Matbali Musah

ماتبالي موساه‎Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for SipitangAssumed office
19 November 2022Preceded byYamani Hafez MusaMember of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for LumadanIn office
2018–2020Preceded byKamarlin OmbiSucceeded byRuslan Muharam Personal detailsBorn
(1969-08-01) 1 August 1969 (age 54)
Sipitang, Sabah, MalaysiaCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyUMNO (till 2019)
BERSATU (till 2022)
GRS (since 2022)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (till 2019)
Pakatan Harapan (2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2022)ParentMusah Kasamah (father)OccupationPolitician

Matbali bin Haji Musah is a Malaysian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Sipitang since 2022 and was the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Lumadan from 2018 to 2020. A Bisayan, he is the direct member of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) since 2022.

Politics

He was the Deputy Chief of UMNO Sipitang division until 2019 when he quitted UMNO to join BERSATU.^[1]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[2]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	Lumadan		Matbali Musah (UMNO)	6,836	55.04%		Mohd Samlih Juaisin (WARISAN)	3,901	31.41%	12,420	2,935	84.93%
							Asmat Japar (PHRS)	1,331	10.72%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	Sipitang		Matbali Musah (GRS)	14,459	49.75%		Adnan Puteh (WARISAN)	9,768	33.61%	29,061	4,691	63.35%
							Lahirul Latigul (AMANAH)	4,834	16.63%

Honours

•  Sabah :
  • Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2011)^[3]
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2012)^[4]
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2020)^[5]

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