Datuk Ewon Ebin was born on 26 June 1954 and is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation and represented Ranau as the Member of Parliament of Malaysia from 2013 to 2018.
13 Facts About Ewon Ebin
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Ewon Ebin is the former Vice President of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation, a political party in the state of Sabah, which he was one of the founders in 1994.
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Ewon Ebin left UPKO in February 2020, citing that the party leadership had derailed from its original objectives and failed to protect the welfare of its members, the indigenous Sabahans and other Malaysians from Sabah.
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Ewon Ebin's resignation leads 5,000 UPKO members to quit the party, including committee members from the Ranau division.
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In March 2020, Datuk Ewon Ebin declared that he will be joining Parti Cinta Sabah under the leadership of former federal minister Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Anifah Aman.
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Ewon Ebin is very interested in the problems of natives in Sabah.
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Ewon Ebin's thesis at the University of Malaya 1978 was 'A Ranau Dusun Traditional Law Study in Sabah on Marriage, Divorce and Heritage' was one of his contribution.
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Ewon Ebin is married to the late Datin Danna Obidan Untol and the couple are blessed with six children and has a Bachelor of Legislative Law conferred by the University of Malaya.
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In 1979, Datuk Ewon Ebin was appointed as a First Class Magistrate after being admitted into the Sabah Bar, which he served for more than five years.
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In 2004, Datuk Ewon Ebin was appointed by the Chief Minister of Sabah, Musa Aman as Minister of Industrial Development.
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Ewon Ebin served as the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Malaysia.
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Ewon Ebin stated that the party was disorganised and inactive.
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Since 1985, Ewon Ebin has been contesting in the Sabah election in Kundasang.