Ruslan Muharam

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

Ruslan bin Muharam (born 4 November 1962) 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 January 2023 as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lumadan since September 2020. He is a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS), a component party of the GRS and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions. He has also served as the Vice President of PBS (Muslim Bumiputera quota) since 2003 and the PBS Sipitang Divisional Liaison Chief since 1999.^[1][2]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Ruslan Muharam PGDK ASDK JMN ADK PPN MLA
رُسْلَان مُحَرَّم‎
State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 January 2023 Serving with Abidin Madingkir & Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin (2023–2024) Musa Aman (since 2025)
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Position established
Constituency	Lumadan
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Lumadan
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Matbali Musah (BN–UMNO)
Majority	364 (2020)
Vice President of the United Sabah Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003 Serving with Hendrus Anding & Johnny Mositun & Daniel Kinsik & Mursid Mohd Rais & Arthur Sen Siong Choo & Linda Tsen Thau Lin & Peter Mak
President	Joseph Pairin Kitingan (2003–2017) Maximus Ongkili (since 2017)
Personal details
Born	Ruslan bin Muharam (1962-11-04) 4 November 1962 (age 62) Beaufort, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	United Sabah Party (PBS)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020)
Alma mater	University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) (Master's Degree in Political Science)
Occupation	Politician

Election result

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N34 Lumadan		Ruslan Muharam (PBS)	3,650	33.15%		Kamarlin Ombi (UMNO)	3,286	29.85%	11,010	364	73.19%
							Ag Ku Zaidi Pg Wahab (WARISAN)	2,859	25.97
							Ali Dad Fazal Elahi (USNO Baru)	254	2.31
							Malik Unsat (PCS)	231	2.10
							Dayang Aezzy Liman (PPRS)	59	0.54
							Mohd Saidi Manan (IND)	46	0.42
							Sahlih Sirin (GAGASAN)	44	0.40

Honours

• Malaysia:
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (2017)^[4]
  • Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (2005)^[4]
• Sabah:
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2022)^[4][5]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2021)^[6]
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2007)^[7]