United Sabah Party

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PBS was registered as a political party on 5 March 1985. Its founding President is Joseph Pairin Kitingan who had broken away from the ruling Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah (BERJAYA) because of his differences with the Chief Minister of Sabah and party president, Harris Salleh in whose state cabinet Pairin served before the break-up.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukm.my/jebat/images/upload/Mohd%20Hamdan%20Haji%20%20Adnan%20Jebat%20%20December%202013%20no%202.pdf|title= Malaysia's 13th General Election in Sabah: Factors Determining the Winners|author=Mohd Hamdan Haji Adnan|work=Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies|publisher=Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia|year=2013|access-date=30 April 2018|volume=40|issn=2180-0251|pages=96–97 [4–5/20]}} BERJAYA itself had ousted the previous state government of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) to govern Sabah for 8 years from 1976 to 1985.{{cite web|url=https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/3638/The_United_Malays_National_Organisation_(UMNO)_in_Sabah,_East_Malaysia_An_Overview_1990-1994.pdf|title=The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Sabah, East Malaysia: An Overview 1990-1994 International |author=|work=Hamdan Aziz (Ph.D) & Syahrin Said, Department of Nationhood and Civilization Studies, Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)|publisher=Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 12|year=2017 |issn=2222-6990|via=HR Mars|access-date=25 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.selangortimes.com/index.php?section=insight&permalink=20120913120511-the-hushed-riot-of-sabah|title=The hushed riot of Sabah|author=Gan Pei Ling|publisher=Selangor Times|date=14 September 2012|access-date=30 April 2018}}

PBS later formed the state government after winning the May 1985 state elections. Following the 1986 Sabah riots after winning the 1986 state election, PBS joined the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and governed Sabah from 1985 to 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.aliran.com/oldsite/monthly/2003/7i.html|title=Sabah: All Quiet On The Eastern Front?|author=G. Lim|publisher=Aliran Monthly|access-date=20 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119003313/http://www.aliran.com/oldsite/monthly/2003/7i.html|archive-date =19 November 2007|url-status=dead}} However, on the eve of the July 1990 state elections, PBS pulled out of the BN to join the Gagasan Rakyat (GR) coalition and won the state election for a third time.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/read/604/understanding-the-pullout-decision/|title=Understanding the pullout decision|author=Herman Luping |date=10 April 2011|publisher=Daily Express |access-date=25 September 2021}} It also won the 1994 state elections by a narrow margin. However, numerous defections occurred as many PBS representatives switched allegiance to the then opposition BN coalition although PBS won a third term in the elections and was able to form a short-lived state administration that lasted for a week as a result of the defections which led to Pairin's resignation as Chief Minister. PBS subsequently rejoined the BN coalition in 2002, ending any form of opposition as BN fully occupied the state legislature and returning Sabah to the rule of the BN coalition that also holds the federal parliament.{{cite web|url=http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/Digital_Content/Prominent_Leaders/Mahathir/News_1968-2004/2001-2005/2002pz/pairin%20glad%20coalition.PDF|title=Pairin glad PBS is back in coalition |publisher=New Straits Times |date =24 January 2002|access-date=25 September 2021 |via=Perdana Leadership Foundation Library}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2020/08/614214/pbs-capable-returning-its-days-glory|title=Is PBS capable of returning to its days of glory?|author=Avila Geraldine|publisher=New Straits Times|date=5 August 2020|access-date=25 September 2021}}

