Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Minister
Gobind Singh Deo
Preceded by
Teo Nie Ching (Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital)
Constituency
Hulu Rajang
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs and Special Duties)
In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Minister
Armizan Mohd Ali
Preceded by
Hanifah Hajar Taib (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Mastura Mohd Yazid (Special Duties)
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Constituency
Hulu Rajang
Chairman of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
In office 10 April 2020 – 10 December 2022
Minister
Saravanan Murugan (2020–2022) V. Sivakumar (3–10 December 2022)
Preceded by
Alice Lau Kiong Yeng
Succeeded by
Chong Chieng Jen
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Hulu Rajang
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2013
Preceded by
Billy Abit Joo (BN–PRS)
Majority
5,834 (2013) 6,315 (2018) 7,505 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018
Barisan Nasional
2018–present
Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born
Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Citizenship
Malaysian
Political party
Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)
Other political affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018)
Occupation
Politician
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 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 and Chairman of the Chairman of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) from April 2020 to his appointment as a deputy minister in December 2022. 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 the 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 George 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.
^ ab"Wilson Ugak is new Niosh chairman". 10 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^"BN Sarawak Umum Lapan Calon Baru". 16 April 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^"Bernama on Twitter". 9 May 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ ab"Wilson Ugak Kumbong is first Iban appointed as Niosh chairman". 14 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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