Joseph Entulu Belaun


Joseph Entulu Belaun is a Malaysian politician. He was a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and a Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Selangau constituency in Sarawak, representing the Sarawak People's Party from 2004 until the dissolution of the Parliament on 7 April 2018.

Political career

Entulu was elected to Parliament in the 2004 general elections. Before his election, he was Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sarawak. He was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Sarawak Native People's Party, but joined the PRS after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004. He was the Deputy President of the PRS until his sacking in April 2018, which was announced by the PRS President Dr. James Jemut Masing.
Entulu was re-elected unopposed to Parliament in the 2008 general elections. In October 2008, he was conferred the title of Datuk.
Immediately after his election in 2004, Entulu was appointed to the federal level as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. After the 2008 general elections he became Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development, and after the 2013 general elections was promoted as a full minister as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.
He has spoken out against the use of the term Dayak as a generic descriptor of Sarawak's indigenous non-Muslim residents, preferring instead specific terms for each community.
On 13 May 2018, People's Justice Party Women chief Zuraida Kamaruddin announced that Entulu has joined its ranks as a party member in a press conference in Cheras.

Election results

Honours