Lajim Ukin
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Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Lajim Ukin MLA |
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| Leader of the Opposition of Sabah | |
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Assumed office 18 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin |
| Constituency | Klias |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Klias |
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Assumed office 6 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Azizah Mohd Dun |
| Majority | 179 |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Beaufort, Sabah |
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In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Azizah Mohd Dun |
| Succeeded by | Azizah Mohd Dun |
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15 June 1955 Crown Colony of North Borneo |
| Political party |
Parti Bersatu Sabah - UMNO (until 2012) People's Justice Party (2012–2016) Independent (2016) Sabah People's Hope Party (since October 2016) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Lajim Ukin (born 15 June 1955) is a Malaysian politician and the leader of the opposition in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Beaufort constituency in Sabah from 2008 to 2013, and a Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government in the federal Barisan Nasional coalition government, from 2009 until his departure from the coalition in 2012.
Lajim was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the seat of Beaufort. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister for Transport, moving to the portfolio of Housing and Local Government in 2009. In July 2012 he renounced his official positions in UMNO to align himself with the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition. This resulted in the revocation of his appointment as a deputy minister. He recontested his parliamentary seat in the 2013 election on a People's Justice Party (PKR) ticket, but was defeated. While losing his federal seat, he won election to the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. He became the leader of the opposition in the State Assembly.
On 2 October 2016, Lajim resigned from PKR along with two other Pakatan Harapan assemblymen. He has stated his intention to form a new Sabah-based party, and ally with the former Sabah UMNO leader, Shafie Apdal. He later decide to establish a separate party from Shafie, known as Sabah People's Hope Party (Harapan Rakyat), which finally been approved by Registrar of Societies (RoS) in 25 October 2016.
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