Datuk Abidin bin Madingkir is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since October 2020 as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paginatan since May 2018. He is a member of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) a component party of the GRS and formerly Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions and was a member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.[1][2][3][4][5] He is also the former Mayor of Kota Kinabalu City Hall and the first from Ranau have this position.
Abidin Madingkir | |
|---|---|
| State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2020 Serving with Wetrom Bahanda (2020–2022) & Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (since 2022) & Ruslan Muharam (since 2023) | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin |
| Constituency | Paginatan |
| Vice President of the Homeland Solidarity Party (Non-Muslim Bumiputera) | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2021 Serving with Paul Porodong (Non-Muslim Bumiputera) (2021–2024) & Suling Isib (Non-Muslim Bumiputera) (since 2024) & Annuar Ayub (Muslim Bumiputera) (2021–2024), (Appointed) (since 2024) & Apas Nawawi Saking (Muslim Bumiputera) (since 2021) & Mohd Lin Harun (Muslim Bumiputera) (since 2024) & Stephen Teo (Chinese) (2021–2024) & Kong Soon Choi (Chinese) (since 2024) & Beverley Natalie Koh (Chinese) (since 2024) & Flovia Ng (Appointed) (since 2024) | |
| President | Jeffrey Kitingan |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Paginatan | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Siringan Gubat (BN–UPKO) |
| Majority | 2,066 (2018) 1,323 (2020) |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2018–2019 | United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation |
| 2019–2020 | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation |
| 2020– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abidin bin Madingkir 28 November 1953 Ranau, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) (until 2020)  Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020) |
| Spouse | Florence Malangkig |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
edit| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N31 Paginatan | Abidin Madingkir (UPKO) | 5,666 | 48.83% | Julian Sidin (WARISAN) | 3,600 | 31.01% | 11,905 | 2,066 | 77.70% | ||
| Padderin Tuliang (STAR) | 1,870 | 16.12% | ||||||||||
| Satiol Indong (PCS) | 362 | 3.14% | ||||||||||
| Mat Jaili Samat (PPRS) | 104 | 0.90% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N38 Paginatan | Abidin Madingkir (STAR) | 3,783 | 35.65% | Junaidi Sahat (UMNO) | 2,460 | 23.18% | 10,612 | 1,323 | 68.86% | ||
| Arthur Sen Siong Choo (PBS) | 1,588 | 14.96% | ||||||||||
| Georgina George (UPKO) | 1,245 | 11.73% | ||||||||||
| Amru Abd Kadir (PCS) | 905 | 8.53% | ||||||||||
| Henrynus Amin (PKAN) | 349 | 3.29% | ||||||||||
| Liong Sun Min (LDP) | 118 | 1.11% | ||||||||||
| Kamil Kasibun (USNO Baru) | 112 | 1.06% | ||||||||||
| Bensin Dani (GAGASAN) | 52 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
Honours
editHonours of Malaysia
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Malaysia :
Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (2010)
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1999)- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2012)[10]
References
edit- ^ "Upko sacks vice-president Abidin for supporting Musa". The Star Online. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Willie Jude (23 August 2020). "Ex-Upko rep who defected to support Musa joins Jeffrey's STAR". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Calon PN DUN Paginatan dapat sokongan pemimpin PBS". Sinar Harian. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "ABIDIN MADINGKIR". Facebook. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "N.38 PAGINATAN". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 2012" (PDF). sabah.gov.my.
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