Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk |
Joseph Salang Gandum | |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1951 |
Birth Place: | Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture |
Primeminister: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
Term Start: | 27 March 2008 |
Term End: | 15 May 2013 |
Constituency: | Julau |
Minister: | Ahmad Shabery Cheek Rais Yatim |
Successor: | Jailani Johari Mas Ermieyati Samsudin |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications |
Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Term Start2: | 19 March |
Term End2: | 27 March 2008 |
Constituency2: | Julau |
Minister2: | Shaziman Abu Mansor |
Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Predecessor2: | Shaziman Abu Mansor |
Successor2: | Himself Noriah Kasnon |
Office3: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister3: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Term Start3: | 27 March 2004 |
Term End3: | 19 March 2008 |
Constituency3: | Julau |
Minister3: | Syed Hamid Albar |
Monarch3: | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Predecessor3: | Leo Michael Toyad |
Successor3: | Abdul Rahim Bakri |
Constituency Mp4: | Julau |
Parliament4: | Malaysian |
Term Start4: | 29 November 1999 |
Term End4: | 9 May 2018 |
Majority4: | 6,286 (1999) 2,688 (2004) 7,584 (2008) 5,955 (2013) |
Predecessor4: | Sng Chee Hua (BN–PBDS) |
Successor4: | Larry Sng Wei Shien (Independent) |
Office5: | 2nd President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak |
Term Start5: | 31 October 2021 |
Deputy5: | Majang Renggi |
Predecessor5: | James Jemut Masing |
Office6: | Deputy President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak |
Term Start6: | 20 October 2018 |
Term End6: | 31 October 2021 |
President6: | James Jemut Masing Himself |
Predecessor6: | Joseph Entulu Belaun |
Successor6: | Majang Renggi |
Office7: | Secretary-General of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak |
Term Start7: | 25 October 2016 |
Term End7: | 20 October 2018 |
President7: | James Jemut Masing |
Successor7: | Janang Bungsu |
Party: | Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Bank officer (retired) |
Spouse: | Lucy Hon |
Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum (born 1 January 1951) is a Malaysian politician and former bank officer who served as the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture, Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Najib Razak and former Ministers Rais Yatim, Shaziman Abu Mansor, Ahmad Shabery Cheek and Syed Hamid Albar from March 2004 to May 2013 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Julau from November 1999 to May 2018. He is a member of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions and was a member of the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS), also a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the 2nd President of PRS since October 2021, when he has served in official capacity since April 2022 and in acting capacity from October 2021 to April 2022. He also served as the Deputy President of PRS from October 2018 to his official promotion to the party presidency in October 2021 and Secretary-General of PRS from October 2016 to his promotion to party deputy presidency in October 2018. In addition, he was also previously one of the vice-presidents of PRS, prior to being made party secretary-general.[1]
Salang was a bank officer before entering politics. He was elected to Parliament in the 1999 election.[2] He was originally a member (and deputy president) of the Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS),[3] but sat in Parliament without a party after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004. He eventually joined the PRS ahead of the 2008 election.[2]
Salang has served in a number of government posts, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,[2] Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications,[4] and Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture.[5] He turned down reappointment to the deputy ministry after the 2013 election.[6]
Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
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1999 | P182 Julau | (PBDS) | 9,183 | 66.99% | Kong Ah Huat (IND) | 2,897 | 21.14% | 13,707 | 6,286 | 75.55% | ||||
Samuel Edward Chun (IND) | 844 | 6.16% | ||||||||||||
Patrick Mit @ Dumit Tutong (IND) | 483 | 3.52% | ||||||||||||
2004 | P208 Julau | (PBDS) | 8,388 | 58.78% | Randan Mawat (IND) | 5,700 | 39.94% | 14,271 | 2,688 | 72.20% | ||||
2008 | P209 Julau | (PRS) | 10,351 | 77.75% | Labang Jamba (PKR) | 2,767 | 20.78% | 13,313 | 7,584 | 65.56% | ||||
2013 | Joseph Salang Gandum (PRS) | 9,891 | 58.27% | bgcolor = | Wong Judat (SWP) | 3,936 | 23.19% | 16,973 | 5,955 | 75.36% | ||||
Wong Hong Yu (PKR) | 2,852 | 16.80% | ||||||||||||
2018 | Joseph Salang Gandum (PRS) | 8,174 | 44.02% | (IND) | 10,105 | 54.42% | 18,569 | 1,931 | 73.16% | |||||
2022 | (PRS) | 7,819 | 34.69% | bgcolor= | Larry Sng Wei Shien (PBM) | 9,159 | 40.64% | 22,537 | 1,340 | 64.67% | ||||
Elly Lawai Ngalai (IND) | 5,224 | 23.18% | ||||||||||||
Susan George (PBDS) | 335 | 1.49% |