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Biography
Datuk Liwan anak Lagang is a Malaysian politician from the Sarawak People's Party (PRS) currently serving as the Assistant Minister for Water Supplies in the Cabinet of Sarawak and Sarawak state assemblyman representing Belaga constituency.
Education
Liwan completed his Senior Cambridge education in Kanowit in 1975.
Political career
After becoming a two-term state assemblyman by successfully defending his seat during the 2011 Sarawak state election, Liwan was appointed assistant minister for social development in charge of culture and heritage portfolio.
Between 2016 and 2017, Liwan was appointed as an assistant minister in charge of river transportation and safety.
In 2017, Chief Minister of Sarawak Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg reshuffled his cabinet and reappointed Liwan to the water supplies portfolio.
On 22 August 2019, chief minister Abang Openg once again reshuffled his cabinet, with Lagang transferred to the Ministry of Utilities handling the rural electricity portfolio. He is one of the two assistant ministers to Dr. Stephen Rundi Utom at the ministry, alongside his successor to the water supplies portfolio, Dr. Abdul Rahman Junaidi.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Valid ballots | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Belaga | Liwan Lagang (PRS / BN) | 1,855 | 42.21 | Stanley Ajang Batok (IND) | 1,628 | 37.04 | 4,395 | 227 | 4,469 | ||
| John Bampa (SNAP) | 912 | 20.75 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Liwan Lagang (PRS / BN) | 3,974 | 68.06 | Basah Kesing @ Ali Basah Kesing (PKR) | 1,046 | 17.91 | 5,839 | 2,928 | 5,913 | |||
| John Bampa (SNAP) | 368 | 6.30 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Adan Silek (IND) | 330 | 5.65 | ||||||||||
| Michael Jok (IND) | 94 | 1.61 | ||||||||||
| Mathew Munan (IND) | 27 | 0.45 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Liwan Lagang (PRS / BN) | 4,149 | 89.96 | Alexander Lehan (PKR) | 463 | 10.04 | 4,612 | 3,686 | 4,674 | |||
Honours
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