Joniston Bangkuai

Joniston Bangkuai (born 17 April 1962) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Ministers Jafry Ariffin and Christina Liew Chin Jin since October 2020, Chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board (STB) since December 2020 as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kiulu since May 2013. He is a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS), a component party of the GRS coalition.^[1][2][3] He has also served as the Information Chief of both GRS and PBS since March and July 2022 respectively. He served as the Secretary-General of PBS from January 2021 to July 2022.^[4][5]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Joniston Bangkuai PGDK JP MLA
State Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2020
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin (2020–2024) Musa Aman (since 2025)
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Minister	Jafry Arifin (2020–2023) Christina Liew Chin Jin (since 2023)
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Assaffal P. Alian
Constituency	Kiulu
Chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 December 2020
State Minister	Jafry Arifin (2020–2023) Christina Liew Chin Jin (since 2023)
Chief Executive Officer	Noredah Othman (2020–2024) Julinus Jeffery Jimit (since 2024)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kiulu
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Louis Rampas (BN–PBS)
Majority	44 (2013) 1,443 (2018) 1,221 (2020)
1st Information Chief of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2022
Chairman	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Position established
Information Chief of the United Sabah Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2022
President	Maximus Ongkili
Assistant	Jonnybone Kurum
Preceded by	Julita Majungki
Secretary-General of the United Sabah Party
In office 3 January 2021 – 1 July 2022
President	Maximus Ongkili
Assistant	Hendrus Anding
Preceded by	Jahid Jahim
Succeeded by	Julita Majungki
Personal details
Born	Joniston bin Lumai @ Bangkuai (1962-04-17) 17 April 1962 (age 63) Tuaran, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Sabah Party (PBS)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020)
Spouse	Lucy Irene Yong
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P170 Tuaran		Joniston Bangkuai (PBS)	24,710	42.44%		Wilfred Madius Tangau (UPKO)	24,943	42.84%	58,227	233	69.80%
							Jo-Anna Henley Rampas (WARISAN)	5,728	9.84%
							Noortaip Suhaili @ Sualee (Independent)	2,008	3.45%
							Muminin Kalingkong @ Norbinsha (PEJUANG)	445	0.76%
							Boby Lewat (Independent)	393	0.67%

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[6][7][8][9]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N11 Kiulu		Joniston Bangkuai (PBS)	3,745	41.08%		Rhodes Panilau (PKR)	3,701	40.60%	9,288	44	81.50%
							Terence Sinti (STAR)	1,025	11.24%
							John Hussein (IND)	517	5.67%
							Tindil Gonsobil (SAPP)	129	1.41%
2018			Joniston Bangkuai (PBS)	4,336	42.39%		Jo-Anna Sue Henley Rampas (WARISAN)	2,893	28.28%	10,459	1,443	80.70%
							Terence Sinti (STAR)	2,457	24.02%
							Gaibin Ransoi (PCS)	543	5.31%
2020	N15 Kiulu		Joniston Bangkuai (PBS)	4,007	51.93%		Wilfred Madius Tangau (UPKO)	2,786	36.11%	7,716	1,221	70.87%
							Andau Yasun @ Bruno (PCS)	363	4.70%
							Rozylyn @ Rosalyn Gelunu (LDP)	274	3.55%
							Dominic Yasun (IND)	266	3.45%
							Jolianis Lampog (IND)	20	0.26%

Honours

• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2006)^[10]
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2010)^[11]