Following the fall of both federal and state BN governments in the 2018 general election (GE14), PBS left the coalition and formed a new Sabah-based informal coalition of parties known as the United Alliance (Sabah) or Gabungan Bersatu (Sabah){{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/05/368753/sabah-bn-coalition-be-disbanded-pave-way-gabungan-bersatu|title=Sabah BN coalition to be disbanded to pave way for Gabungan Bersatu|author=Kristy Inus|publisher=New Straits Times|date=12 May 2018|access-date=13 May 2018}} and also the succeeding United Sabah Alliance or Gabungan Sabah Bersatu.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=97773|title=Opposition parties form United Sabah Alliance|publisher=Daily Express|date=10 March 2015|access-date=12 April 2018}} During the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis later, PBS has become allied partner providing confidence and supply to the new ruling federal government Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition set-up by prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin.{{cite news |title= BN, PAS, GPS, PBS and STAR support formation of PN |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/bersatu-bn-pas-gps-pbs-and-star-support-formation-of-pn-NK2419917#pk_campaign=MASwpn&pk_kwd=Bersatu%2C+BN%2C+PAS%2C+GPS%2C+PBS+and+STAR+support+formation+of+PN |access-date=17 May 2020 |work=The Sun Daily |date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114334/https://www.thesundaily.my/local/bersatu-bn-pas-gps-pbs-and-star-support-formation-of-pn-NK2419917 |archive-date=17 May 2020}} On 12 September 2020, PBS joined the Hajiji Noor re-formed Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) or Sabah People's Alliance just before the 2020 Sabah state election{{cite news |title=Malaysian PM Muhyiddin forms Gabungan Rakyat Sabah alliance to take on Sabah polls |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-muhyiddin-forms-gabungan-rakyat-sabah-alliance-to-take-on-sabah-polls |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030075917/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-muhyiddin-forms-gabungan-rakyat-sabah-alliance-to-take-on-sabah-polls |archive-date=30 October 2020|url-status=live}} which was won eventually by the GRS to form the state government.{{cite news |last1=Yusof |first1=Amir |title=Muhyiddin-led Gabungan Rakyat Sabah clinches simple majority in state polls |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-sabah-state-election-muhyiddin-gabungan-rakyat-majority-13152014 |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=Channel News Asia |date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101012126/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-sabah-state-election-muhyiddin-gabungan-rakyat-majority-13152014 |archive-date=1 November 2020|url-status=live}} As a result, PBS has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of both the PN and GRS pacts separately.{{cite web|url=https://www.borneotoday.net/grs-signs-mou-to-continue-cooperation-reject-outside-interference/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109063532/https://www.borneotoday.net/grs-signs-mou-to-continue-cooperation-reject-outside-interference/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 January 2021|title=GRS Signs MOU To Continue Cooperation Reject Outside Interference|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=6 January 2017|access-date=30 April 2021}} However, PBS expressed that they will stick to their own logo and flag until the actual local coalition is established under the RoS in the next and subsequent elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/sabah-memilih-guna-logo-sendiri-tambah-dinamik-parti-bertanding-tony-paridi-254780|title=PBS guna logo sendiri berkebolehan tambah dinamik parti tersebut bertanding|author=Wan Syamsul Amly|date=11 August 2020|website=Astro Awani|language=ms|access-date=11 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.utusanborneo.com.my/2020/08/21/pairin-cadang-pbs-guna-logo-sendiri-dalam-prn|title=Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan cadang PBS guna logo sendiri dalam PRN|work=Bernama|publisher=Utusan Borneo|language=ms|date=21 August 2020|access-date=11 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://bernama.com/bm/politik/news.php?id=1878590|title=PBS bertanding 15 kerusi, guna lambang (logo & bendera) sendiri|website=Bernama|language=ms|date= 11 September 2020|access-date=11 February 2021}}

In 2022, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) is the only coalition that has been successfully registered under the Registrar of Societies (RoS) making PBS interested in using the coalition's logo and becoming part of the coalition's component. Since 2023, PBS officially become the major component of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and one of the founding parties of the coalition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/03/13/ros-approves-registration-of-gabungan-rakyat-sabah-says-hajiji/2047212|title=RoS approves registration of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, says Hajiji|last=Bernama|first=|date=11 March 2022|newspaper=malaymail|access-date=13 March 2022}}

