Awang Bemee bin Awang Ali Basah (born 22 June 1959) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the 21st

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and

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since July 2024. He served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Nangka from September 1996 to April 2011. He is a member, Member of the Supreme Council, Legal Advisor and was Youth Secretary-General of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly

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(BN) coalition. He is also the Public Officer of GPS. He has been the Chairman of Kuching Port Authority since 1997 and has practised as an advocate and solicitor and legal practitioner since being admitted to the High Court of Borneo,

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in 1984. He is an independent non-executive director of the Sarawak Plantation Berhad (SPB) and a partner in the legal firm Messrs. Awang Lai Sandhu and Co.

Political career

Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (1996–2011)

1996 Sarawak state election

In the

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, Awang Bemee made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Nangka state seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly as the Nangka MLA for the first term in a

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2001 Sarawak state election

In the

2001 Sarawak state election The eighth Sarawak state election was held on Thursday, 27 September 2001 with nomination date on Tuesday, 18 September 2001. The state assembly was supposed to be expired on 18 November 2001 but it was dissolved by the governor of Sarawak 2 mo ...

, Awang Bemee was renominated by BN to defend the Nangka state seat. He defended the seat and was reelected to the Sarawak Assembly as the Nangka MLA for the second term after defeating

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candidate Abang Abdul Haili Abang Naili and Abd Rahman Putit of the National Justice Party (keADILan) by a majority of 7,005 votes.

2006 Sarawak state election

In the

2006 Sarawak state election The ninth Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 20 May 2006 with nomination day on Tuesday, 9 May 2006. The election functioned to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly (''Dewan Undangan Negeri'' in Malay). The eighth s ...

, Awang Bemee was renominated by BN to defend the Nangka state seat. He defended the seat and was reelected to the Sarawak Assembly as the Nangka MLA for the third term after defeating Abang Ariffin Abang Sebli of the People's Justice Party (PKR) by a decreased majority of 4,815 votes.

President of the Dewan Negara and Senator (since 2024)

On 15 July 2024, Awang Bemee was appointed to the Parliament as a Senator. A week later on 22 July 2024, he was appointed 21st President of the Dewan Negara, replacing Mutang Tagal who

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more than two months prior on 10 May 2024.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PAH Order of the Crown of Pahang - Knight Companion - DIMP

Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2008) * : ** MY-SAR Order of the Star of Sarawak - 3 ribbon PSBS

Commander of the

Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak The ''Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak'' (Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak) is the highest state order in the state of Sarawak. It is conferred to those who rendered excellent service towards the development of the state of S ...

(PSBS) – Dato (2019)

References

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