Joseph Salang Gandum


Joseph Salang Gandum is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Julau constituency in Sarawak, representing the Sarawak People's Party. He was the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture in the Barisan Nasional coalition former government.
Salang was a bank officer before entering politics. He was elected to Parliament in the 1999 election. He was originally a member of the Sarawak Native People's Party, but sat in Parliament without a party after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004. He eventually joined the PRS ahead of the 2008 election.
Salang has served in a number of government posts, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications, and Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture. He turned down reappointment to the deputy ministry after the 2013 election.

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