Gerald Rentap Jabu

Gerald Rentap Jabu
State Deputy Minister for Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development of Sarawak
(Youth and Sport)
Assumed office
4 January 2022
Serving with
Ripin bin Lamat (Entrepreneur Development)
MinisterAbdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Preceded bySnowdan Lawan
(State Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports)
ConstituencyLayar
Youth Chief of the
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
In office
9 February 2018  17 June 2022
PresidentAbang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg (2017-)
Preceded byFadillah Yusof
Succeeded byMiro Simoh
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Layar
Assumed office
7 May 2016
Preceded byAlfred Jabu Numpang
Majority1,428 (2016)
2,039 (2021)
Personal details
Born (1974-03-23) 23 March 1974
Sarawak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (-2018, allied: since 2020)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (allied: since 2020)
RelationsAlfred Jabu Numpang (father)
Empiang Jabu (mother)

Gerald Rentap Jabu (born 23 March 1974), is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Deputy Minister for Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development of Sarawak in charge of Youth and Sport Development in the GPS state administration under Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah since January 2022. He is a Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Layar since May 2016.

Jabu holds a bachelor's degree from La Trobe University.