Joseph Pairin Kitingan

Joseph Pairin Kitingan
7th Chief Minister of Sabah
In office
22 April 1985 – 17 March 1994
GovernorMohamad Adnan Robert
Mohammad Said Keruak
Preceded byHarris Salleh
Succeeded bySakaran Dandai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Keningau
In office
3 August 1986 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byAhmad Shah Hussein Tambakau
Succeeded byJeffrey Kitingan
Huguan Siou
of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA)
Personal details
Born
Joseph Pairin Kitingan

(1940-08-17) 17 August 1940 (age 84)
Papar, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partySabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) (1976–1984)
United Sabah Party (PBS) (since 1985)
Other political
affiliations
Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990–1996)
Barisan Nasional (BN) (1986–1990, 2002–2018)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020)
SpouseGenevieve Lee
RelationsJeffrey Kitingan (brother)
Maximus Ongkili (nephew)
James Peter Ongkili (nephew)
ChildrenAlexander
Daniel
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Known forFounder and first president of United Sabah Party (PBS)

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan (born 17 August 1940) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Sabah from April 1985 to March 1994 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau from August 1986 to May 2018. He is founding President of the United Sabah Party (PBS) and brother of Jeffrey Kitingan, the Deputy Chief Minister II and State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah and President of Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) as well as uncle of Maximus Ongkili, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak affairs and President of PBS.[1] He is the longest-serving MP in Sabah.

  1. ^ "Pairin Moves Aside After 31 Years Ongkili Is Acting President Of PBS". The Borneo Post. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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