Ruddy Awah

Ruddy bin Awah (born 2 January 1969) is a Malaysian politician who has served as State Assistant Minister of Works and Utilities of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Minister Joachim Gunsalam since December 2025, State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah under Minister Jahid Jahim from January 2023 until November 2025 and State Assistant Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Sabah under Minister Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif from October 2020 until January 2023, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pitas since September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition. He is formerly a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly GRS coalitions as well as a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.^[1][2][3]

Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Dr. Ruddy Awah SSAP JP MLA
State Assistant Minister of Works and Utilities of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2025 Serving with Limus Jury
Minister	Joachim Gunsalam
Governor	Musa Aman
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Robert Tawik (as State Assistant Minister of Works of Sabah)
Constituency	Pitas
State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah
In office 26 January 2023 – 30 November 2025 Serving with Samad Jambri
Minister	Jahid Jahim
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin (2023–2024) Musa Aman (2025)
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Harun Durabi
Succeeded by	Juil Nuatim
Constituency	Pitas
State Assistant Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Sabah
In office 8 October 2020 – 26 January 2023
Minister	Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Mohammad Mohamarin & Jennifer Lasimbang (as State Assistant Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah)
Succeeded by	Harun Durabi
Constituency	Pitas
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Pitas
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Bolkiah Ismail (BN–UMNO)
Majority	559 (2020) 1,565 (2025)
Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2020–2021	Independent
2021–2022	Perikatan Nasional
2022–	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Ruddy bin Awah (1969-01-02) 2 January 1969 (age 56) Pitas, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Nationality	Malaysia
Party	People's Justice Party (PKR) (until 2020) Independent (2020–2021) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2021–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH) (until 2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020)
Spouse	Asiah Udian (m.1988)
Children	Asdy Ruddy, Asroy Ruddy, Nazira Ruddy, Asmey Ruddy, Azirah Ruddy, Aswady Ruddy
Occupation	Politician
Website	https://pitasdihatiku.com

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P167 Kudat		Ruddy Awah (Sabah BERSATU)	14,356	31.83%		Verdon Bahanda (IND)	16,323	36.19%	45,108	1,967	59.57%
							Rashid Abdul Harun (WARISAN)	9,421	20.89%
							Thonny Chee (PKR)	4,726	10.48%
							Nur Alya Humaira Usun (PEJUANG)	282	0.63%

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[5][6][7][8]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N03 Pitas		Ruddy Awah (IND)	2,918	40.14%		Sufian Abd Karim (Sabah UMNO)	2,359	32.44%	7,270	559	66.53%
							Shariff Azman Shariff Along (WARISAN)	1,565	21.53%
							Sh Sahar Sh Ading (PCS)	314	4.32%
							Ilasam Nurkasim (USNO Baru)	114	1.57%
2025			Ruddy Awah (GAGASAN)	5,754	47.57%		Harun Ismail (WARISAN)	4,189	34.63%	12,329	1,565	70.23%
							Bolkiah Ismail (Sabah UMNO)	1,331	11.00%
							Kinchin Boluot (IMPIAN)	425	3.51%
							Abdul Hamid Kimin (KDM)	266	2.20%
							Nazri Santong (IND)	131	1.08%

Honours

• Sabah
  • Justice of Peace of Sabah (JP) (2015)^[9]
• Pahang
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri