Bobbey Ah Fang Suan is a Malaysian politician currently serving in his second term as a Senator. He had served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Nabawan from March 2004 until September 2020. He has also served as the State Minister of Special Duties in May 2018. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), which is a major component of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition both in federal and state levels.[1][2][3][4]
Bobbey Ah Fang Suan | |
|---|---|
| Senator Elected by the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 5 January 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2021–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin (2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2022) |
| Preceded by | Abdul Ghani Mohamed Yassin |
| Ministerial roles (Sabah) | |
| 2004–2013 | Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries |
| 2013–2018 | Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development |
| 2018 | Minister with Special Duties |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018 | United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| 2019–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 2023- | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bobbey Ah Fang bin Suan Pensiangan, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | UPKO (until 2018) BERSATU Sabah (2019–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (2023-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1994-2018) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2022-present) |
| Spouse | Barbara Edward Marius |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
edit| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | N40 Kemabong, P162 Kinabatangan | Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (PDS) | 2,371 | 39.87% | Rubin Balang (PBS) | 3,521 | 59.22% | 6,018 | 1,150 | 81.70% | ||
| Lim Antuka (BERSEKUTU) | 54 | 0.91% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | N38 Nabawan, P182 Pensiangan | Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (UPKO) | 3,478 | 80.23% | Gabriel Uwing Agunsung (IND) | 857 | 19.77% | 4,479 | 2,621 | 66.42% | ||
| 2008 | Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (UPKO) | 3,414 | 70.58% | Gabriel Uwing Agunsung (PKR) | 1,327 | 27.44% | 4,891 | 2,087 | 68.42% | |||
| Alexsius Mangka (BERSEKUTU) | 96 | 1.98% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (UPKO) | 3,816 | 49.82% | Raymond Ahuar (PKR) | 3,474 | 45.35% | 7,844 | 342 | 79.70% | |||
| George Eram (STAR) | 310 | 4,05% | ||||||||||
| Sidum Manjin (BERSAMA) | 41 | 0.54% | ||||||||||
| Fatimah Agitor (IND) | 18 | 0.24% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (UPKO) | 5,474 | 59.52% | Ahuar Rasam (WARISAN) | 3,402 | 36.99% | 9,443 | 2,072 | 77.00% | |||
| Apandy Angindi (PHRS) | 165 | 1.79% | ||||||||||
| Angin Lambahan (PCS) | 156 | 1.70% | ||||||||||
Honours
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Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2006)[8]
References
edit- ^ Ruzaini Zulkepli (12 June 2018). "ADUN pembangkang Sabah bukan lagi bersama BN" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
Datuk Bobby Suan (UPKO) dan Datuk Elron Angin (PBRS) yang turut hadir dalam upacara angkat sumpah sebagai ADUN pada hari ini hanya mewakili parti masing-masing sahaja.
- ^ Fatimah Zainal (21 June 2018). "Upko out to reinvent itself after breaking away from BN". The Star. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
Upko's Nabawan assemblyman Datuk Bobbey Suan is the only one who did not move with his party to Warisan's side and is still keeping faith with Barisan.
- ^ "Former Upko rep joins PPBM". Free Malaysia Today. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan baru Sabah" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.
- ^ "N38 Nabawan". undi.info. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "N.46 NABAWAN". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2006" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
