Baru Bian

Baru Bian (born 9 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ba'kelalan since April 2011. He served as the Minister of Works in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Selangau from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and was a member of People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Sarawak from December 2009 to his resignation from the party in February 2020. He became the first ever federal minister of the Lun Bawang ethnicity in the Malaysian history.

Baru Bian
Minister of Works
In office
2 July 2018  24 February 2020
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
DeputyMohd Anuar Mohd Tahir
Preceded byFadillah Yusof
Succeeded byFadillah Yusof
ConstituencySelangau
State Chairman of the
People's Justice Party of
Sarawak
In office
15 December 2009  24 February 2020
PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(2009–2018)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2018–2020)
DeputyWan Zainal Wan Sanusi
Preceded byAnwar Ibrahim
(Acting)
Succeeded byLarry Sng Wei Shien
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Selangau
In office
9 May 2018  19 November 2022
Preceded byJoseph Entulu Belaun
(BNPRS)
Succeeded byEdwin Banta
(GPS–PRS)
Majority486 (2018)
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Ba'kelalan
Assumed office
16 April 2011
Preceded byNelson Balang Rining
(BN–SPDP)
Majority473 (2011)
538 (2016)
680 (2021)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
2020Independent
2020–2022Parti Sarawak Bersatu
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
2011–2018People's Justice Party
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Independent
2020–Parti Sarawak Bersatu
Personal details
Born (1958-09-09) 9 September 1958
Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyParti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS)
(1987–2004)
Malaysian Dayak Congress (MDC)
(2005)
Sarawak National Party (SNAP)
(2006–2008)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(2008–2020)
Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PBS)
(since 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2015–2020)
SpouseYu Ching Sieu
Alma materUniversiti Teknologi MARA
University of Melbourne
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitewww.barubian.net
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Baru Bian on Parliament of Malaysia
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