Jeffrey Kitingan

Jeffrey Kitingan
Jeffrey in 2015
Ministerial roles
1994–1995Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
2020Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Ministerial roles (Sabah)
2018Deputy Chief Minister
2018Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries
2020–2023Deputy Chief Minister II
2020–2023Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
2023–Deputy Chief Minister I
2023–Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Other roles
2018–2019Leader of the Opposition of the
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Personal details
Born
Gapari bin Katingan @ Geoffrey Kitingan

(1948-10-22) 22 October 1948 (age 75)
Kota Marudu, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Political partyAs a member:
PBS (1990–1995; 1996–2001)[1]
AKAR (1995–1996)[1]
PBRS (2001–2003)
PKR (2006–2011)[2][3][4]
STAR Sabah branch (2011–2016)[5]
STAR SABAH (2016–)[6]
GRS (2022–) (as registered coalition)[7]
Other political
affiliations
Allied coalition:
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-2022)
Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS) (2016-2020)
Gabungan Sabah (GS) (2016-2018)
Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990-1996)
Barisan Nasional (BN) (2001-2003 allied since 2020)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2006-2011)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (member since 2020)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (allied since 2022)
Spouse(s)Cecilia Edwin Kitingan (current)
Susan Kitingan (separated)
RelationsJoseph Pairin Kitingan (brother)
Maximus Ongkili (nephew)
James Peter Ongkili (nephew)
Alma materHarvard University (MA)
Tufts University (PhD)
Known forFounder and first president of STAR SABAH Party in 2016
Jeffrey Kitingan
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020Homeland Solidarity Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
2022–Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
1994–1996Barisan Nasional
1996–1997United Sabah Party
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
1994United Sabah Party
1994–1996Barisan Nasional
1996–2001United Sabah Party
2001–2003Barisan Nasional
2003–2004Independent
2013–2018State Reform Party
2018–2020Homeland Solidarity Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
2022–Gabungan Rakyat Sabah

Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan (born 22 October 1948, also known as DDJK or DSPDJK since 2021) is Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah I 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 Minister of Sabah II 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 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 federal and state ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition,[8] since July 2016.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Chin 2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tony, Thien (14 October 2006). "Jeffrey Kitingan speaks up as new PKR man". Malaysiakini. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Jeffrey Kitingan to Launch STAR Sabah". Bernama. Malaysian Digest. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "STAR guna logo GRS pada PRU-15". Utusan Malaysia. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Sabah STAR quits Perikatan". The Star. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

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