Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Awang Sahari is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Awang Ahmad Sah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and was a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR. He is also brother of Vice President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan Awang Husaini Sahari.^[1][2]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari PGDK ASDK MLA
أواڠ أحمد صح أواڠ صحارى‎
Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party
In office 13 October 2022 – 27 February 2023
President	Shafie Apdal
Preceded by	Terrence Siambun
Succeeded by	Azhar Matussin
Information Chief of the Heritage Party
In office 16 October 2021 – 13 October 2022
President	Shafie Apdal
Preceded by	Yusof Yacob
Succeeded by	Azis Jamman
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Petagas
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Uda Sulai (WARISAN)
Majority	261 (2020)
Personal details
Born	Awang Ahmad Sah bin Awang Sahari (1959-07-24) 24 July 1959 (age 66) Petagas, Putatan, Penampang, British North Borneo
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (−2020) Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2020–2023) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023)
Relations	Awang Husaini Sahari (brother)
Alma mater	Hawaii Pacific University Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Occupation	Politician

On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election.^[3]

Education

He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.^[4]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[5][6]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N23 Petagas		Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (STAR)	1,111	8.62%		Yahyah Hussin (UMNO)	8,504	66.00%	12,884	5,653	83.03%
							Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR)	2,851	22.13%
2020			Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (WARISAN)	4,125	43.23%		Arsit Sidik (BERSATU)	3,864	40.49%	9,542	261	69.33%
							Paul Nointien (IND)	572	5.99%
							Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS)	355	3.72%
							Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP)	118	1.24%
							Mohamad Kulat (PGRS)	33	0.35%

Honours

• Sabah:
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2019)^[7]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018)^[8]