Arthur Joseph Kurup
Arthur Joseph Kurup | |
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| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Mohamad Sabu |
| Preceded by | Chan Foong Hin |
| Constituency | Pensiangan |
| Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | |
| In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Chang Lih Kang |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Amzad Hashim |
| Succeeded by | Yusof Apdal |
| Constituency | Pensiangan |
| Deputy Minister of Works | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister | Fadillah Yusof |
| Preceded by | Eddin Syazlee Shith |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Mohamad |
| Constituency | Pensiangan |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Mustapa Mohamed |
| Preceded by | Radzi Jidin (Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Eddin Syazlee Shith |
| Constituency | Pensiangan |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pensiangan | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Kurup (BN–PBRS) |
| Majority | 2,314 (2018) 5,412 (2022) |
| 2nd President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2023 | |
| Deputy | Richard Kastum (since 2024) |
| Preceded by | Joseph Kurup |
| Deputy President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah | |
| In office 1 November 2015 – 7 January 2023 | |
| President | Joseph Kurup |
| Preceded by | Ellron Alfred Angin |
| Succeeded by | Richard Kastum |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2020 | United Sabah People's Party |
| 2020– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Joseph Kurup 4 August 1982 Sabah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysia |
| Political party | United Sabah People's Party (PBRS) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (1994–2018, since 2020) Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS) (2018–2020) |
| Spouse | Stella Boklin |
| Parent | Joseph Kurup (died 2024) |
| Residence(s) | Seri Pensiangan, Sabah |
| Alma mater | Bond University University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | |
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Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup (born 4 August 1982) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and economist who has served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad Sabu since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pensiangan since May 2018. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation prior to the 2023 cabinet reshuffle under Minister Chang Lih Kang from December 2022 to December 2023, Deputy Minister of Works in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Fadillah Yusof from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Economic Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Mustapa Mohamed from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the United Sabah People's Party (PBRS), a component party of the BN coalition and has served as the 2nd President of PBRS since January 2023. He is also presently the sole PBRS MP elected in the 2022 General election. Additionally, he is the only president of a party appointed as a deputy minister in Anwar's cabinet.