Aliakbar Gulasan
Aliakbar Gulasan Khan | |
|---|---|
| Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| Nominated Member | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2020 | |
| Chairman Malaysian Cocoa Board | |
| In office 1 July 2020 – 30 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Anyi Ngau |
| Succeeded by | Rahimah Majid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1971 Kampung Kota Ayangan, Keningau, Sabah |
| Political party | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Other political affiliations | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (from 2022 until 2024) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
| Residence(s) | Keningau and Tenom, Sabah (hometowns) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (private) |
| Occupation | Lecturer Politician Political analyst Cocoa farmer |
| Known for | The first ever PAS member who became a nominated assemblyman of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (ADUN). |
| He is a Malaysian politician of mixed Dusun/Murut/Pakistani bloodline from Kampung Kota Ayangan, Keningau and also Tenom, Sabah. | |
Aliakbar Gulasan (Jawi: علي أكبر بن ۢولاسن; born 8 February 1971) is a Malaysian politician of mixed Pakistani-Murut-Dusun descent from Sabah, East Malaysia. He is an official member cum Sabah state liaison chairman of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). At the party level, he is a member of the PAS Central Working Committee representing the state of Sabah. He was previously a senior lecturer of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). In 2020, he was recognised by Sabahans as the first ever Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) member who become a nominated assemblyman for the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (ADUN), which irked the ire of most Sabahans especially those who did not vote nor support the said party.