11 Facts About Joseph Kurup

Joseph Kurup served as the Member of Parliament for Pensiangan from March 2008 to May 2018.

Joseph Kurup was a founding member of the PBRS and was a member of the Parti Bersatu Sabah.

Joseph Kurup was the father of Arthur Joseph Kurup, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Pensiangan MP and PBRS President.

Joseph Kurup was a member of the United Sabah Party when it was founded in 1985.

Joseph Kurup was one of the leaders of the defectors, setting up the PBRS, gaining admission for the new party to the BN coalition, and winning appointment as Deputy Chief Minister in the new BN state government.

Joseph Kurup was elected to the federal Parliament in the 2008 general election, giving up his State Assembly seat to replace PBRS Secretary-General Bernard Maraat as the party's candidate in the seat of Pensiangan.

Joseph Kurup was elected unopposed after the People's Justice Party candidate had been unable to submit his nomination on time.

Joseph Kurup shifted to Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment when Najib Razak became Prime Minister in 2009.

Joseph Kurup added that PBRS made the requests to the BN secretariat during the 2020 Sabah state election, but it was disappointed that no nominated MLA from PBRS had been appointed.

Joseph Kurup noted that the current political scene was moving towards to the youth but it was important that veterans leaders not to be sidelined.

Deputy President and his son Arthur Joseph Kurup took over as the 2nd Party President.