Tawfiq Titingan

Tawfiq bin Abu Bakar Titingan (12 October 1963 – 14 March 2018)^[1][2] was a Malaysian politician who had served as the State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah from May 2013 to his death in office in March 2018 in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Musa Aman and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Apas from March 2004 to his aforementioned death.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan
توفيق أبو بكر تيتيڠن‎
State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah
In office 9 May 2013 – 14 March 2018
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Musa Aman
Preceded by	Peter Pang En Yin
Succeeded by	Frankie Poon Ming Fung
Constituency	Apas
State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah
In office 19 March 2008 – 3 April 2013
Governor	Ahmadshah Abdullah
Chief Minister	Musa Aman
Minister	Musa Aman
Preceded by	Sapawi Ahmad
Succeeded by	Ramlee Marahaban & Michael Asang
Constituency	Apas
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Apas
In office 21 March 2004 – 14 March 2018
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (BN–UMNO)
Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2004–2018	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Tawfiq bin Abu Bakar Titingan (1963-10-12)12 October 1963 Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
Died	14 March 2018(2018-03-14) (aged 54) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Relations	Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (Younger brother)
Parent(s)	Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Abu Bakar Titingan Damsani Datin Seri Panglima Hajah Kee Hafsah Kee Sulaiman
Occupation	Politician

He has 12 siblings, several of them (Ahmad Bahrom, Salwa and Nizam) were also politicians.^[3] He died of colorectal cancer at the Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 14 March 2018, aged 54.^[4][5]

Honours

• Sabah:
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2003)