Jeffrey Kitingan
Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan (born 22 October 1948, also known as DDJK or DSPDJK since 2021) is Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah I since January 2023 and State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah for the second term since September 2020. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah II from October 2020 to his promotion in January 2023 and the first term in the position in May 2018. In January 2023, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister I of Sabah succeeding Bung Mokhtar, who was dropped due to a political crisis (but retained his ministerial portfolio). At the federal level, he served as the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture from March 2020 to his resignation in September 2020 and Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government from August 1994 to May 1995. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau since May 2018, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tambunan since May 2018 and Bingkor from May 2013 to May 2018. He has served and been founding President of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and a former component party of the federal and state ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, since July 2016.
Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan PJN SPDK PGDK JP MP MLA | |
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Jeffrey during a speech in Kemabong in 2012. | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1994–1995 | Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government |
| 2020 | Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture |
| Ministerial roles (Sabah) | |
| 2018 | Deputy Chief Minister |
| 2018 | Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries |
| 2020–2023 | Deputy Chief Minister II |
| 2020–2023 | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| 2023– | Deputy Chief Minister I |
| 2023– | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Other roles | |
| 2018–2019 | Leader of the Opposition of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gapari bin Katingan @ Geoffrey Kitingan 22 October 1948 Kota Marudu, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Political party | As a member: PBS (1990–1995; 1996–2001) AKAR (1995–1996) PBRS (2001–2003) PKR (2006–2011) STAR Sabah branch (2011–2016) STAR SABAH (2016–) GRS (2022–) (as registered coalition) |
| Other political affiliations | Allied coalition: Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-2022) Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS) (2016-2020) Gabungan Sabah (GS) (2016-2018) Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990-1996) Barisan Nasional (BN) (2001-2003 allied since 2020) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2006-2011) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (member since 2020) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (allied since 2022) |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia Edwin Kitingan (current) Susan Kitingan (separated) |
| Relations | Joseph Pairin Kitingan (brother) Maximus Ongkili (nephew) James Peter Ongkili (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (MA) Tufts University (PhD) |
| Known for | Founder and first president of STAR SABAH Party in 2016 |
Jeffrey Kitingan | |
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| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018–2020 | Homeland Solidarity Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 1994–1996 | Barisan Nasional |
| 1996–1997 | United Sabah Party |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 1994 | United Sabah Party |
| 1994–1996 | Barisan Nasional |
| 1996–2001 | United Sabah Party |
| 2001–2003 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2003–2004 | Independent |
| 2013–2018 | State Reform Party |
| 2018–2020 | Homeland Solidarity Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| 2022– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |