James Ratib
Malaysian politician (born 1966)
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James bin Ratib (born 8 October 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as the State Minister of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since December 2025 and State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing of Sabah from January 2023 until November 2025, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sugut since May 2013. He previously served as the State Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah in the GRS state administration under Hajiji and Minister Jeffrey Kitingan from October 2020 to his promotion to full ministership of a different portfolio in January 2023. He is a member and the Division Chairman of N48 Sugut of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a major component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and was formerly a member of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) and United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
James Ratib | |
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| جيمس راتب | |
| State Minister of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2025 | |
| Governor | Musa Aman |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant | Jordan Jude Ellron |
| Preceded by | Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif (as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation) |
| Constituency | Sugut |
| State Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing of Sabah | |
| In office 11 January 2023 – 30 November 2025 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin (2023–2024) Musa Aman (2025) |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant | Flovia Ng |
| Preceded by | Shahelmey Yahya |
| Succeeded by | Julita Mojungki (as Minister of Women, Health and Community Wellbeing) |
| Constituency | Sugut |
| State Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah | |
| In office 8 October 2020 – 11 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Minister | Jeffrey Kitingan |
| Preceded by | Daud Yusof (State Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Peto Galim (State Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industries) |
| Constituency | Sugut |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sugut | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Surady Kayong (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 2,820 (2013) 1,521 (2018) 1,664 (2020) 2,783 (2025) |
| Division Chairman of N48 Sugut Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2023 | |
| President | Hajiji Noor |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2013–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation |
| 2019–2020 | United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation |
| 2020 | Independent |
| 2020–2023 | Barisan Nasional |
| Since 2023 | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James bin Ratib 8 October 1966 |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1998–May 2018, June 2020–January 2023) United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) (May 2018–June 2020) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since February 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1998–May 2018, June 2020–January 2023)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since February 2023) |
| Alma mater | Asia e University |
| Occupation | Politician[1] |
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N39 Sugut | James Ratib (Sabah UMNO) | 4,285 | 62.56% | Abdul Rahman Atang (IND) | 1,465 | 21.39% | 7,175 | 2,820 | 74.20% | ||
| Pagrios Zabang (PKR) | 647 | 9.45% | ||||||||||
| Masiawan Kunching (STAR) | 341 | 4.98% | ||||||||||
| Datu Kamaruddin Datu Mustapha (IND) | 111 | 1.62% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | James Ratib (Sabah UMNO) | 4,704 | 55.77% | Aspah Abdullah Sani (WARISAN) | 3,183 | 37.74% | 8,882 | 1,521 | 75.90% | |||
| Arshad Abdul Mualaf (PPRS) | 436 | 5.17% | ||||||||||
| Ag Osman Asibih (PKS) | 111 | 1.32% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N48 Sugut | James Ratib (Sabah UMNO) | 4,308 | 57.88% | Norsabrina Japar (WARISAN) | 2,644 | 35.52% | 7,443 | 1,664 | 63.55% | ||
| Razak Allexsius Kontuni (LDP) | 178 | 2.39% | ||||||||||
| Raimon Lanjat (PCS) | 124 | 1.67% | ||||||||||
| Kamaruddin Jamil (PPRS) | 86 | 1.16% | ||||||||||
| Undang Jalang (IND) | 65 | 0.87% | ||||||||||
| Jubin Tulawi (USNO Baru) | 38 | 0.51% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | James Ratib (GAGASAN) | 6,281 | 50.00% | Ronald Kiandee (Sabah BERSATU) | 3,498 | 27.84% | 12,836 | 2,783 | 69.68% | |||
| Aspah Abdullah Sani (WARISAN) | 1,414 | 11.26% | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Arifin Pachuk (Sabah UMNO) | 922 | 7.34% | ||||||||||
| Rosely Lajun (IMPIAN) | 220 | 1.75% | ||||||||||
| Roger Langgau (IND) | 143 | 1.14% | ||||||||||
| Hassan Mentiak (PPRS) | 85 | 0.68% | ||||||||||
Honours
Sabah
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2011)[16]
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2009)[17]
