Awang Tengah Ali Hasan

Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasan (Jawi: اواڠ تڠه علي حسن; born 2 December 1956)[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Premier of Sarawak since May 2017 and Member of Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Sari since April 1987. He currently also holds the portfolio of Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development and Minister for International Trade and Investment under the administration of Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg. Previously, he had also held other cabinet posts under previous premiers Abdul Taib Mahmud and Adenan Satem. Awang Tengah is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition.[2]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Ali Hasan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Awang Tengah.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Amar Haji
Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
DA PNBS PGBK AMN PSLJ MLA
اواڠ تڠه علي حسن‎
Awang Tengah in 2017
Deputy Premier of Sarawak
Assumed office
6 May 2017
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Preceded byAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
ConstituencyBukit Sari
Deputy President of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Assumed office
21 January 2017
Serving with Douglas Uggah Embas
PresidentAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Preceded byAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Ministerial roles (Sarawak)
2001–2004Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department
2004–2011Minister of Planning and Resource Management
2006–2016Minister of Public Utilities
2011–2017Minister of Resource Planning and Environment
2016–2017Minister of Industry, Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment
2017–Deputy Chief Minister
2017–2022Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources
2019–2021Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminals and Entrepreneurship
2022–Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development
2022–Minister for International Trade and Investment
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
1987–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born
Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasan

(1956-12-02) 2 December 1956
Kampung Dato, Bukit Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) (1987–present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (1987–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (2018–present)
SpouseDayang Morliah Awang Daud
OccupationPolitician

Career

Awang Tengah previously served as chairman of the Board of Management at the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation. He also served as the Director of the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation.[3]

He is currently the Deputy Premier of Sarawak to fill the vacancy after former Deputy Chief Minister Abang Johari Tun Openg has been appointed as the Premier of Sarawak, other portfolios he is currently serving are Minister of International Trade & Industry, Industrial Terminal & Entrepreneur Development Sarawak and Second Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources.[4]

Honours

Foreign honour

See also

References
  1. Limbang Book (in Malay)
  2. Keputusan rasmi terkini PRU Sarawak 2016 pilihanraya negeri PRN 11 MySumber (in Malay)
  3. Awang Tengah Ali Hassan P.G.B.K., A.M.N. Bloomberg
  4. Awang Tengah appointed as Sarawak’s third DCM The Star


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