Joachim Gunsalam

Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Dr.
Joachim Gunsalam
SPDK PGDK ASDK ADK JP MLA
Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah II
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 January 2023
Serving with
Jeffrey Kitingan (Deputy Chief Minister I) &
Shahelmey Yahya (Deputy Chief Minister III)
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Preceded byJeffrey Kitingan
ConstituencyKundasang
State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
AssistantMohamad Hamsan Awang Supain
Isnin Aliasnih
Preceded byMasidi Manjun
ConstituencyKundasang
Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah III
In office
29 September 2020 – 11 January 2023
Serving with
Bung Moktar Radin (Deputy Chief Minister I) &
Jeffrey Kitingan (Deputy Chief Minister III)
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Preceded byChristina Liew Chin Jin
Succeeded byShahelmey Yahya
ConstituencyKundasang
State Minister of Industrial Development of Sabah
In office
29 September 2020 – 11 January 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
AssistantMohd Tamin Zainal
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPhoong Jin Zhe
ConstituencyKundasang
State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah
In office
2013–2018
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterMusa Aman
Succeeded byGeorge Hiew Vun Zin
ConstituencyKundasang
Acting President of the United Sabah Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2024
PresidentMaximus Ongkili
DeputyHimself
(Non-Muslim Bumiputera)
Jahid Jahim (Muslim Bumiputera)
Yee Moh Chai (Chinese)
Deputy President of the
United Sabah Party
(Non-Muslim Bumiputera)
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 June 2022
Serving with
Jahid Jahim (Muslim Bumiputera) &
Yee Moh Chai (Chinese)
PresidentMaximus Ongkili
Preceded byRadin Malleh
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Kundasang
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 March 2004
Preceded byKarim Adam (PBS)
Majority1,997 (2004)
1,806 (2008)
1,975 (2013)
255 (2018)
1,422 (2020)
Personal details
Born
Joachim Gunsalam

(1958-01-22) 22 January 1958 (age 66)[1]
Kundasang, Ranau, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
NationalityMalaysia
Political partyUnited Sabah Party (PBS)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(2002–2018)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(since 2020)
SpouseLinda Ewit
Alma materNational University of Malaysia (UKM)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPhysician

Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Joachim Gunsalam (born 22 January 1958) is a Malaysian politician and Physician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister II and State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah since January 2023 as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kundasang since March 2004. He is a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions. He has served as the Acting President of PBS since June 2024 and Deputy President of PBS for the Non-Muslim Bumiputera quota since June 2022.[2][3] He previously served as Vice President of PBS for the Non-Muslim Bumiputera quota from 2006 to 2022.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Warta Kerajaan" (PDF). sabah.gov.my. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Ongkili hands presidency duties to Gunsalam with immediate effect". The Star. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Joachim wins PBS deputy president post by a whisker". The Star. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Bung, Jeffrey and Gunsalam are deputy CMs". Free Malaysia Today (FMT). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Hajiji angkat sumpah Ketua Menteri; Bung Moktar, Dr Jeffrey, Joachim dilantik Timbalan Ketua Menteri". Sabah News Today (in Malay). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.