Although it is mainly seen as an ethnically-based Kadazan-Dusun political party, PBS calls itself a "Malaysian multi-racial political party".{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/10/02/resurgence-of-interest-in-multi-racial-pbs/|title=Resurgence of interest in multi-racial PBS|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=2 October 2015|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/39627/|title=Multi-racial party not new in Sabah|author=Jason Santos|publisher=The Malaysian Insight|date=24 February 2018|access-date=30 April 2018}} Members are mostly of Kadazan-Dusun (from both the Dusunic plus Paitanic ethnolinguistic groups) and Murut (including the Lundayeh subgroup) ethnic descent, though the second and third largest ethnic membership are mostly Muslim Bumiputeras, mostly ethnic local Sabahan based ethnic Malay race (Bruneian Malays and Cocos Malays), and also from the Bajau community of peoples (the second-largest ethnic Bumiputera in the state including the Iranun subgroup and some Suluk together with the Chinese, alongside those of mixed-race or Sino-Native subgroup of the Chinese minority). Its declared political mission is to strive to safeguard Sabah's autonomy and state rights, promoting democratic principles, economic advancement, human rights and a fair justice system.{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/03/07/pbs-to-strengthen-multiracial-identity/|title=PBS to strengthen multiracial identity|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=7 March 2014|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.utusanborneo.com.my/2021/04/26/demi-rakyat-legasi-pbs-diteruskan-di-kuala-penyu|title=Demi rakyat, legasi PBS diteruskan di Kuala Penyu|quote=PBS adalah sebuah Perpaduan dan Perpaduan terbesar berlaku di Sabah bersama PBS|website=Utusan Borneo Online|date=26 April 2021|access-date=11 September 2021}} It also seeks preserving the traditional culture of each race in Sabah and freedom of religion in Malaysia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.borneotoday.net/dont-neglect-pbs-members-ongkili-tells-bn-reps-in-karanaan-paginatan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906201050/http://www.borneotoday.net/dont-neglect-pbs-members-ongkili-tells-bn-reps-in-karanaan-paginatan/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 September 2017|title=Don't Neglect PBS Members, Ongkili Tells BN Reps In Karanaan, Paginatan |website= Borneo Today|date=3 September 2017|access-date=30 April 2018}}

Among the most vocal issues voiced by the party were the issue of illegal immigrants along with 'ghost voters' in Sabah, the issue of the IC Project in East Malaysia, unbalanced development and the 20 points of the Malaysian Agreement 1963 for Sabah's entry into Malaysia.

Since 1994 major defections from PBS, several political parties with similar ideologies have emerged. The closest one is the STAR Party, founded by Datuk Dr. Jeffrey G. Kitingan, the younger brother of the former president of PBS, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan. Other similar parties include Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah.

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;Executive Council{{Cite web|url=https://www.partibersatusabah.org/majlis-eksekutif|title=Ahli Majlis Tertinggi|website=Parti Bersatu Sabah}}

