Jamawi Ja'afar

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

Datuk Jamawi bin Ja'afar is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kemabong from 2018 until 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 United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a branch of a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He became the GAGASAN Division Chairman of Melalap Branch in March 2023.

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Jamawi Ja'afar PGDK ASDK ADK
جماوي جعفر‎
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kemabong
In office 9 May 2018 – 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Rubin Balang (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Rubin Balang (Independent)
Division Chairman of N42 Melalap Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
President	Hajiji Noor
Personal details
Born	Jamawi bin Ja'afar (1974-01-08) 8 January 1974 (age 51) Sabah
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2018, 2020–2023) WARISAN (2018–2020) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (until 2018, 2020–2023) Warisan Plus Coalition (2019–2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023)
Occupation	Politician

Politics

He was the UMNO Youth Chief of Tenom Division and Youth Information Chief of UMNO.^[1] He quit UMNO in 2018 and then later joined WARISAN with the reason to support Sabah local party. In 2020, he quit WARISAN because of PSS controversies and rejoined UMNO as alternative choices. After BN-UMNO lost many seats in the Malaysia General Election in November 2022, he decided to joining GRS through GRS direct membership constitution. In February 2023, he confirmed to support and joining Sabah local party GAGASAN, one of the major component party of GRS. In March 2023, he officially become the Division Chairman of Melalap branch. In October 17, 2023, he has confirmed that Tenom parliamentary branch of PGRS–GRS has successfully reached 5,000 membership.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P181 Tenom		Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO)	8,625	30.11%		Riduan Rubin (IND)	10,027	35.00%	28,649	1,108	68.14%
							Noorita Sual (DAP)	8,919	31.13%
							Ukim Buandi (WARISAN)	992	3.46%
							Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND)	86	0.30%

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[2][3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N43 Kemabong		Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO)	6,093	50.65%		Haris Bolos (WARISAN)	5,198	43.21%	12,030	862	84.93%
							Tay Jin Kiong @ Alfred (PCS)	152	1.26%
							Yahia @ Yahya Raimah (PHRS)	124	1.03%
2020	N42 Melalap		Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO)	3,526	33.25%		Peter Anthony (WARISAN)	5,245	49.46%	10,605	1,719	75.79%
							Radin Malleh (PBS)	1,359	12.81%
							Apiang Sausun (PCS)	268	2.53%
							Sazali Justi (USNO Baru)	32	0.30%
							Masdin Tumas (LDP)	23	0.22%

Honours

• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023)^[4]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2014)^[5]
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2009)^[6]