Awang Husaini Sahari


Awang Husaini bin Sahari is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Putatan from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan coalition. He has served as the Vice President of PKR since July 2022. He is also brother of Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Petagas Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari.

Political career

Member of Parliament for Putatan (2018–2022)

In the 2018 general election, PKR fielded him to contest the Putatan federal seat, facing Marcus Mojigoh from the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Organisation, a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. Awang won the seat. In the 2022 general election, he was renominated to contest for the Putatan seat but was narrowly defeated by Shahelmey Yahya from BN and United Malays National Organisation by 124 votes.

Vice President of the People's Justice Party (2022–present)

On 20 July 2022, 3 days after the 2022 PKR party elections officially ended, he was appointed Vice President of PKR along with Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar who was in the position for 8 years from 2010 to 2018 and new officeholder Saraswathy Kandasami by PKR president Anwar Ibrahim after the decision was made in the PKR Central Leadership Council meeting that night.

Honours