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Tiki Lafe (born 11 May 1954) was the
Companion Class I of the 
Knight Commander of the
Member of Parliament
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of Malaysia
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for the Mas Gading constituency in Sarawak
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from 1999 to 2013, representing the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party
The Progressive Democratic Party (Malay: Parti Demokratik Progresif, Abbreviation: PDP), formerly known as Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party is a Sarawak based political party in Malaysia founded in 2002. The party was founded in the wake o ...
(SPDP) in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional
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coalition.
Tiki was a Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional government (appointed in 2004), but was left out of the ministry after the 2008 election
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. His loss of the ministry triggered unhappiness among the Bidayuh
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community in Sarawak that there were no longer any Bidayuh appointed to the ministry. He was dropped as a Barisan Nasional candidate for the 2013 election. He recontested the seat as an independent
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, but was defeated by the Barisan Nasional candidate Nogeh Gumbek. Presently he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party
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or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan
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(PH) coalition, in which he joined in 2018.
Election results
Honours
* : ** Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca
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(DMSM) – Datuk (2003)
* :
** Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown
The Most Illustrious Order of the Perak State Crown (Malay language, Malay:''Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Negeri Perak Yang Amat Mulia'') is knighthood order of the Sultanate of Perak.
Background
It was founded by Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah on 12 D ...
(DPMP) – Dato' (2008)
References