Rubin Balang
Malaysian politician (born 1963)
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Rubin bin Balang (born 1 March 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served the State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah since December 2025 in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kemabong from February 1994 to May 2018 and again since September 2020. He is a member and one of the Vice Presidents of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition.[1] He is also the father of Riduan Rubin, the Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenom.
Rubin Balang | |
|---|---|
| State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2025 | |
| Governor | Musa Aman |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistants | |
| Preceded by | Jahid Jahim |
| Constituency | Kemabong |
| Past Ministerial Roles (Sabah) | |
| 1994–1996 | Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister |
| 1996–1998 | Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development |
| 1998–2001 | Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kemabong | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jamawi Ja'afar (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 1,012 (2020) 2,129 (2025) |
| In office 18 February 1994 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Esar Andamas (PBS) |
| Succeeded by | Jamawi Ja'afar (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 1,150 (1994) 836 (1999) 2,511 (2004) 2,437 (2008) 3,032 (2013) |
| Vice President of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2023 | |
| President | Hajiji Noor |
| Division Chairman of N43 Kemabong Branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| President | Hajiji Noor |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 1994 | Parti Bersatu Sabah |
| 1994–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2020 | Independent |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| Since 2022 | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rubin bin Balang 1 March 1963 |
| Party | United Sabah Party (PBS) (until 1994) United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (1994–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2020–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1994–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020) |
| Children | Riduan Rubin |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P181 Tenom | Rubin Balang (Sabah UMNO) | 10,230 | 46.00% | Noorita Sual (DAP) | 11,363 | 51.10% | 22,899 | 1,133 | 78.91% | ||
| Laimoi Laikim (PHRS) | 645 | 2.90% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | N40 Kemabong | Rubin Balang (PBS) | 3,521 | 59.22% | Bobbey Ah Fang Suan (PDS) | 2,371 | 39.87% | 6,018 | 1,150 | 81.70% | ||
| Lim Antuka (BERSEKUTU) | 54 | 0.91% | ||||||||||
| 1999 | N31 Kemabong | Rubin Balang (Sabah UMNO) | 4,741 | 53.15% | Esar Andamas (PBS) | 3,905 | 43.78% | 8,991 | 836 | 80.71% | ||
| David Jani (BERSEKUTU) | 274 | 3.07% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | N36 Kemabong | Rubin Balang (Sabah UMNO) | 4,027 | 54.84% | Peter Lunuk (IND) | 1,516 | 20.65% | 7,666 | 2,511 | 73.72% | ||
| Limun Laikim (IND) | 1,319 | 17.96% | ||||||||||
| Mutang Dawat (IND) | 446 | 6.07% | ||||||||||
| Sim N.C. Rikin (IND) | 35 | 0.48% | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Rubin Balang (Sabah UMNO) | 5,158 | 62.78% | Peter Lunuk (PKR) | 2,721 | 33.12% | 8,442 | 2,437 | 79.66% | |||
| Auren Tegko (BERSEKUTU) | 337 | 4.10% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Rubin Balang (Sabah UMNO) | 5,765 | 53.88% | Biou Suyan (PKR) | 2,733 | 25.54% | 11,104 | 3,032 | 84.00% | |||
| Alfred Tan Jin Kiong (STAR) | 1,155 | 10.79% | ||||||||||
| William Ensor Tingkalor (SAPP) | 1,047 | 9.79% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N43 Kemabong | Rubin Balang (IND) | 4,214 | 38.48% | Lucas Umbul (UPKO) | 3,202 | 29.23% | 10,952 | 1,012 | 72.60% | ||
| Raime Unggi (Sabah UMNO) | 2,966 | 27.08% | ||||||||||
| Juster Peter (LDP) | 268 | 2.45% | ||||||||||
| Alfred Tay Jin Kiong (PCS) | 229 | 2.09% | ||||||||||
| Rainus Sagulau (USNO Baru) | 73 | 0.67% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Rubin Balang (GAGASAN) | 6,326 | 39.77% | Noorita Sual (DAP) | 4,197 | 26.38% | 16,184 | 2,129 | 69.95% | |||
| Rahmah Jan Sulaiman (Sabah UMNO) | 2,877 | 18.09% | ||||||||||
| Burnley Balang (WARISAN) | 1,317 | 8.28% | ||||||||||
| Yabri Onos (KDM) | 720 | 4.53% | ||||||||||
| Hasmin Azroy Abdullah (STAR) | 232 | 1.46% | ||||||||||
| Jasini Angkiwan (IMPIAN) | 103 | 0.65% | ||||||||||
| Petrus Yahya (IND) | 103 | 0.65% | ||||||||||
| Rassedi Liaron (PPRS) | 33 | 0.21% | ||||||||||
Honours
Sabah
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1996)
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (1994)[6]- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2017)[7]
