Baru Bian

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Baru Bian
MP, MLA
Minister of Works
Assumed office
2 July 2018
Monarch Muhammad V
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy Haji Mohd. Anuar Mohd. Tahir
Preceded by Fadillah Yusof
Constituency Selangau
Chairman of Sarawak People's Justice Party
Assumed office
2009
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Selangau, Sarawak
Assumed office
10 May 2018
Preceded by Joseph Entulu Belaun
Majority 486
Member of the Sarawak State Assembly
for Ba'kelalan
Assumed office
16 April 2011
Preceded by Nelson Balang Rining
Majority 473 (2011)
538 (2016)
Personal details
Born (1958-09-09) 9 September 1958
Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party PBDS (1987-2003)
PKR (2008-)
Spouse(s) Yu Ching Sieu
Alma mater Universiti Teknologi MARA
University of Melbourne
Occupation Politician
Lawyer
Website www.barubian.net

Baru Bian (born 9 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician from the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the Pakatan Harapan governing coalition currently serving as the Minister of Works of Malaysia. He created history when he became the first leader of the Lun Bawang community to be appointed as a Cabinet minister.[1]

Early life

Baru is a son of a pastor and received his primary education in the interior of Sarawak – Long Lellang, Long Semado, and Long Napir until the early 1970s.[1] He attended Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang at Tanjong Lobang, Miri, Sarawak. After completing his secondary education, he served as a temporary teacher at SMK Medamit, Limbang.[1] He pursued his tertiary education at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor in Diploma in Law (DIL), and subsequently obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1986.[1]

Upon graduation, he became a trainee at a law firm in Kuala Lumpur and subsequently admitted to the Malayan Bar as a lawyer and solicitor. He set up Messrs Baru Bian Advocates and Solicitors in Kuching in 1992.[1]

Political career

Baru was a supreme council member of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS).[2]

In 2009, Baru was appointed as the Chairman of People's Justice Party (PKR) Sarawak.

Baru is the Ba'kelalan assemblyman of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since April 2011, having defeated the candidate for the Barisan Nasional coalition, Willie Liau, who is also his nephew, by a narrow 473-vote majority.[3].[4] He gained prominence as a campaigner for native customary rights in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. He retained the seat in the 11th Sarawak state election with an increased majority vote of 538, also against Willie.

During the 14th Malaysian general election in May 2018, Baru contested for the Selangau parliamentary seat against Barisan Nasional's Rita Sarimah and won with a majority vote of 486.

On 2 July 2018, Baru was sworn-in as the Minister of Works of Malaysia by the King of Malaysia Sultan Muhammad V at the Throne Room of the National Palace.[5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Baru Bian creates history". The Borneo Post. 3 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Video on YouTube
  3. ↑ "I'm still a winnable candidate in Ba' Kelalan — Balang". The Borneo Post. 22 July 2015.
  4. ↑ William Mangor (23 July 2015). "Baru Bian: Sarawakians want to see changes". Free Malaysia Today.
  5. ↑ https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/07/02/baru-bian-first-lun-bawang-minister/
  6. ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/new-memebrs-of-malaysias-cabinet-sworn-in
  7. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-swears-in-13-ministers-and-23-deputy-ministers-10490684
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