Jamawi Ja'afar

Jamawi Ja'afar
جماوي جعفر
State Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food industries of Sabah
Assumed office
1 December 2025
GovernorMusa Aman
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
Assistants
Preceded byJeffrey Kitingan
ConstituencyMelalap
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Melalap
Assumed office
29 November 2025
Preceded byPeter Anthony
(KDM)
Majority525 (2025)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Kemabong
In office
9 May 2018 – 26 September 2020
Preceded byRubin Balang
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byRubin Balang
(Independent)
Majority862 (2018)
Personal details
BornJamawi bin Ja'afar
(1974-01-08) 8 January 1974
PartyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(until 2018, 2020–2023)
Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) (2018–2020)
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN)
(2023–2025)
People's Justice Party (PKR) (since 2025)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(until 2018, 2020–2023)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(2023–2025)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2025)
SpouseZainatunnisa Ibrahim
Alma materUniversity of Putra Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAgropreneur
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Jamawi bin Ja'afar (born 8 January 1974) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the State Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industries of Sabah since December 2025 in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor, as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Melalap since November 2025. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.