Datuk Snowdan anak Donald Lawan (born 5 September 1971)[1] is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak in charge of Creative Industry and Performing Arts in the GPS state administration under Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Balai Ringin since May 2006. He served as State Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak in the GPS and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under Premier Abang Johari and Minister Abdul Karim from May 2017 to January 2022. He has also served as Youth Chief of PRS since October 2016.
Snowdan Lawan | |
|---|---|
 Snowdan in 2019 | |
| State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak (Creative Industry and Performing Arts) | |
| Assumed office 4 January 2022 | |
| Minister | Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah |
| Governor | Abdul Taib Mahmud Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar |
| Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Preceded by | Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture) |
| Constituency | Balai Ringin |
| State Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Sarawak | |
| In office 7 May 2017 – 2 January 2022 | |
| Minister | Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah |
| Governor | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Preceded by | Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Rentap Jabu (State Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development (Youth and Sports Development)) |
| Constituency | Balai Ringin |
| Youth Chief of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2016 | |
| President | James Jemut Masing (2016-2021) Joseph Salang Gandum (2021-) |
| Preceded by | Liwan Lagang |
| Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Balai Ringin | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 1,516 (2006) 2,885 (2011) 2,039 (2016) 1,285 (2021) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1971 Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (-2018, allied : since 2020) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (allied : since 2020) |
| Relations | Donald Lawan (father) |
Election results edit
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots Cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Balai Ringin | Snowdan Lawan (PRS) | 3,075 | 62.60% | Ibi Uding (SNAP) | 1,559 | 29.00% | 5,376 | 1,516 | 5,470 | ||
| Cobbold Lusoi (IND) | 742 | 13.80% | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Snowdan Lawan (PRS) | 4,145 | 64.63% | Ibi Uding (PKR) | 1,260 | 19.65% | 6,413 | 2,885 | 6,544 | |||
| Dan Giang (SNAP) | 765 | 11.93% | ||||||||||
| Sujal Gansi (PCM) | 126 | 1.96% | ||||||||||
| Cobbold Lusoi (IND) | 85 | 1.33% | ||||||||||
| Sujal Gansi (IND) | 32 | 0.50% | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Snowdan Lawan (PRS) | 4,478 | 58.10% | Entusa Imam (IND) | 2,439 | 31.65% | 7,707 | 2,039 | 7,794 | |||
| Nicholas Mujah Ason (PKR) | 700 | 9.08% | ||||||||||
| Pok Ungkut (PBDSB) | 90 | 1.17% | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Snowdan Lawan (PRS) | 4,816 | 56.38% | Masir Kujat (PSB) | 3,531 | 41.34% | 8,542 | 1,285 | 79.17% | |||
| Kasim Mana (PBK) | 195 | 2.28% | ||||||||||
Honours edit
Malaysia :
Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2011)
Sarawak :
Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (2017)[2][3]
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SARAWAK". Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. 2008.
- ^ "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Former TYT leads Head of State's honours list". Borneo Post. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2019.