Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato |
Lukanisman Awang Sauni | |
Native Name: | لوكنيسمان أواڠ ساوني |
Birth Name: | Lukanisman bin Awang Sauni |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1982 |
Birth Place: | Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Nationality: | Malaysian |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Health |
Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister: | Zaliha Mustafa Dzulkefly Ahmad |
Constituency: | Sibuti |
Term Start: | 10 December 2022 |
Predecessor: | Noor Azmi Ghazali Aaron Ago Dagang |
Constituency Mp1: | Sibuti |
Parliament1: | Malaysian |
Term Start1: | 9 May 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Ahmad Lai Bujang (BN–PBB) |
Majority1: | 3,676 (2018) 11,745 (2022) |
Office2: | Chairman of the Sustainable Energy Development Authority |
Term Start2: | 16 April 2020 |
Term End2: | 3 December 2022 |
1Blankname2: | Chief Executive Officer |
1Namedata2: | Hamzah Hussin |
Minister2: | Shamsul Anuar Nasarah Takiyuddin Hassan Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad |
Predecessor2: | Wong Kah Woh |
Successor2: | Ahmad Zairin Ismail |
Office3: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
Subterm3: | 2018 |
Suboffice3: | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu |
Subterm4: | 2018– |
Suboffice4: | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
Party: | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) |
Alma Mater: | University of Malaya |
Occupation: | Politician |
Dato Lukanisman bin Awang Sauni (born 1 February 1982) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Health in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as well as Ministers Zaliha Mustafa and Dzulkefly Ahmad since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sibuti since May 2018. He previously served as the Chairman of the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) from April 2020 to December 2022. He is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.[1] [2] [3]
Lukanisman was born in Miri and is of mixed ethnic Melanau and Chinese descent.[1] He obtained a bachelor's degree from University of Malaya.[1] Prior to joining politics, he worked at the Special Affairs Department (JASA).[1] [2] [3]
He contested for Sibuti at the 2018 election, where he defeated 2 opposition candidates — Jemat Panjang and Zulaihi Bakar, with a majority of 3,676 votes.[4] As an MP from Sarawak, he has been putting efforts to make Niah Cave as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1] [2] [3] He is also a member of the Young Parliamentary Caucus within the Dewan Rakyat.[1] [2]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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P218 Sibuti | (PBB) | 12,214 | 54.60% | Jemat Panjang (PKR) | 8,538 | 38.17% | 22,369 | 3,676 | 70.19% | ||||
Zulaihi Bakar (PAS) | 1,617 | 7.23% | |||||||||||
2022 | Lukanisman Awang Sauni (PBB) | 22,150 | 65.31% | Zolhaidah Suboh (PKR) | 10,405 | 30.68% | 34,371 | 11,745 | 57.95% | ||||
bgcolor= | Bobby William (PBDSB) | 1,361 | 4.01% |