Arthur Joseph Kurup

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Arthur Joseph Kurup
PMW PGDK ASDK JP MP
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterMohamad Sabu
Preceded byChan Foong Hin
ConstituencyPensiangan
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
In office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterChang Lih Kang
Preceded byAhmad Amzad Hashim
Succeeded byYusof Apdal
ConstituencyPensiangan
Deputy Minister of Works
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
MinisterFadillah Yusof
Preceded byEddin Syazlee Shith
Succeeded byAbdul Rahman Mohamad
ConstituencyPensiangan
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Economy)
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterMustapa Mohamed
Preceded byRadzi Jidin
(Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs)
Succeeded byEddin Syazlee Shith
ConstituencyPensiangan
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pensiangan
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byJoseph Kurup
(BN–PBRS)
Majority2,314 (2018)
5,412 (2022)
2nd President of the
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2023
DeputyTBA
Preceded byJoseph Kurup
Deputy President of the
Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah
In office
1 November 2015 – 7 January 2023
PresidentJoseph Kurup
Preceded byEllron Alfred Angin
Succeeded byTBA
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2020Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah
2020–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Arthur Joseph Kurup

(1982-08-04) 4 August 1982 (age 42)
Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyParti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018, since 2020)
Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS)
(2018–2020)
SpouseStella Boklin
RelationsJoseph Kurup (father)[1]
ResidenceSeri Pensiangan
OccupationPolitician
Profession
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Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup (born 4 August 1982) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and economist who has served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad Sabu since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pensiangan since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Chang Lih Kang from December 2022 to December 2023, Deputy Minister of Works in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Fadillah Yusof from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Economic Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Mustapa Mohamed from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021.[2] He is a member of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS), a component party of the BN coalition and the eldest son of 1st and founding President of PBRS Joseph Kurup. He has also served as the 2nd President of PBRS since January 2023.[3] He also previously served as the Deputy President of PBRS from November 2015 to his promotion to party presidency in January 2023, the Vice President and Youth Chief of PBRS. He is also presently the sole PBRS MP and the sole PBRS candidate elected in the 2022 General election.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Ryan Stanley (3 May 2018). "Terharu bapa jadi teman berkempen" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Six Sabah MPs included in new Federal Cabinet line-up". The Borneo Post. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Joseph Kurup steps down as PBRS president, his son Arthur takes over". The Star. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ Ruben Sario (30 October 2015). "Anak Joseph Kurup Bakal Jadi Timbalan Presiden PBRS" (in Malay). mStar. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ Olivia Miwil (26 April 2018). "Arthur bawa suara orang muda" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ Julia Chan (27 April 2018). "Sabah's scions rise to GE14 challenge". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 25 May 2018. The younger Kurup was elected deputy president of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah in 2015, and appointed to the board of directors for the Sabah Town and Housing Development Board in 2016. He is also a trained lawyer and a TN50 ambassador.