Alexander Nanta Linggi (born 16 June 1958) is a Malaysian politician. He is both Secretary-General of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and its parent coalition since 2018, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He has served as Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapit since November 1999. He served as the Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Shafie Apdal and Ismail Sabri Yaakob from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. Personal life Nanta is the grandson of former Sarawak tribal community leaders, the late Tun Jugah anak Barieng (1903-1981) and the late Toh Puan Tiong anak Anding on his paternal line and also of the late Dato' Banyang anak Janting and his wife, the late Datin Helen Gara anak Larai (1928-2011) on his maternal line and the only (adopted) son of former politician , Tan Sri Leonard LinggiJugah (1938-) and his late wife Puan Sri Margaret Guning Banyang Linggi (1946-2006) . He is also a businessman, having served as the Chairman of a local Sarawakian shipping company known as Swee Joo Berhad . He is married to Datin Sri Angelina Celestine Ujang, the daughter of another local Sarawak politician, the late Tan Sri Celestine Ujang Jilan (1948-2018) and his wife, Puan Sri Elizabeth Pawa Ruggis Ujang. Political career On 16 May 2013, after Nanta's victory in the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed as Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development in the new Cabinet of prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak. Category:Living people Category:1958 births Category:People from Sarawak Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians Category:Malaysian Roman Catholics Category:20th-century Malaysian politicians Category:Members of the Dewan Rakyat Category:Iban people Category:Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu politicians Category:Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service Category:Knights Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawa
Alexander Nanta Linggi (born 16 June 1958) is a Malaysian politician. He is both Secretary-General of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and its coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He has served as Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapit since November 1999. He served as the Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Shafie Apdal and Ismail Sabri Yaakob from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. Personal life Nanta is the grandson of former Sarawak leader Jugah anak Barieng and the son of former politician Leonard Linggi . He is also a businessman, having served as the Chairman of shipping company Swee Joo Bhd . Political career On 16 May 2013, after Nanta's victory in the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed as Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development in the new Cabinet of prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak. Category:Living people Category:1958 births Category:People from Sarawak Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians Category:20th-century Malaysian politicians Category:Members of the Dewan Rakyat Category:Iban people Category:Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu politicians Category:Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service Category:Knights Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawa
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He is married to Datin Sri Angelina Celestine Ujang, the daughter of another local Sarawak politician, the late Tan Sri Celestine Ujang Jilan (1948-2018) and his wife, Puan Sri Elizabeth Pawa Ruggis Ujang.
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