Sapawi Ahmad

Sapawi Ahmad
صڤاوي أحمد
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sipitang
In office
8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byYusof Yacob
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byYamani Hafez Musa (BN-UMNO)
Majority6,146 (2008)
9,469 (2013)
Supreme Council Members of GAGASAN RAKYAT Sipitang-Sindumin
Assumed office
2024
Supreme Council Members of GRS Sipitang-Sindumin
Assumed office
2024
Personal details
Born
Sapawi bin Amat Wasali @ Ahmad

(1956-07-05) 5 July 1956 (age 68)
Sipitang, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2023)
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2023)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2024)
SpousePatimah Ali
Children5
Alma materNational University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
Websitedatuksapawiahmad.blogspot.com

Datuk Sapawi bin Ahmad (born 5 July 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sipitang constituency in Sabah, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 2008 to May 2018.[1] He currently an official member of GAGASAN, a component party of GRS since January 2024. He become supreme council members of both GRS Sindumin-Sipitang and GAGASAN RAKYAT Sipitang.

Sapawi was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, replacing the UMNO incumbent Yusof Yacob in the seat of Sipitang.[2][3] Before entering federal politics, Sapawi was an Assistant Minister in the Sabah State Government.[2] He quits UMNO to join a local Sabahan's party and directly become an official member of GAGASAN, a component party of GRS since January 2024. He become supreme council members of both GRS Sipitang and GAGASAN RAKYAT Sipitang.

  1. ^ "Sapawi bin Haji Amat Wasali @ Ahmad, Y.B. Datuk". Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b "15 'new blood' BN hopefuls". Daily Express (Malaysia). 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).