Snowdan Lawan

Datuk Snowdan anak Donald Lawan (born 5 September 1971)[1] is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak in charge of Creative Industry and Performing Arts in the GPS state administration under Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Balai Ringin since May 2006. He served as State Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak in the GPS and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under Premier Abang Johari and Minister Abdul Karim from May 2017 to January 2022. He has also served as Youth Chief of PRS since October 2016.

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Snowdan Lawan
PGBK AMN MLA
Snowdan in 2019
State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak
(Creative Industry and Performing Arts)
Assumed office
4 January 2022
Serving with
Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (Tourism)
MinisterAbdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Preceded bySebastian Ting Chiew Yew
(State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture)
ConstituencyBalai Ringin
State Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak
In office
7 May 2017 – 2 January 2022
MinisterAbdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Preceded byAbdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
Succeeded byGerald Rentap Jabu
(State Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development (Youth and Sports Development))
ConstituencyBalai Ringin
Youth Chief of the
Parti Rakyat Sarawak
Assumed office
24 October 2016
PresidentJames Jemut Masing
(2016-2021)
Joseph Salang Gandum
(2021-)
Preceded byLiwan Lagang
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Balai Ringin
Assumed office
20 May 2006
Preceded byPosition established
Majority1,516 (2006)
2,885 (2011)
2,039 (2016)
1,285 (2021)
Personal details
Born (1971-09-05) 5 September 1971
Sarawak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyParti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(-2018, allied : since 2020)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(allied : since 2020)
RelationsDonald Lawan
(father)

Election results
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots Cast Majority Turnout
2006 Balai Ringin Snowdan Lawan (PRS) 3,075 62.60% Ibi Uding (SNAP) 1,559 29.00% 5,376 1,516 5,470
Cobbold Lusoi (IND) 742 13.80%
2011 Snowdan Lawan (PRS) 4,145 64.63% Ibi Uding (PKR) 1,260 19.65% 6,413 2,885 6,544
Dan Giang (SNAP) 765 11.93%
Sujal Gansi (PCM) 126 1.96%
Cobbold Lusoi (IND) 85 1.33%
Sujal Gansi (IND) 32 0.50%
2016 Snowdan Lawan (PRS) 4,478 58.10% Entusa Imam (IND) 2,439 31.65% 7,707 2,039 7,794
Nicholas Mujah Ason (PKR) 700 9.08%
Pok Ungkut (PBDSB) 90 1.17%
2021 Snowdan Lawan (PRS) 4,816 56.38% Masir Kujat (PSB) 3,531 41.34% 8,542 1,285 79.17%
Kasim Mana (PBK) 195 2.28%

Honours

See also

References
  1. "DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SARAWAK". Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. 2008.
  2. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. "Former TYT leads Head of State's honours list". Borneo Post. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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