1944 - 2024
Joseph Kurup Malaysian Politician
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Passed away on 17th April, 2024 aged 79.
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Joseph Kurup is a 79 year old Malaysian Politician born on 15th December, 1944 in Pensiangan, Keningau, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia). Their zodiac sign is Sagittarius
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| First Name |
Joseph
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| Last Name |
Kurup
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| Birthday |
15th December, 1944
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| Birthplace |
Pensiangan, Keningau, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
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| Died |
17th April, 2024
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
Malaysian
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| Occupation Text |
Politician
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| Occupation |
Politician
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Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup (15 December 1944 – 17 April 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as 1st and founding President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from March 1994 to January 2023, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2018. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pensiangan from March 2008 to May 2018. He also served as Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah, State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, State Minister of Communications and Works, State Minister of Finance, State Minister of Industrial Development, State Minister of Resource Development and Enterprise and State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah under former Chief Ministers Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Sakaran Dandai, Salleh Said Keruak, Yong Teck Lee, Bernard Giluk Dompok, Osu Sukam, Chong Kah Kiat and Musa Aman in the BN state administration from 1985 to 2004. He was a founding member of the PBRS and was a member of the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). He was also the father of Arthur Joseph Kurup, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Pensiangan MP and PBRS President.
