Ruddy Awah
Ruddy Awah | |
|---|---|
| State Assistant Minister of Works and Utilities of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2025 | |
| Governor | Musa Aman |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| State Minister | Joachim Gunsalam |
| Preceded by | Robert Tawik (as State Assistant Minister of Works of Sabah) |
| Constituency | Pitas |
| State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah | |
| In office 26 January 2023 – 30 November 2025 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin (2023–2024) Musa Aman (2025) |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| State Minister | Jahid Jahim |
| Preceded by | Harun Durabi |
| Succeeded by | Juil Nuatim |
| Constituency | Pitas |
| State Assistant Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Sabah | |
| In office 8 October 2020 – 26 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| State Minister | Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Mohamarin & Jennifer Lasimbang (as State Assistant Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah) |
| Succeeded by | Harun Durabi |
| Constituency | Pitas |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Pitas | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Bolkiah Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 559 (2020) 1,565 (2025) |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2020–2021 | Independent |
| 2021–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ruddy bin Awah 2 January 1969 |
| Party | People's Justice Party (PKR) (until 2020) Independent (2020–2021) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2021–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) (until 2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020) |
| Spouse | Asiah Udian (m.1988) |
| Children | Asdy Ruddy, Asroy Ruddy, Nazira Ruddy, Asmey Ruddy, Azirah Ruddy, Aswady Ruddy |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | https://pitasdihatiku.com |
Ruddy bin Awah (born 2 January 1969) is a Malaysian politician who has served as State Assistant Minister of Works and Utilities of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Minister Joachim Gunsalam since December 2025, State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah under Minister Jahid Jahim from January 2023 until November 2025 and State Assistant Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Sabah under Minister Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif from October 2020 until January 2023, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pitas since September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition. He is formerly a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly GRS coalitions as well as a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[1][2][3]
Election results
[edit]| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P167 Kudat | Ruddy Awah (Sabah BERSATU) | 14,356 | 31.83% | Verdon Bahanda (IND) | 16,323 | 36.19% | 45,108 | 1,967 | 59.57% | ||
| Rashid Abdul Harun (WARISAN) | 9,421 | 20.89% | ||||||||||
| Thonny Chee (PKR) | 4,726 | 10.48% | ||||||||||
| Nur Alya Humaira Usun (PEJUANG) | 282 | 0.63% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N03 Pitas | Ruddy Awah (IND) | 2,918 | 40.14% | Sufian Abd Karim (Sabah UMNO) | 2,359 | 32.44% | 7,270 | 559 | 66.53% | ||
| Shariff Azman Shariff Along (WARISAN) | 1,565 | 21.53% | ||||||||||
| Sh Sahar Sh Ading (PCS) | 314 | 4.32% | ||||||||||
| Ilasam Nurkasim (USNO Baru) | 114 | 1.57% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Ruddy Awah (GAGASAN) | 5,754 | 47.57% | Harun Ismail (WARISAN) | 4,189 | 34.63% | 12,329 | 1,565 | 70.23% | |||
| Bolkiah Ismail (Sabah UMNO) | 1,331 | 11.00% | ||||||||||
| Kinchin Boluot (IMPIAN) | 425 | 3.51% | ||||||||||
| Abdul Hamid Kimin (KDM) | 266 | 2.20% | ||||||||||
| Nazri Santong (IND) | 131 | 1.08% | ||||||||||
Honours
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Sabah
- Justice of Peace of Sabah (JP) (2015)[9]
Pahang
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri
References
[edit]- ↑ "Pitas is prospering slowly but surely". Daily Express. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Lebih 3,000 ahli PKR Cabang Pitas keluar parti". Astro Awani. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ↑ "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
- ↑ "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ↑ "N.03 PITAS". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ↑ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2015" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
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