Yang Berhormat Datuk
Wilson Ugak Kumbong
PJN KMN MP
Deputy Minister of Digital
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterGobind Singh Deo
Preceded byTeo Nie Ching
(Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital)
ConstituencyHulu Rajang
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Sabah and Sarawak Affairs and Special Duties)
In office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterArmizan Mohd Ali
Preceded byHanifah Hajar Taib
(Sabah and Sarawak Affairs)
Mastura Mohd Yazid
(Special Duties)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyHulu Rajang
Chairman of the
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
In office
10 April 2020 – 10 December 2022
MinisterSaravanan Murugan
(2020–2022)
V. Sivakumar
(2022–2023)
Steven Sim Chee Keong
(since 2023)
Preceded byAlice Lau Kiong Yeng
Succeeded byManiam Arumugam
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Hulu Rajang
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byBilly Abit Joo
(BN–PRS)
Majority5,834 (2013)
6,315 (2018)
7,505 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–presentGabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
BornSibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyParti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2018)
OccupationPolitician

Wilson Ugak Kumbong is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Digital in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Gobind Singh Deo since December 2023, Chairman of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since April 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hulu Rajang since May 2013. He served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak Affairs and Special Duties in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Armizan Mohd Ali from December 2022 to December 2023. He is a member and Vice President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1] He is also cousin of Alexander Nanta Linggi, the Minister of Works and MP for Kapit.

Kumbong firstly contested and won for the Hulu Rajang seat at the 2013 general election.[2][3] He retained the seat in both the 2018 and 2022 general elections, defeating Abun Sui Anyit from the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of then Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and PH opposition coalitions in all three elections and Geroge Lagong from the Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) in 2013. He was appointed as Chairman of NIOSH by the then Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in April 2020, replacing Alice Lau Kiong Yieng from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), another component party of then PH opposition coalition.[1][4] He is the first Chairman of NIOSH of the Iban ethnicity.[4] He was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak Affairs by Prime Minister Anwar in December 2022, deputising for Minister Armizan Mohd Ali.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P216 Hulu Rajang, Sarawak Wilson Ugak Kumbong (PRS) 9,117 62.75% Abun Sui Anyit (PKR) 3,283 22.60% 14,763 5,834 68.08%
George Lagong (SWP) 685 1.05%
2018 Wilson Ugak Kumbong (PRS) 11,834 68.20% Abun Sui Anyit (PKR) 5,519 31.80% 17,727 6,315 64.41%
2022 Wilson Ugak Kumbong (PRS) 15,456 66.03% Abun Sui Anyit (PKR) 7,951 33.97% 23,807 7,505 53.89%

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Wilson Ugak is new Niosh chairman". 10 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "BN Sarawak Umum Lapan Calon Baru". 16 April 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bernama on Twitter". 9 May 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Wilson Ugak Kumbong is first Iban appointed as Niosh chairman". 14 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 2010" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
  6. ↑ "Senarai Penerima Panglima Jasa Negara" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.


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