Siringan Gubat

{{Short description|Malaysian politician (1949–2018)}}

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| name = Siringan Gubat

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| birth_name = Siringan bin Gubat

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1949|11|28}}

| birth_place = Ranau, Crown Colony of North Borneo

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| death_place = Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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| constituency_MP = Ranau, Sabah

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 2008

| term_end = 2013

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| predecessor = Bernard Dompok

| successor = Ewon Ebin

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| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation

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Siringan bin Gubat (28 November 1949 – 20 March 2018) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Minister for Resource Development and Information Technology in the state government of Sabah, and represented the seat of Paginatan in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. From 2008 to 2013 he was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Ranau constituency. He was a member of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=154 |title=Siringan bin Gubat, Y.B. Datuk |publisher=Parliament of Malaysia |language=Malay |accessdate=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211224733/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=154 |archivedate=11 December 2009 }}

Siringan was a member of the State Assembly between 1989 and 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=56032|title=Dusun raised by Chinese is Upko's man for Penyu|publisher=Daily Express|date=23 February 2008|accessdate=30 March 2010}} He was first elected as a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS), but defected with Bernard Dompok in 1994 to join the Barisan Nasional coalition with a newly formed party that became UPKO.

He was elected to the federal Parliament in the 2008 election after the incumbent member, UPKO's President Bernard Dompok, shifted to the seat of Penampang.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=56030|title=A Penampang homecoming for Dompok|publisher=Daily Express|date=23 February 2008|accessdate=30 March 2010}} He served one term, before returning to the State Assembly at the 2013 Malaysian general election. After the election he was appointed as the Sabah Minister for Resource Development and Information Technology.

He died on 20 March 2018 at the age of 68.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/21/sabah-siringan-gubat-dies/|title=Sabah Resource Development and Information Technology Minister passes away|author=Muguntan Vanar|work=The Star|date=21 March 2018|accessdate=21 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063516/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/21/sabah-siringan-gubat-dies/|archivedate=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}} His remains are buried at Kampung Kinarasan, Ranau.{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/siringan-buried-hometown-ranau-saturday-033357175.html|title=Siringan to be buried in hometown Ranau this Saturday|author1=Suzianah Jiffar|author2=Olivia Miwil|work=New Straits Times|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=21 March 2018|accessdate=21 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063847/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/siringan-buried-hometown-ranau-saturday-033357175.html|archivedate=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}}