Samad Jambri
Malaysian politician (born 1973)
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Samad bin Jambri (born 10 September 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Minister Jahid Jahim from October 2020 until November 2025 and Minister Rubin Balang since December 2025, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Labuk since September 2020. He is a member of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition. He was a formerly member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a branch of a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN). He left Sabah BERSATU on 10 December 2022 and joined GAGASAN on 5 February 2023.[1][2][3][4][5]
(2023–2024)
Musa Aman
(since 2025)
(2020–2025)
Rubin Balang
(since 2025)
Samad Jambri | |
|---|---|
| صمد زمبري | |
| State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2020 (lapse on 30 November 2025 – 1 December 2025) | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin (2023–2024) Musa Aman (since 2025) |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Minister | Jahid Jahim (2020–2025) Rubin Balang (since 2025) |
| Preceded by | Rasinin Kautis |
| Constituency | Labuk |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Labuk | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Kongkawang (BN–PBS) |
| Majority | 1,208 (2020) 979 (2025) |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2020– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samad bin Jambri @ Jamri 10 September 1973 |
| Party | Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) (2020–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023) |
| Spouse | Rosminah Arman |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N49 Labuk | Samad Jambri (Sabah BERSATU) | 2,701 | 46.11% | Dennis T. Rantau (UPKO) | 1,493 | 25.49% | 5,858 | 1,208 | 65.44% | ||
| Abdul Rahman Kongkawang (IND) | 1,441 | 24.60% | ||||||||||
| Fidelis K. Michael (PCS) | 115 | 1.96% | ||||||||||
| Sh. Suhaimi Sh. Miasin (USNO Baru) | 108 | 1.84% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Samad Jambri (GAGASAN) | 2,885 | 31.70% | Yusuflatif Mustapah (Sabah UMNO) | 1,906 | 20.94% | 9,342 | 979 | 64.21% | |||
| Japar Awang (WARISAN) | 1,411 | 15.50% | ||||||||||
| Asmad Nasir (Sabah BERSATU) | 1,364 | 14.99% | ||||||||||
| Norfadzlina Ramsah (UPKO) | 1,081 | 11.88% | ||||||||||
| Marx Henry Lim (KDM) | 232 | 2.55% | ||||||||||
| Junsik @ Joseph Imus (IMPIAN) | 185 | 2.03% | ||||||||||
| Nuralizah Lee Abdullah (ANAK NEGERI) | 38 | 0.42% | ||||||||||
Honours
Sabah
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023)[10]
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2021)[11]- Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2015)