• President:
• Maximus Ongkili
• Deputy Presidents:
• Joachim Gunsalam {{small|(Non-Muslim bumiputera)}} {{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/06/30/joachim-wins-pbs-deputy-president-post-by-a-whisker|title=Joachim wins PBS deputy president post by a whisker|website=The Star|date=30 June 2022|access-date=1 July 2022}}
• Jahid Jahim {{small|(Muslim bumiputera)}}
• Yee Moh Chai {{small|(Chinese)}}
• Vice Presidents:
• Hendrus Anding
• Johnny Mositun
• Daniel Kinsik
• Ruslan Muharam
• Mursid Mohd Said
• Arthur Sen Siong Choo
• Linda Tsen Thau Lin
• Peter Mak
• Women's Wing Chief:
• Malianah Ugau
• Youth Wing Chief:
• Christopher Mandut
• Secretary-General:
• Julita Majungki
• Deputy Secretary-General:
• Johnnybone J. Kurum
• Treasurer-General:
• Lu Kim Yen
• Deputy Treasurer-General:
• Lo Su Fui
• Information Chief:
• Joniston Bangkuai
• Deputy Information Chief:
• Bonaventure Boniface
• Supreme Council Members:
• Peter Jino Allion
• Samuil Mopun
• Fredoline Totin Bangon
• Stanis Buandi
• Suman Yasambun
• William Majimbun
• Masum bin Takin
• John Chryso Masabal
• Bernard Joseph Dalinting
• Muji bin Ampau
• Hajjah Fazidah Mohd Yassin
• Kasirin Bin Kamiran
• Juin Saman
• Azmi Haji Ahmad
• Omar Hakim
• Zamil Ismail
• Johnny Goh
• Kong Nyuk Thou
• Lim Vun Chan
• Fredian Gan
• Ng Tze Tsai
• Goon Thien Shang
• Joseph Lee
• Divisional Chairpersons:{{Cite web|url=https://www.partibersatusabah.org/ketua-bahagian|title=Parti Bersatu Sabah | Ketua Bahagian PBS|website=Parti Bersatu Sabah}}
• N02 Bengkoka: Dr. Samuil Mopun
• N03 Pitas: Awang Okik
• N04 Tanjong Kapor: Martin Majamil
• N05 Matunggong: Julita Mojungki
• N06 Bandau: Maximus Ongkili
• N07 Tandek: Hendrus Anding
• N08 Pintasan: Muji Ampau
• N09 Tempasuk: James Baga
• N10 Usukan: Lamdin Kuyad
• N11 Kadamaian: Demis Rumanti
• N12 Sulaman: Juin Saman
• N13 Pantai Dalit: Lizuan Sarabun
• N14 Tamparuli: Jahid Jahim
• N15 Kiulu: Joniston Bangkuai
• N16 Karambunai: Johnny Goh
• N18 Inanam: Fredoline Totin Bangon
• N19 Likas: Joseph Lee Han Khyun
• N20 Api-Api: Yee Moh Chai
• N21 Luyang: Goon Thien Shang
• N22 Tanjung Aru: Louis Lai Vui Leong
• N23 Petagas: Azmi Hj. Ahmad
• N24 Tanjung Keramat: Tahir Hj. Mohd Soon
• N25 Kapayan: Augustin Anthony
• N26 Moyog: John Chryso Masabal
• N27 Limbahau: Johnny Juani Mositun
• N30 Bongawan: Jitim Abak
• N31 Membakut: Egol Onsim
• N32 Klias: Hamin Gundim
• N33 Kuala Penyu: Sebastian Dirih Anjim
• N34 Lumadan: Ruslan Muharam
• N35 Sindumin: Angian Alai
• N36 Kundasang: Joachim Gunsalam
• N37 Karanaan: Bernard Joseph Dalinting
• N38 Paginatan: Arthur Sen
• N39 Tambunan: Daniel Isidore Stanislaus Kinsik
• N40 Bingkor: Peter Jino Allion
• N41 Liawan: Zachary Robert Stanislaus Kinsik
• N42 Melalap: Martin Johanis
• N43 Kemabong: Raimun Tindil
• N44 Tulid: Suman Yasambun
• N45 Sook: Abraham Akimau
• N46 Nabawan: Likin Simin
• N47 Telupid: Johnnybone Kurum
• N48 Sugut: Jamika Jeppy
• N49 Labuk: Zamil Ismail
• N50 Gum Gum: Matilda Sapot
• N51 Sungai Manila: Sariah Duling
• N52 Sungai Sibuga: Kasirin Kamiran
• N54 Karamunting: Kong Nyuk Thau
• N55 Elopura: Linda Tsen Thau Lin
• N56 Tanjong Papat: Ong Chih Qun
• N57 Kuamut: Masum Takin
• N60 Tungku: Ayuh Pandasan
• N62 Silam: Haji Mursid Mohd Rais
• N63 Kunak: Hatta Mulok
• N64 Sulabayan: Alibun Gimboh
• N65 Senallang: Omar Hakim
• N66 Bugaya: Hjh Fazidah Hj Mohd Yassin
• N67 Balung: Zakaria Hj Guntik
• N68 Apas: Chong Soo Yin @ Mohd Irwan Chong Abdullah
• N69 Sri Tanjung: Lo Su Fui
• N71 Tanjong Batu: Samson Gapid
• N72 Merotai: A Hasin Nawa
• N73 Sebatik: Sahrol Mahoolop
• P166 Labuan: Peter Mak Chun Vun

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{{Main|Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament}}

PBS has currently only 1 MP in the House of Representatives.

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Sabah State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|7|79|hex={{party color|United Sabah Party}}}}

• Joseph Pairin Kitingan (Former 1st PBS President)
• Maximus Ongkili (2nd PBS President)

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• James Chin. (1994) "Sabah State Election of 1994: End of Kadazan Unity, Asian Survey, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 904–915.

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