Richard Riot Jaem

Richard Riot Jaem
Special Envoy of the Prime Minister
to East Asia
In office
15 May 2020 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Preceded byTiong King Sing
Minister of Human Resources
In office
16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
Monarchs
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyIsmail Muttalib
Preceded bySubramaniam Sathasivam
Succeeded byM. Kulasegaran
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 June 2010 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Kohilan Pillay Appu
Monarchs
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterAnifah Aman
Preceded byLee Chee Leong
Succeeded byHamzah Zainuddin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Serian
Assumed office
21 October 1990
Preceded byLainus Andrew Luwak (Independent)
Majority
Deputy President of the
Sarawak United Peoples' Party
Assumed office
12 December 2011
Serving with Lee Kim Shin
President
Preceded byLaw Hieng Ding
Personal details
BornRichard Riot anak Jaem
(1951-12-01) 1 December 1951
Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018)
SpouseMincha @ Kayen Lingeng
Alma materPreston University
OccupationPolitician
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Richard Riot anak Jaem (born 1 December 1951) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to East Asia from 2020 until 2022. A deputy president of Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), he represented Serian in the Parliament of Malaysia since 1990.

Born in Serian. He previously was the Minister of Human Resources and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Anifah Aman from 2010 to 2018. He has also served the Chairman of the Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB).