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Sairin Karno
ساءيرين كرنو
Sabah Assistant Minister of Rural Development
In office
2008–2013
Sabah Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry
In office
2013–2018
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Liawan
In office
2004–2018
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byRasinin Kautis
Member of Dewan Negara
Appointed by Sabah State Legislative Assembly
In office
1995–1999
Personal details
Born
Sairin bin Haji Karno

(1954-06-03) 3 June 1954 (age 70)
Kampung Bayangan, Keningau, Crown Colony of North Borneo
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUSNO (till 1991)
UMNO (1991–2019)
BERSATU (2019–2022)
GAGASAN (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (1990–2019)
Pakatan Harapan (2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (allied: since 2020, member: since 2022)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPolitical analyst, schoolteacher

Sairin bin Karno (born 3 June 1954) is a Malaysian politician from Sabah and member of Gagasan Rakyat Sabah. He was the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Liawan, Keningau from 2004 to 2018 and a former member of the Dewan Negara representing Sabah from 1993 to 1999.

He was also a former Sabah state Assistant Minister from 2008 to 2018 and former member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah as well as the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah and United Sabah National Organisation parties.

Career

He firstly worked as a teacher from 1976 to 1982. Besides that, he was also the Chairman of Sabah MNI Agency from 1984 to 1996, member of Board of Directors of FELCRA from 1992 to 1994, director of the People's Development Leaders Unit of Sabah from 1994 to 1996, deputy Executive Chairman of the Sabah National Integration Unit in 1996, member of the board of directors of Tabung Haji Malaysia and finally became the President of the Sabah Native Affairs Council from 1998 to 2004.

As of 2020, he is now the Chairman of the Sabah Islamic United Organization ever since he retired from politics, as a consequence of his recent defeat in the 2018 general elections.[1][2]

Politics

He started his political career in early 1980s and was a member of USNO. He joined UMNO after USNO was abolished. He was the Sabah Assistant Minister of Rural Development from 2008 to 2013, and Sabah Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry from 2013 to 2018.[3][4] He quitted UMNO and joined BERSATU in 2019.[5]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[6][7][8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 Liawan Sairin Karno (UMNO) 4,709 70.71% Lawrence Gimbang (IND) 1,405 21.10% 6,660 3,304 63.67%
Paul Kadau (IND) 476 7.15%
2008 Sairin Karno (UMNO) 4,661 59.67% Jius Awang (PKR) 2,617 33.50% 7,811 2,044 71.05%
Yangul Modiadau @ Lawrence Edau (DAP) 286 3.66%
Yapilin Nawawi (IND) 104 1.33%
2013 Sairin Karno (UMNO) 5,383 46.74% Paul Bunsu Gitang (PKR) 3,631 31.52% 11,518 1,752 81.94%
Nicholas James Guntobon (STAR) 2,067 17.95%
Pauket Yadiloh @ Jahari Tahir (SAPP) 236 2.05%
Nusleh Madarak (IND) 18 0.16%
2018 Sairin Karno (UMNO) 5,005 36.77% Rasinin Kautis (WARISAN) 6,387 46.93% 13,610 1,382 79.31%
Kong Fui Seng (STAR) 1,809 13.29%
Hussein Kassim @ Jaimis Madatin (PCS) 176 1.29%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "USIA". PERKIM. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ "USIA disaran terus gerakkan dakwah". www.utusanborneo.com.my (in Malay). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Putatan: Kabinet Negeri Sabah 2008". Putatan. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ Dev, Sabah. "Biodata Datuk Hj. Sairin Bin Hj. Karno – Undi Sabah". www.undisabah.com (in Malay). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Sairin gesa ahli Umno Keningau sertai Bersatu | Daily Express Online – Sabah's Leading News Portal". www.dailyexpress.com.my. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE-12". semak.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  7. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE-13". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  8. ^ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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