Baru Bian

Yang Berhormat Tuan
Baru Bian
MLA
Yang Berhormat Tuan Baru Bian MLA
Minister of Works
	In office; 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V ; (2018–2019) ; Abdullah ; (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir
Preceded by	Fadillah Yusof
Succeeded by	Fadillah Yusof
Constituency	Selangau
Vice President of the Progressive Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 April 2024 Serving with Alexander Asing Sadai (Vice President I) & ; Friday Belik (Vice President II) & ; Roland Ting Hua Sing (Vice President III) & ; Johnical Rayong Ngipa
President	Tiong King Sing
State Chairman of the ; People's Justice Party of ; Sarawak
	In office; 15 December 2009 – 24 February 2020
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ; (2009–2018) ; Anwar Ibrahim ; (2018–2020)
Deputy	Wan Zainal Wan Sanusi
Preceded by	Anwar Ibrahim ; (Acting)
Succeeded by	Larry Sng Wei Shien
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Selangau
	In office; 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Joseph Entulu Belaun ; (BN–PRS)
Succeeded by	Edwin Banta ; (GPS–PRS)
Majority	486 (2018)
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly; for Ba'kelalan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 April 2011
Preceded by	Nelson Balang Rining ; (BN–SPDP)
Majority	473 (2011) ; 538 (2016) ; 680 (2021)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan (PKR)
2020	Independent
2020–2022	Parti Sarawak Bersatu
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
2011–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Independent
2020–2024	Parti Sarawak Bersatu
2024–	Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born	9 September 1958; Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) ; (1987–2004) ; Malaysian Dayak Congress (MDC) ; (2005) ; Sarawak National Party (SNAP) ; (2006–2008) ; People's Justice Party (PKR) ; (2008–2020) ; Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) ; (2020–2024) ; Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) ; (since 2024)
Other political; affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) ; (2008–2015) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2015–2020) ; Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) ; (since 2024)
Spouse	Yu Ching Sieu
Alma mater	Universiti Teknologi MARA ; University of Melbourne
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Website	www.barubian.net
	Baru Bian on Facebook; Baru Bian on Parliament of Malaysia

Baru Bian (born 9 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ba'kelalan since April 2011. He served as the Minister of Works in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Selangau from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition and was a member of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB), People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the Vice President of PDP since April 2024. He also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Sarawak from December 2009 to his resignation from the party in February 2020. He became the first ever federal minister of the Lun Bawang ethnicity in the Malaysian history.

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