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Bio: New Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg

- Datuk Abang Johari Openg

- Aged 66

- Born in Limbang, Sarawak

- Deputy president of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and Satok state assemblyman

Family

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- (Father) Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg Abang Shapiee, first Governor of Sarawak

- (Mother) Toh Puan Dayang Masniah Abang Abdul Rahman

- (Wife) Datin Juma'ani Bujang

- (Son) Abang Abdillah Izzarim

- (Daughter) Dayang Norjihan

Education

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- Merpati Jepang Primary School, Kuching

- St. Joseph Secondary School, Kuching

- Masters in business administration from Henley College, Brunnel University, United Kingdom

Political career

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1981 - Elected as State Legislative Council member in 1981 for Satok constituency

1982 - Appointed as Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Sarawak

1984 - Appointed as Assistant Minister of Regional and Community Development

1987 - Wins state election for Satok constituency in April 1987, and appointed as the Minister of Industrial Development

1991 - Re-elected in state elections, as well as in 1996

2000 - Appointed as the Minister of Tourism Sarawak

2001 - Wins state election again for Satok constituency

2004 - Appointed as Minister of Housing, Sarawak, following State Cabinet reshuffle

2011 - Appointed to hold two portfolios as Minister of Housing as well as Minister of Tourism, Sarawak

2017 - Appointed as Sarawak’s sixth Chief Minister

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