Alexander Nanta Linggi

Alexander Nanta Linggi
Alexander Nanta Linggi in 2024
Minister of Works
Assumed office
3 December 2022
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyAbdul Rahman Mohamad
(2022–2023)
Ahmad Maslan
(since 2023)
Preceded byFadillah Yusof
ConstituencyKapit
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyRosol Wahid
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded bySalahuddin Ayub
(Minister of Domestic Trade and Living Costs)
ConstituencyKapit
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyRosol Wahid
Preceded bySaifuddin Nasution Ismail
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyKapit
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development
In office
16 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Serving with Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (2015–2018)
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2013–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterShafie Apdal
(2013–2015)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2015–2018)
Preceded byHasan Malek
Succeeded bySivarasa Rasiah
ConstituencyKapit
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kapit
Assumed office
29 November 1999
Preceded byJames Jimbun Pungga
(BNPBB)
Majority11,016 (1999)
Walkover (2004)
Walkover (2008)
9,731 (2013)
10,479 (2018)
12,402 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Alexander Nanta Linggi

(1958-06-16) 16 June 1958 (age 66)
Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018, aligned:since 2020)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(aligned:2020–2022)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(aligned:since 2022)
SpouseAngelina Celestine Ujang
RelationsCelestine Ujang Jilan (father-in-law; deceased)
Jugah Barieng (grandfather)
Wilson Ugak Kumbong (cousin)

Alexander Nanta Linggi (born 16 June 1958) is a Malaysian politician. He is Secretary-General of both Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and its coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He has served as Minister of Works in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. He served as the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and his first term in Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 as well as the Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Shafie Apdal and Ismail Sabri Yaakob from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapit since November 1999.[1] He is also the cousin of Wilson Ugak Kumbong, the current Deputy Minister of Digital and MP for Hulu Rajang.

  1. ^ "YB Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 22 January 2023.