Matbali Musah

ماتبالي موساه‎Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for SipitangAssumed office
19 November 2022Preceded byYamani Hafez Musa
(BN–UMNO)Majority4,691 (2022)Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for LumadanIn office
9 May 2018 – 26 September 2020Preceded byKamarlin Ombi
(BN–UMNO)Succeeded byRuslan Muharam
(GRS–PBS)Majority2,935 (2018) Personal detailsBorn
(1969-08-01) 1 August 1969 (age 54)
Beaufort, Sabah, MalaysiaCitizenshipMalaysianNationalityMalaysiaPolitical partyUnited Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO)
(–2019)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU)
(2019–2022)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)
(–2019)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(2020–2022)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(since 2020)ParentMusah Kasamah (father)OccupationPolitician

Matbali bin Haji Musah is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang since November 2022. He served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lumadan from May 2018 to September 2020. He is a direct member of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and was a member and Division Chief of Sipitang of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a component party of the GRS coalition and branch of the component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member and Division Deputy Chief of Sipitang of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a branch of the component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is an ethnic Bisayan, a sub-ethnic group or tribe of the indigenous Kadazan-Dusun population native to Beaufort and Kuala Penyu as well as the other southern parts of Sabah.^[1]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[2]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N34 Lumadan		Matbali Musah (UMNO)	6,836	55.04%		Mohd Samlih Juaisin (WARISAN)	3,901	31.41%	12,420	2,935	84.93%
							Asmat Japar (PHRS)	1,331	10.72%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct.	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P178 Sipitang		Matbali Musah (GRS)	14,459	49.75%		Adnan Puteh (WARISAN)	9,768	33.61%	29,061	4,691	63.35%
							Lahirul Latigu (AMANAH)	4,834	16.63%

Honours

•  Sabah :
  • Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2010)
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2012)^[3]
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2020)^[4]

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