Joseph Salang Gandum

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{EngvarB|date=November 2014}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk

| name = Joseph Salang Gandum

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PGBK|DSPN|AMN}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|01|01|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://govdocs.sinarproject.org/documents/state-governments/penang/government-of-penang-gazette/pggn019-1-y2003.pdf|title=SENARAI PENERIMA DARJAH-DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT-PINGAT KEHORMATAN NEGERI PULAU PINANG 2003|publisher=Warta Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang|language=ms}}

| birth_place = Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture

| primeminister = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak

| term_start = 27 March 2008

| term_end = 15 May 2013

| constituency = Julau

| minister = Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Rais Yatim

| monarch = Mizan Zainal Abidin
{{small|(2008–2011)}}
Abdul Halim
{{small|(2011–2013)}}

| predecessor = Himself {{small|(Communication)}}
Tan Lian Hoe {{small|(Information)}}
Teng Boon Soon {{small|(Culture)}}

| successor = Jailani Johari {{small|(Communication)}}
Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
{{small|(Culture)}}

| alongside = Heng Seai Kie {{small|(2008–2010)}},
Maglin Dennis D'Cruz {{small|(2010–2013)}} &
Tan Lian Hoe {{small|(2008–2009)}}

| office2 = Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications

| primeminister2 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

| term_start2 = 19 March

| term_end2 = 27 March 2008

| constituency2 = Julau

| minister2 = Shaziman Abu Mansor

| monarch2 = Mizan Zainal Abidin

| predecessor2 = Shaziman Abu Mansor

| successor2 = Himself
{{small|(Communications)}}
Noriah Kasnon
{{small|(Energy, Water)}}

| office3 = Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

| primeminister3 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

| term_start3 = 27 March 2004

| term_end3 = 19 March 2008

| constituency3 = Julau

| minister3 = Syed Hamid Albar

| monarch3 = Sirajuddin
{{small|(2004–2006)}}
Mizan Zainal Abidin
{{small|(2006–2008)}}

| predecessor3 = Leo Michael Toyad

| successor3 = Abdul Rahim Bakri

| constituency_MP4 = Julau

| parliament4 = Malaysian

| term_start4 = 29 November 1999

| term_end4 = 9 May 2018

| majority4 = 6,286 (1999)
2,688 (2004)
7,584 (2008)
5,955 (2013)

| predecessor4 = Sng Chee Hua
(BN–PBDS)

| successor4 = Larry Sng Wei Shien (Independent)

| office5 = 2nd President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak

| term_start5 = 31 October 2021
{{small|Acting: 31 October 2021–26 April 2022}}

| term_end5 =

| deputy5 = Majang Renggi

| predecessor5 = James Jemut Masing

| successor5 =

| office6 = Deputy President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak

| term_start6 = 20 October 2018

| term_end6 = 31 October 2021

| president6 = James Jemut Masing
{{small|(2018–2021)}}
Himself
{{small|(Acting, 2021–2022)}}

| predecessor6 = Joseph Entulu Belaun

| successor6 = Majang Renggi

| office7 = Secretary-General of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak

| term_start7 = 25 October 2016

| term_end7 = 20 October 2018

| president7 = James Jemut Masing

| predecessor7 =

| successor7 = Janang Bungsu

| party = Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS)
Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
{{small|(1999–2018, aligned; since 2020)}}
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
{{small|(since 2018)}}
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
{{small|(aligned; 2020–2022)}}

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Bank officer (retired)

| relations =

| spouse = Lucy Hon

| children =

| website =

| footnotes =

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Joseph Salang Gandum (born 1 January 1951) is a Malaysian politician and former bank officer who served as the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture, Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Najib Razak and former Ministers Rais Yatim, Shaziman Abu Mansor, Ahmad Shabery Cheek and Syed Hamid Albar from March 2004 to May 2013 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Julau from November 1999 to May 2018. He is a member of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions and was a member of the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS), also a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the 2nd President of PRS since October 2021, when he has served in official capacity since April 2022 and in acting capacity from October 2021 to April 2022. He also served as the Deputy President of PRS from October 2018 to his official promotion to the party presidency in October 2021 and Secretary-General of PRS from October 2016 to his promotion to party deputy presidency in October 2018. In addition, he was also previously one of the vice-presidents of PRS, prior to being made party secretary-general.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=197 |title=Joseph Salang Anak Gandum, Y.B. Dato' |publisher=Parliament of Malaysia |language=Malay |accessdate=19 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414172439/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=197 |archivedate=14 April 2010 }}

Salang was a bank officer before entering politics. He was elected to Parliament in the 1999 election.{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2008/3/2/columnists/suhaini/20485024&sec=suhaini|title=The partyless incumbent|last=Suhaini Aznam|date=2 March 2008|work=The Star|publisher=Star Publications (Malaysia)|accessdate=19 April 2010}} He was originally a member (and deputy president) of the Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS),{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=25649|title=Sarawakians see PM's sincerity: Taib|date=22 March 2004|work=Daily Express (Malaysia)|accessdate=19 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621233216/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=25649|archivedate=21 June 2011|df=dmy-all}} but sat in Parliament without a party after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004. He eventually joined the PRS ahead of the 2008 election.

Salang has served in a number of government posts, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications,{{cite news |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/22/nation/20080322173344&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622015535/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F3%2F22%2Fnation%2F20080322173344&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2011 |title=PRS MPs pledge support to Abdullah |date=22 March 2008 |work=The Star |publisher=Star Publications (Malaysia) |accessdate=19 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }} and Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture.{{cite news|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=402979|title=Najib Announces 28-member Cabinet|date=18 April 2009|work=Bernama|accessdate=19 April 2010}} He turned down reappointment to the deputy ministry after the 2013 election.{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/05/15/Joseph-Salang-Gandum-rejects-appointment/|title=Joseph Salang Gandum rejects appointment|date=15 May 2013|work=The Star|accessdate=21 November 2014}}