Samad bin Jambri is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Assistant Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Minister Jahid Jahim from October 2020 until November 2025 and Minister Rubin Balang since December 2025, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Labuk since September 2020. He is a member of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the GRS coalition. He was a formerly member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), a branch of a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN). He left Sabah BERSATU on 10 December 2022 and joined GAGASAN on 5 February 2023.
Election results + Sabah State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2020N49 LabukSamad Jambri (Sabah BERSATU)2,701 46.11%Dennis T. Rantau (UPKO)1,49325.49%5,858 1,208 65.44%Abdul Rahman Kongkawang (IND)1,44124.60% Fidelis K. Michael (PCS)1151.96% Sh. Suhaimi Sh. Miasin (USNO Baru)1081.84%2025Samad Jambri (GAGASAN)2,88531.70%Yusuflatif Mustapah (Sabah UMNO)1,90620.94%9,34297964.21%Japar Awang (WARISAN)1,41115.50%Asmad Nasir (Sabah BERSATU)1,36414.99%Norfadzlina Ramsah (UPKO)1,08111.88%Marx Henry Lim (KDM)2322.55%Junsik @ Joseph Imus (IMPIAN)1852.03%Nuralizah Lee Abdullah (ANAK NEGERI)380.42%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023) Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2021) Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2016)
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