Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan

Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (born 7 November 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since October 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Apas since May 2018. He served as State Assistant Minister of Finance in the GRS state administration under Chief Minister and Minister Hajiji from October 2020 to October 2022. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition. He has also served as the Information Chief and Division Chairman of Apas of GAGASAN since February 2023.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Yang Berhormat Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan PGDK ASDK ADK BSK KMN MLA
نظام أبو بكر تيتيڠن‎
State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2022 Serving with Abidin Madingkir & Ruslan Muharam
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Wetrom Bahanda
Constituency	Apas
State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah
In office 8 October 2020 – 26 October 2022 Serving with Jasnih Daya
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Kenny Chua Teck Ho
Succeeded by	Julita Majungki
Constituency	Apas
Information Chief of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2023
President	Hajiji Noor
Division Chairman of N63 Apas Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2023
President	Hajiji Noor
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Apas
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Tawfiq Titingan (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,787 (2018) 2,049 (2020)
Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2019	Independent
2019–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Since 2022	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Nizam bin Abu Bakar Titingan (1966-11-07) 7 November 1966 (age 58)[1] Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (until 2018) Bersatu Sabah (BERSATU Sabah) (2019–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2020–2021) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2022)
Spouse	Wahida Mardiana Norsalim
Relations	Tawfiq Titingan (elder brother)
Parent(s)	Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Abu Bakar Titingan Damsani Datin Seri Panglima Hajah Kee Hafsah Kee Sulaiman
Occupation	Politician

Personal life

Nizam was born to Sabah politician Abu Bakar Titingan and Kee Hafsah Kee Sulaiman; he has 12 siblings, which several of them (Ahmad Bahrom, Salwa and Tawfiq were also politicians.^[9]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^{[10][11][12][13]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N56 Apas		Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (UMNO)	7,243	53.58%		Abdul Salip Ejal (WARISAN)	5,456	40.36%	13,841	1,787	72.90%
							Daud Jalaluddin (PAS)	487	3.60%
							Alizaman Jijurahman (PHRS)	333	2.46%
2020	N68 Apas		Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (BERSATU)	6,252	58.30%		Amrullah Kamal (WARISAN)	4,203	39.20%	10,724	2,049	55.34%
							Datu Indal Datu Ismail (PCS)	186	1.73%
							Mohd Sayadi Bakal (USNO Baru)	83	0.77%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2009)^[14]
• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2014)^[15]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2005)^[16]
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2003)^[17]
  • Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2000)^[18]