Joniston Bangkuai

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Joniston Bangkuai
PGDK MLA
Yang Berhormat Datuk Joniston Bangkuai PGDK MLA
State Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 October 2020
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Minister	Jafry Arifin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Assaffal P. Alian
Constituency	Kiulu
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)
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; 4 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; April 17, 1961 (age 63); Tuaran, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Sabah Party (PBS)
Other political; affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) ; Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Spouse	Lucy Irene Yong
Occupation	Politician

Joniston Bangkuai (born 17 April 1961) 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 Minister Jafry Ariffin since October 2020 and Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kiulu since May 2013. He is a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS) which is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and GRS coalitions. ^[2]^[3]^[4]He has served as the Information Chief of PBS since July 2022 and Secretary-General of PBS from January 2021 to July 2022. ^[5]

Honours

**Sabah State Legislative Assembly**^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N11 Kiulu, P170 Tuaran	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, P170 Tuaran	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%

^ https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/001880.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Kow Gah Chie (21 September 2020). "Joseph Kitingan hits campaign trail to garner support for PBS". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ FMT Reporters (11 July 2020). "Warisan claiming credit for BN efforts, claims PBS". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "5 menteri, 18 pembantu menteri angkat sumpah". Berita Harian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ "Ongkili moves to unite members after divisive PBS party polls". The Star. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
^ "Undi.info". undi.info. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "N.15 KIULU". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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