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Jacob Dunham

Jacob Dungau Sagan is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Baram, Sarawak, and became the first Kenyah deputy cabinet minister in Malaysia.

Lived
1779–
Nationality
Malaysian
Language
English

Jacob Dungau Sagan is a Malaysian politician who served as a long-standing member of the country's federal legislature. Born on September 26, 1946, Sagan represented the Baram constituency in the state of Sarawak as a Member of Parliament, maintaining his seat for nearly two decades from 1995 until 2013.

During his tenure in federal politics, Sagan achieved a significant milestone in Malaysian political history. He became the first person of Kenyah ethnicity to be appointed to the position of a deputy cabinet minister in Malaysia, representing his community at the highest levels of national governance.