List of Chief Ministers of Sabah

The Chief Minister of Sabah ( malay.: Ketua Menteri Sabah, English:. Chief Minister of Sabah ) is the Prime Minister of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Since 2003, Musa Aman of the Barisan Nasional coalition party has held this position. As in other parts of the Malaysian Federation, the Westminster system is applied as a parliamentary form of government, ie the leader of the party with the most seats in the Dewan Negeri Sabah Undangan, the Legislative Assembly of Sabah, is the Chief Minister of Sabah appointed. In other words, the Prime Minister is the one who has the support of the legislature behind. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Yang di - Pertua Negeri Sabah, the country's head of state. Compared to other states in Malaysia, the Office of the Prime Minister held a very mixed group of people of different ethnic origin and religion. So the post was already by members of ethnic groups Kadazandusun, Bajau and Suluk, represented by Malays, Chinese and half-breeds, Muslims, Buddhists or Christians were themselves.

Rotation system: 1994-2005

The rotation system was practiced in the state of Sabah and political power between the three main groups in the state - the Christian Bumiputras, the Muslim Bumiputras and the Malays of Chinese descent - balance. These groups and their interests were represented by a variety of political parties within the coalition Barisan Nasional alliance of. The system was introduced by the former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia 's ruling Barisan Nasional after despite their defeat remained in the government in the elections in the state of Sabah in 1994. This was possible by defectors from the ranks of the Parti Bersatu Sabah victorious (PBS). Among the defectors were also Bernard Dompok, who himself became Prime Minister and later Joseph Kurup.

The rotation system provided that the post of prime minister was occupied by a leader from the ranks of the latter three groups for two years and that the post was then passed on to a political leader from the next grouping. The first Prime Minister within the rotation system was Sakaran Dandai of the United Malays National Organisation ( UMNO ) in 1994. Sakaran did not stay the entire term of office at his post and was replaced by the UMNO politicians Salleh Said Keruak. Yong Teck Lee 1996 by the Sabah Progressive Party ( SAPP), the next Prime Minister, followed by Bernard Dompok represented the Christian Bumiputras of 1998. His tenure also lasted less than two years and he was succeeded in 1999 by Osu Sukam of UMNO. In 2001, Chong Kah Kiat him followed by the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) to. Musa Aman of UMNO in 2003 took over the post and is the reigning Prime Minister of Sabah. The rotation system was abolished in 2005 after the overwhelming victory of Barisan Nasional in Sabah in Malaysian elections of 2004.

List of Prime Ministers

Subsequently, the Chief Minister of Sabah are listed in 1963: