Jeffrey Kitingan | |
|---|---|
 Jeffrey in 2015 | |
| Federal Ministerial Roles | |
| 1994–1995 | Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government |
| 2020 | Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture |
| Ministerial Roles (Sabah) | |
| 2018 | Deputy Chief Minister |
| 2018 | Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries |
| 2020–2023 | Deputy Chief Minister II |
| 2020–2023 | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| 2023– | Deputy Chief Minister I |
| 2023– | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Other roles | |
| 2018–2019 | Leader of the Opposition of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gapari bin Katingan @ Geoffrey Kitingan 22 October 1948 Kota Marudu, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Political party | United Sabah Party (PBS) (1990–1995; 1996–2001)[1] People's Justice Front (AKAR) (1995–1996)[1] Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) (2001–2003) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2006–2011)[2][3][4] State Reform Party (STAR Sabah branch) (2011–2016)[5] Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (since 2016)[6] |
| Other political affiliations | Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990–1996) Barisan Nasional (BN) (2001–2003) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2006–2011) United Sabah Alliance (USA) (2016–2018) Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (member since 2020, as registered coalition since 2022)[7] |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia Edwin Yatam-Kitingan (current) Susan Kitingan (separated) |
| Relations | Joseph Pairin Kitingan (elder brother) Maximus Ongkili (nephew) James Peter Ongkili (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (MA) Tufts University (PhD) |
| Known for | Founder and first president of STAR Party in 2016 |
Jeffrey Kitingan | |
|---|---|
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018–2020 | Homeland Solidarity Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 1994–1996 | Barisan Nasional |
| 1996–1997 | United Sabah Party |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 1994 | United Sabah Party |
| 1994–1996 | Barisan Nasional |
| 1996–2001 | United Sabah Party |
| 2001–2003 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2003–2004 | Independent |
| 2013–2018 | State Reform Party |
| 2018–2020 | Homeland Solidarity Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan (born 22 October 1948, also known as DDJK or DSPDJK since 2021) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister I of Sabah since January 2023 and State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah for the second term since September 2020. He served as the Deputy Chief II Minister of Sabah from October 2020 to his promotion in January 2023 and the first term in the position in May 2018. In January 2023, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister I of Sabah succeeding Bung Mokhtar, who was dropped due to a political crisis (but retained his ministerial portfolio). At the federal level, he served as the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture from March 2020 to his resignation in September 2020 and Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government from August 1994 to May 1995. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau since May 2018, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tambunan since May 2018 and Bingkor from 1994 to 2004 and again from May 2013 to May 2018. He has served and been founding President of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and a former component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition,[8] since July 2016.
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- ^ "PKR Sabah rocked as VP Jeffrey quits". The Sun Daily. 28 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Hisyamuddin, Ayub (4 January 2011). "Jeffrey sah keluar PKR (Jeffrey confirmed to quit PKR)". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeffrey Kitingan to Launch STAR Sabah". Bernama. Malaysian Digest. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeffrey ends his party-hopping days with STAR approval". The Star. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "STAR guna logo GRS pada PRU-15". Utusan Malaysia. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Sabah STAR quits Perikatan". The Star. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.