Awang Tengah Ali Hasan

Malaysian politician

2001–2004Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department2004–2011Minister of Planning and Resource Management2006–2016Minister of Public Utilities2011–2017Minister of Resource Planning and Environment2016–2017Minister of Industry, Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment2017–Deputy Chief Minister2017–2022Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources2019–2021Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminals and Entrepreneurship2022–Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development2022–Minister for International Trade and InvestmentFaction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly1987–2018Barisan Nasional2018–Gabungan Parti Sarawak Personal detailsBorn

Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasan

(1956-12-02) 2 December 1956 (age 67)
Kampung Dato, Bukit Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) (1987–present)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN) (1987–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (2018–present)SpouseDayang Morliah Awang DaudOccupationPolitician

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]

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]

Election results

**Sarawak State Legislative Assembly**^[5]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Turnout	Majority	Turnout
1987	N48 Lawas	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)
1991	N56 Lawas	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	6,076	71.41%	Baru Bian (PBDS)	2,433	28.59%	8,619	3,643	74.10%
1996	N61 Lawas	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	Unopposed
2001	N61 Lawas	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	6,299	95.61%	Japar Suyut (keADILan)	289	4.39%	6,666	6,010	67.18%
2006	N71 Bukit Sari	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	5,596	93.03%	Japar Suyut (IND)	321	5.34%	6,086	5,275	64.93%
2006		Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	5,596	93.03%	Mohamad Brahim (PKR)	98	1.63%	6,086	5,275	64.93%
2011		Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	6,018	86.30%	Japar Suyut (keADILan)	955	13.70%	7,067	5,063	70.79%
2016	N82 Bukit Sari	Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	Unopposed
2021		Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	6,385	87.48%	Alias Mail (PSB)	749	10.26%	7,442	5,636	57.01%
2021		Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (PBB)	6,385	87.48%	Riyah Basra (PBK)	165	2.26%	7,442	5,636	57.01%

Honours

Malaysia :
- Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1989)
Sarawak :
- Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (1998)
- Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) – Dato Sri (2006)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) – Datuk Amar (2008)

Foreign honour

Brunei :
- Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa First Class (PSLJ) – Dato Paduka Seri Laila Jasa (2023)

References

^ Limbang Book (in Malay)
^ Keputusan rasmi terkini PRU Sarawak 2016 pilihanraya negeri PRN 11 MySumber (in Malay)
^ Awang Tengah Ali Hassan P.G.B.K., A.M.N. Bloomberg
^ Awang Tengah appointed as Sarawak’s third DCM The Star
^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010..