{{short description|Malaysian politician (born 1959)}} {{Malay name|Awang Ahmad Sah|Awang Sahari|note=on}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk | name = Awang Ahmad Sah | native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|أواڠ أحمد صح}}}} | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PGDK|ASDK|MLA (Sabah)}} | image = WhatsAppImage2023-08-07.jpg | caption = | assembly2 = Sabah State Legislative | constituency_AM2 = Petagas | predecessor2 = Uda Sulai (WARISAN) | successor2 = | term_start2 = 26 September 2020 | term_end2 = | majority2 = 261 (2020) <br> 1,255 (2025) | office3 = Treasurer-General of the Heritage Party | president3 = Shafie Apdal | predecessor3 = Terrence Siambun | successor3 = Azhar Matussin | term_start3 = 13 October 2022 | term_end3 = 27 February 2023 | office4 = Information Chief of the Heritage Party | predecessor4 = Yusof Yacob | successor4 = Azis Jamman | president4 = Shafie Apdal | term_start4 = 16 October 2021 | term_end4 = 13 October 2022 | birth_name = Awang Ahmad Sah | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Petagas, Putatan, Penampang, British North Borneo | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | citizenship = {{MAS}} | party = State Reform Party (STAR) <br> {{small|(until 2020)}} <br> Heritage Party (WARISAN) <br> {{small|(2020–2023)}} <br> 17px Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) <br> {{small|(2023–2025)}} <br> Independent <br> {{small|(since 2025)}} | other_party = {{flagicon image|Gabungan Rakyat Sabah GRS.jpg}} Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) {{small|(2023–2025)}} | profession = | parents = | relations = Awang Husaini Sahari <br> {{small|(Younger brother)}} | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Hawaii Pacific University <br> Southern Illinois University Carbondale | occupation = Politician }}
'''Awang Ahmad Sah''' is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Petagas since September 2020. He is currently an independent politician and formerly a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and formerly a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and State Reform Party (STAR). He was the Treasurer and Division Chief of Putatan of WARISAN and Deputy Chairman of STAR.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-22 |title=Star to fight it alone if necessary: Jeffrey |url=https://kgsilou.blogspot.com/2012/04/star-may-go-it-alone.html |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ASMIN |first=ASYIKIN |date=2021-10-16 |title=Awang Ahmad Sah Ketua Penerangan Warisan baharu |url=https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/167309/berita/politik/awang-ahmad-sah-ketua-penerangan-warisan-baharu |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Sinar Harian |language=ms}}</ref>
On 27 February 2023, Awang Ahmad Sah left WARISAN for GAGASAN, becoming the 10th WARISAN MLA to leave the party since the 2020 Sabah state election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/247257/berita/politik/adun-petagas-pula-keluar-warisan | title=ADUN Petagas pula keluar Warisan | date=27 February 2023 }}</ref>
== Education == He firstly studied in Buit Hill National Primary School Putatan, Penampang for his primary education and later furthered his secondary education at Sabah College, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hawaii Pacific University, Master of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, all three universities in the United States, in which he was a scholar sponsored by Yayasan Sabah.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=158698885846996&set=pcb.158699259180292 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
== Election results == {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+Sabah State Legislative Assembly<ref>{{Cite web |title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM – DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI |url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/5_KeputusanDUN.php?kod=06426 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=resultpru13.spr.gov.my |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026213703/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/5_KeputusanDUN.php?kod=06426 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pub&lang=BI&no=P.U.%20(B)%20484/2020 |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> !|Year !|Constituency ! colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct ! colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |- |rowspan="2" |2013 | rowspan="2" |'''N18 Petagas''' |rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|State Reform Party}}" | |rowspan="2" |Awang Ahmad Sah (STAR) |rowspan="2" align=middle|1,111 |rowspan="2" align=middle|8.62% |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |'''Yahya Hussin''' ('''Sabah UMNO''') |align=right|'''8,504''' |align=right|'''66.00%''' |rowspan="2" align=middle|12,884 |rowspan="2" align=middle|5,653 |rowspan="2" align=middle|83.03% |- |{{Party shading/Keadilan}} | |Mat Yunin @ Mohd Yunin Atin (PKR) |align=right|2,851 |align=right|22.13% |- |rowspan="5" |2020 | rowspan="14" |'''N23 Petagas''' | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} | |rowspan="5" |{{nowrap|'''Awang Ahmad Sah'''}} ('''WARISAN''') |rowspan="5" align=middle|'''4,125''' |rowspan="5" align=middle|'''43.23%''' |bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" | |Arsit Sedi @ Sidik<br>(Sabah BERSATU) |align=right|3,864 |align=right|40.49% |rowspan="5" align=middle|9,542 |rowspan="5" align=middle|261 |rowspan="5" align=middle|69.33% |- |{{Party shading/Independent}} | |Paul Nointien (IND) |align=right|572 |align=right|5.99% |- |bgcolor="{{Love Sabah Party/meta/shading}}" | |Ahmad Farid Sainuri (PCS) |align=right|355 |align=right|3.72% |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)}}" | |Jecky Lettong @ Thaddeus Jack (LDP) |align=right|118 |align=right|1.24% |- |{{Party shading/Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah}} | |Mohamad Kulat (GAGASAN) |align=right|33 |align=right|0.35% |- | rowspan="9" |2025 | rowspan="9" {{party shading/Independent}} | | rowspan="9" |{{nowrap|'''Awang Ahmad Sah'''}} ('''IND''') | rowspan="9" align=middle|'''4,271''' | rowspan="9" align=middle|'''31.89%''' |{{party shading/PH}} | |Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) |align=right|3,016 |align=right|22.52% | rowspan="9" align=middle|13,594 | rowspan="9" align=middle|1,255 | rowspan="9" align=middle|67.75% |- |{{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} | |Uda Sulai (WARISAN) |align=right|2,912 |align=right|21.74% |- |bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation}} | |Jason Lee Nyuk Soon (UPKO) |align=right|1,306 |align=right|9.75% |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" | |Mohd Afifi Shaiffuddin (PAS) |align=right|1,283 |align=right|9.58% |- |{{party shading/Homeland Solidarity Party}} | |Annita Shiela F. Among (STAR) |align=right|276 |align=right|2.06% |- |bgcolor=#345876 | |Aslin Samat (IMPIAN) |align=right|133 |align=right|0.99% |- |bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Harmony Party}} | |Adelaide Cornelius (KDM) |align=right|122 |align=right|0.91% |- |bgcolor={{Sabah Native Co-operation Party/meta/shading}} | |Sabrezani Sabdin<br>(ANAK NEGERI) |align=right|40 |align=right|0.30% |- |{{party shading/Independent}} | |Patrick Manius (IND) |align=right|34 |align=right|0.25% |}
== Honours == * {{Flag|Sabah}} ** 50px Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – '''Datuk''' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002636.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2019|website=www.sabah.gov.my}}</ref> ** 50px Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002580.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2018|website=www.sabah.gov.my}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Malaysian Muslims Category:Malaysian people of Malay descent Category:Malaysian people of Bruneian descent Category:Hawaii Pacific University alumni Category:Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni Category:Politicians from Sabah Category:Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians Category:Former Sabah Heritage Party politicians Category:Independent politicians in Malaysia Category:Members of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly Category:Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu