Richard Riot Jaem
Richard Riot Jaem | |
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| Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to East Asia | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2020–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2022) |
| Preceded by | Tiong King Sing |
| Constituency | Serian |
| Minister of Human Resources | |
| In office 16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2013–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Ismail Muttalib |
| Preceded by | Subramaniam Sathasivam |
| Succeeded by | Murugesan Kulasegaran |
| Constituency | Serian |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 June 2010 – 15 May 2013 Serving with A. Kohillan Pillay | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin (2010–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2013) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Anifah Aman |
| Preceded by | Lee Chee Leong |
| Succeeded by | Hamzah Zainuddin |
| Constituency | Serian |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Serian | |
| Assumed office 21 October 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Lainus Andrew Luwak (Independent) |
| Majority | 2,685 (1990) 7,554 (1995) 8,451 (1999) 9,695 (2004) 13,427 (2008) 13,151 (2013) 9,905 (2018) 16,697 (2022) |
| Deputy President of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2011 | |
| President | Peter Chin Fah Kui (2011–2014) Sim Kui Hian (since 2014) |
| Preceded by | Law Hieng Ding |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Riot anak Jaem 1 December 1951 Serian, Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Political party | Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) |
| Spouse | Mincha @ Kayen Lingeng |
| Occupation | Politician |
Richard Riot anak Jaem (born 1 December 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Special Envoy of the Prime Ministers Muhyiddin Yassin, Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Anwar Ibrahim to East Asia since May 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Serian since October 1990. He served as Minister of Human Resources and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Anifah Aman from June 2010 to May 2018. He is a member of the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He has also served Deputy President of SUPP since December 2011 and Chairman of the Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB). He is also presently one of the longest-serving MPs.