razak

| minister2 = Hamzah Zainudin

| predecessor2 = Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah

| successor2 = Chong Chieng Jen {{small|(Domestic Trade, Consumerism)}}
Mohd Hatta Ramli {{small|(Co-operatives)}}

| constituency2 = Lawas

| constituency_MP3 = Lawas

| parliament3 = Malaysian

| term_start3 = 8 March 2008

| term_end3 =

| majority3 = 7,792 (2008)
6,030 (2013)
6,000 (2018)
5,677 (2022)

| predecessor3 = Position established

| successor3 =

| constituency_MP4 = Bukit Mas

| parliament4 = Malaysian

| term_start4 = 29 November 1999

| term_end4 = 8 March 2008

| predecessor4 = Michael Lisa Kaya
(BN–PBB)

| majority4 = 10,526 (1999)
Walkover (2004)

| successor4 = Position abolished

| party = Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
{{small|(–2018)}}
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
{{small|(since 2018)}}

| occupation = Politician

| relations =

| spouse = Tunung Palong

| children = Christina Busak

| website =

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Henry Sum Agong (born 18 February 1946) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawas since March 2008. He served as the Deputy Minister of Transport in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Wee Ka Siong from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister of Rural Development II in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He also served as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Hamzah Zainudin from June 2016 to May 2018 and MP for Bukit Mas from November 1999 to March 2008. He is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/index.php?modload=ahlidewan&uweb=dr&action=details&id=417|title=Henry Sum Agong, Y.B. Tuan|publisher=Parliament of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=24 April 2010}} He is the first deputy minister of the Lun Bawang ethnicity in the history of Malaysia.

Having represented the Bukit Mas constituency,{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/3/13/latest/16391BNwinssi&sec=latest|title=BN wins six seats uncontested in Sarawak|last=Wong|first=Jack|date=13 March 2004|work=The Star|publisher=Star Publications (Malaysia)|access-date=24 April 2010}} Henry Sum moved to the seat of Lawas for the 2008 election, which he won with 92% of the vote.{{cite news|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=319734&cat=sre|title=BN Does Well in Northern Sarawak|last=Hamdan Ismail|date=10 March 2008|work=Berita Wilayah Sarawak|publisher=Bernama|access-date=24 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622075752/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=319734&cat=sre|archive-date=22 June 2011|url-status=dead}}