Joseph Salang Gandum

Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Joseph Salang Gandum
PGBK DSPN AMN
Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture
In office
27 March 2008 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Heng Seai Kie (2008–2010),
Maglin Dennis D'Cruz (2010–2013) &
Tan Lian Hoe (2008–2009)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
(2008–2011)
Abdul Halim
(2011–2013)
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
MinisterAhmad Shabery Cheek
Rais Yatim
Preceded byHimself (Communication)
Tan Lian Hoe (Information)
Teng Boon Soon (Culture)
Succeeded byJailani Johari (Communication)
Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
(Culture)
ConstituencyJulau
Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications
In office
19 March – 27 March 2008
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterShaziman Abu Mansor
Preceded byShaziman Abu Mansor
Succeeded by Himself
(Communications)
Noriah Kasnon
(Energy, Water)
ConstituencyJulau
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
27 March 2004 – 19 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
(2004–2006)
Mizan Zainal Abidin
(2006–2008)
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterSyed Hamid Albar
Preceded byLeo Michael Toyad
Succeeded byAbdul Rahim Bakri
ConstituencyJulau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Julau
In office
29 November 1999 – 9 May 2018
Preceded bySng Chee Hua
(BN–PBDS)
Succeeded byLarry Sng Wei Shien (Independent)
Majority6,286 (1999)
2,688 (2004)
7,584 (2008)
5,955 (2013)
2nd President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2021
Acting: 31 October 2021–26 April 2022
DeputyMajang Renggi
Preceded byJames Jemut Masing
Deputy President of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak
In office
20 October 2018 – 31 October 2021
PresidentJames Jemut Masing
(2018–2021)
Himself
(Acting, 2021–2022)
Preceded byJoseph Entulu Belaun
Succeeded byMajang Renggi
Secretary-General of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak
In office
25 October 2016 – 20 October 2018
PresidentJames Jemut Masing
Succeeded byJanang Bungsu
Personal details
Born (1951-01-01) 1 January 1951 (age 73)
Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political partyParti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS)
Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1999–2018, aligned; since 2020)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(aligned; 2020–2022)
SpouseLucy Hon
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBank officer (retired)

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]

  1. ^ "Joseph Salang Anak Gandum, Y.B. Dato'" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Suhaini Aznam (2 March 2008). "The partyless incumbent". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Sarawakians see PM's sincerity: Taib". Daily Express (Malaysia). 22 March 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  4. ^ "PRS MPs pledge support to Abdullah". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). 22 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Najib Announces 28-member Cabinet". Bernama. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Joseph Salang Gandum rejects appointment". The Star. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.