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 | |
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Minister of Works | |
In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir |
Preceded by | Fadillah Yusof |
Succeeded by | Fadillah Yusof |
Constituency | Selangau |
State Chairman of the People's Justice Party of Sarawak | |
In office 15 December 2009 – 24 February 2020 | |
President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2009–2018) Anwar Ibrahim (2018–2020) |
Deputy | Wan Zainal Wan Sanusi |
Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Larry Sng Wei Shien |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Selangau | |
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Entulu Belaun (BN–PRS) |
Succeeded by | Edwin Banta (GPS–PRS) |
Majority | 486 (2018) |
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Ba'kelalan | |
Assumed office 16 April 2011 | |
Preceded by | Nelson Balang Rining (BN–SPDP) |
Majority | 473 (2011) 538 (2016) 680 (2021) |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2018–2020 | Pakatan Harapan (PKR) |
2020 | Independent |
2020–2022 | Parti Sarawak Bersatu |
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | |
2011–2018 | People's Justice Party |
2018–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
2020 | Independent |
2020– | Parti Sarawak Bersatu |
Personal details | |
Born | Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia | 9 September 1958
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Nationality | Malaysia |
Political party | Parti 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) |
Spouse | Yu Ching Sieu |
Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi MARA University of Melbourne |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | www |
Baru Bian on Facebook Baru Bian on Parliament of Malaysia | |