Anita Baranting

Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Lasiah @ Anita Baranting
PGDK ASDK
Sabah State Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs
In office
11 May 2018 – 12 May 2018
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterMusa Aman
Preceded byJainab Ahmad Ayid
Succeeded byStephen Wong Tien Fatt as Minister of Health and People's Wellbeing
Assistant Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs
In office
10 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterMusa Aman
Preceded byHerbert Timbun Lagadan
Succeeded byNorazlinah Arif as Assistant Minister of Health and People's Wellbeing
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Tandek
In office
8 March 2008 – 26 September 2020
Preceded byMaximus Ongkili (PBS–BN)
Succeeded byHendrus Anding (PBS)
Majority2,237 (2008)
5,725 (2013)
4,592 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Anita Baranting

(1954-09-02) 2 September 1954 (age 70)
Kota Marudu, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyParti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) (until 2018)
Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2019-2020)
Independent (2020)
Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present)
OccupationPolitician

Anita Baranting is a Malaysian politician who served as the State Minister of Community Development and Consumer Affairs. He served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tandek from March 2008 until September 2020. She is a member of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) which is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition both in federal and state levels.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "PBS quits BN and joins STAR in new coalition". The Star Online. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Tandek rep quits PBS to join Warisan". Malaysiakini.com. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan baru Sabah" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Bernama (31 July 2020). "Warisan defectors 'sacked' themselves; membership cancelled, says secretary-general". The Edge Markets. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Up against BN and PBS, Tandek indie applies to join Star". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 24 September 2020.