Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif
Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif | |
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| محمّد عارفين محمّد عارف | |
| State Minister of Local Government and Housing of Sabah | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2025 | |
| Governor | Musa Aman |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistants | |
| Preceded by | Joachim Gunsalam |
| Constituency | Membakut |
| Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Sabah | |
| In office 11 January 2023 – 30 November 2025 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin (2020–2024) Musa Aman (2025) |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant | Harun Durabi |
| Preceded by | Yakub Khan |
| Succeeded by | James Ratib (as Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation) |
| Constituency | Membakut |
| Past Ministerial Roles (Sabah) | |
| 2013–2018 | Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister |
| 2020–2022 | Minister with Special Tasks |
| 2022–2023 | Minister of Special Functions and Coordination |
| Other Positions | |
| 2021–2025 | Chairman of the Islamic Affairs Coordination Committee |
| Advisor on Islamic Affairs to the Chief Minister | |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Membakut | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 1,743 (2004) 3,499 (2008) 3,510 (2013) 862 (2018) 3,421 (2020) 2,017 (2025) |
| Vice President of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2023 | |
| President | Hajiji Noor |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| 2019–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| Since 2022 | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohd Arifin bin Mohd Arif 8 May 1963 |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (until 2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (BERSATU Sabah) (2019–2022) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2020) |
| Spouse | Lenny Natasha Musa |
| Relations | Musa Aman (Father-in-law) Anifah Aman (Uncle-in-law) Yamani Hafez Musa (Brother-in-law) Hazem Mubarak Musa (Brother-in-law) Annuar Ayub (Cousin-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Putra Malaysia (PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Mohd Arifin bin Mohd Arif (born 8 May 1963) is a Malaysian politician who served as the State Minister of Local Government and Housing of Sabah since December 2025 and State Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor from January 2023 until November 2025, as well as Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Membakut since March 2004. . Previously, he served as State Minister of Special Functions and Coordination. He is a member and one of the Vice Presidents of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition.
On 21 March 2022, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from University of Putra Malaysia.