Alexander Nanta Linggi | |
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![]() Alexander Nanta Linggi being interviewed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 | |
Minister of Works | |
Assumed office 3 December 2022 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Deputy | Abdul Rahman Mohamad (2022–2023) Ahmad Maslan (since 2023) |
Preceded by | Fadillah Yusof |
Constituency | Kapit |
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs | |
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Deputy | Rosol Wahid |
Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Salahuddin Ayub (Minister of Domestic Trade and Living Costs) |
Constituency | Kapit |
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Deputy | Rosol Wahid |
Preceded by | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Constituency | Kapit |
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development | |
In office 16 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 Serving with Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (2015–2018) | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2013–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Shafie Apdal (2013–2015) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2015–2018) |
Preceded by | Hasan Malek |
Succeeded by | Sivarasa Rasiah |
Constituency | Kapit |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kapit | |
Assumed office 29 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | James Jimbun Pungga (BN–PBB) |
Majority | 11,016 (1999) Walkover (2004) Walkover (2008) 9,731 (2013) 10,479 (2018) 12,402 (2022) |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Nanta Linggi 16 June 1958 Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Political party | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018, aligned:since 2020) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (aligned:2020–2022) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (aligned:since 2022) |
Spouse | Angelina Celestine Ujang |
Relations | Celestine Ujang Jilan (father-in-law; deceased) Jugah Barieng (grandfather) Wilson Ugak Kumbong (cousin) |
Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi (born 16 June 1958) is a Malaysian politician. He is Secretary-General of both Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and its coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He has served as Minister of Works in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. He served as the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and his first term in Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 as well as the Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Shafie Apdal and Ismail Sabri Yaakob from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapit since November 1999.[1] He is also the cousin of Wilson Ugak Kumbong, the current Deputy Minister of Digital and MP for Hulu Rajang.