Aliakbar Gulasan | |
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| علي أكبر ڬولاسن | |
| Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly forKarambunai | |
| Assumed office 29 November 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Yakub Khan (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 365 (2025) |
| Nominated Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 8 October 2020 – 6 October 2025 Serving with | |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Chairman of the Malaysian Cocoa Board | |
| In office 1 July 2020 – 30 September 2021 | |
| Minister |
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| Preceded by | Anyi Ngau |
| Succeeded by | Rahimah Majid |
| State Commissioner of the Malaysian Islamic Party ofSabah | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2023 | |
| President | Abdul Hadi Awang |
| Preceded by | Mohd Aminuddin Aling |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-02-08)8 February 1971 (age 55) |
| Nationality |  Malaysia |
| Party |  Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)[1] |
| Other political affiliations | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)(2022–2024)[2] Perikatan Nasional (PN)(since 2020)[1] |
| Residence(s) | Keningau andTenom,Sabah (hometowns) Kota Kinabalu,Sabah (personal) |
| Alma mater | National University of Malaysia (PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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| Website | https://draliakbar.com |
Aliakbar bin Gulasan (Jawi: علي أكبر بن ڬولاسن; born 8 February 1971) is aMalaysianpolitician of mixedPakistani-Dusun-Murut-Bajau[3] descent fromSabah,East Malaysia.[4] who served as the Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forKarambunai since November 2025 and a Nominated Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) from October 2020 until October 2025 in theGabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration underChief MinisterHajiji Noor. He is an official member cum Sabah state liaison chairman of theMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS). At the party level, he is the State Commissioner of Sabah since November 2023. He was previously a senior lecturer of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage,Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). In 2020, he was recognised by Sabahans as the first ever Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) member who become a nominated assemblyman for theSabah State Legislative Assembly (ADUN), an appointment which contrary to certain claims, was quite well-received by Sabahans, but not all welcomed the appointment, owing that it marked the ire of some Sabahans especially those who did not support the said party.[5][4][2][1]
He is of mixedDusun-Pakistani-Murut-Bajau bloodline and is currently residing with his family inKeningau,Sabah which is his birthplace cum paternal hometown, whilst also maintaining residences in his maternal hometown ofTenom and the state capital city ofKota Kinabalu, owing to his political and academic career.[4] Aliakbar was born in Kampung Kota Ayangan, Keningau and he is the fourth child out of eight children. His father, the late Gulasan bin Mushall Khan who is of mixed Pakistani-Dusun descent is a native of the said village in the said district since the predominant ethnicity or tribe are mostly native Dusuns, initially worked as a personal driver who was hired by several Sabah state government departments and agencies using a Land Rover car along the Tenom-Keningau highway that was last posted to thePublic Works Department (JKR) in Tenom prior to retirement. His mother, the late Ruhujah binti Musturullah Khan who is of mixed Pakistani-Murut ancestry from Tenom was a full-time housewife.[6][7][2]
He received his early education at St Anthony's Primary School, Tenom from 1977 to 1982 before continuing his secondary education in St Anthony's Secondary School, Tenom (1983–1989). Then he continued schooling in sixth form at SMK Gunsanad, Keningau (1989–1991).
He then continued his studies at theUniversity of Malaya in the field of Geography in 1993. After that, he continued his studies atUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) until he graduated with a master's degree in environmental management in 1995 and then continued his studies at the PhD level in the field of Urban Geography in 2009.[6]
After successfully completing his studies at UKM in 1995, he became a lecturer atUniversiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) since November 1996. He was appointed as Chairman of the Malaysian Cocoa Board on 1 July 2020 and served in this position until September 2021.[6][2][1]
After theMalaysian Islamic Party leadership election, he was elected as a member of the PAS Central Working Committee representing Sabah as well as East Malaysia.[8][2][1]
In the2025 Sabah state election, he contested the N16 Karambunai seat underPerikatan Nasional and won with a majority of 365 votes in an eleven-cornered contest, marking the first time a PAS candidate was elected to theSabah State Legislative Assembly.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2025 | N16Karambunai | Aliakbar Gulasan (PAS) | 7,054 | 27.48% | Ahmad Jais Otong (WARISAN) | 6,689 | 26.05% | 25,676 | 365 | 66.97% | ||
| Arshad Idris (GAGASAN) | 4,818 | 18.77% | ||||||||||
| Yakub Khan (Sabah UMNO) | 4,475 | 17.43% | ||||||||||
| Stephen Teo (STAR) | 2,010 | 7.83% | ||||||||||
| Adis Jalie (IMPIAN) | 162 | 0.63% | ||||||||||
| Hates @ Ajis Abdul (SPP) | 150 | 0.58% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Yunus Ibrahim (PBK) | 127 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
| Azman Fathil (GAS) | 73 | 0.28% | ||||||||||
| Raynold Saikam Salinggou (PERPADUAN) | 73 | 0.28% | ||||||||||
| Matkri Kassim (PKS) | 45 | 0.18% | ||||||||||
Sabah
Commander of theOrder of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2024)[9][10]
Companion of theOrder of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2022)