Sapawi Ahmad

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

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{{Malay name|Sapawi|Ahmad}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk

| name = Sapawi Ahmad

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PGDK|JP}}

| image = Sipitang Sabah Sapawi-Ahmad-during-Fly-Jalur-gemilang-Campaign-2013-01.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Sapawi bin Amat Wasali @ Ahmad

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|07|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sipitang, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)

| residence =

| death_date =

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| constituency_MP = Sipitang

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 8 March 2008

| term_end = 9 May 2018

| majority1 =

| predecessor = Yusof Yacob
(BN–UMNO)

| successor = Yamani Hafez Musa (BN-UMNO)

| office2 = Supreme Council Members of GAGASAN RAKYAT Sipitang-Sindumin

| term_start2 = 2024

| term_end2 =

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| successor2 =

| office3 = Supreme Council Members of GRS Sipitang-Sindumin

| term_start3 = 2024

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| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) {{small|(until 2023)}}
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) {{small|(since 2024)}}

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN) {{small|(until 2023)}}
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) {{small|(since 2024)}}

| occupation = Politician

| majority = 6,146 (2008)
9,469 (2013)

| relations =

| spouse = Patimah Ali

| children = 5

| alma_mater = National University of Malaysia

| website = {{url|http://datuksapawiahmad.blogspot.com/}}

| footnotes =

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|صڤاوي أحمد}}}}

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Yang Berbahagia Datuk Sapawi bin Haji Amat Wasali @ Ahmad (born 5 July 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sipitang constituency in Sabah, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 2008 to May 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=153 |title=Sapawi bin Haji Amat Wasali @ Ahmad, Y.B. Datuk |publisher=Parliament of Malaysia |access-date=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211232627/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=153 |archive-date=11 December 2009 }} He currently an official member of GAGASAN, a component party of GRS since January 2024. He become supreme council members of both GRS Sindumin-Sipitang and GAGASAN RAKYAT Sipitang.

Sapawi was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, replacing the UMNO incumbent Yusof Yacob in the seat of Sipitang.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/print.cfm?NewsID=56007|title=15 'new blood' BN hopefuls|date=22 February 2008|work=Daily Express (Malaysia)|access-date=30 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621232512/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/print.cfm?NewsID=56007|archive-date=21 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|access-date=18 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed). Before entering federal politics, Sapawi was an Assistant Minister in the Sabah State Government. He quits UMNO to join a local Sabahan's party and directly become an official member of GAGASAN, a component party of GRS since January 2024. He become supreme council members of both GRS Sipitang and GAGASAN RAKYAT Sipitang.