Chief Minister of Sabah

Chief Minister of Sabah
Ketua Menteri Sabah
Incumbent Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Noor since 29 September 2020
Government of Sabah
Style	The Most Honourable
Status	Head of Government
Member of	Cabinet of Sabah
Reports to	Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Residence	Seri Gaya, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Seat	32nd and 33rd Floor, Sabah State Administrative Centre, 88502 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Appointer	Juhar Mahiruddin as Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah
Term length	5 years or less, renewable once (while commanding the confidence of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly With State Elections held no more than five years apart)
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the State of Sabah
Inaugural holder	Fuad Stephens
Formation	16 September 1963; 61 years ago (1963-09-16)
Deputy	Jeffrey Kitingan Joachim Gunsalam Shahelmey Yahya
Website	www.sabah.gov.my/cm/

The chief minister of Sabah is the head of government of Sabah, Malaysia. Since September 2020, the position has been held by Hajiji Noor from the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) from the coalition of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) which had won the 2020 Sabah state election. As in other parts of the Malaysian federation, the Westminster Parliamentary system is adopted, whereby, the leader of the party with the most seats in the state legislature would usually become the chief minister of Sabah. In other words, it is the person commanding the support of the state legislature. The chief minister is appointed by the head of state known as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri. In comparison to other states in Malaysia, the office of the chief minister of Sabah has been held by a more diverse group of people in terms of ethnicity and religion. The post has been held by Kadazan-Dusuns, Bajaus, Malays, Chinese, Muruts, Rungus, Sungai, Idaans, and other persons of mixed heritage as well as being Muslims, Buddhists and Christians.