Celestine Ujang Jilan

Tan Sri Celestine Ujang Jilan (c. 1947 – 10 January 2018) was a Malaysian politician from Sarawak. He served as a Sarawak Cabinet Minister (1974–81) including responsible for Housing and Land Development and was later elected Speaker of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (1981–87). Datin Sri Angelina is the wife of Dato' Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional government and former Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional government. He is also the Member of Parliament for Kapit.

Political career Ujang was elected to represent the State Constituency of Kemena in the Sarawak State Assembly from 1974 to 2001. In the 1998 party elections, he won the post of Vice-President of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Barisan Nasional ruling party, unopposed. In 2007, Ujang retired from politics and did not seek reelection as Senior Vice-President. Ujang served as the Deputy Chairman of the Bintulu Development Authority. from October 2003 After retiring from politics, Ujang was elected Deputy President in the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Honours In 1982, he was awarded the Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak which carries the title Dato Sri by His Excellency the Yang DiPertua Negeri Sarawak. At the time, Ujang was the Executive Chairman of Harbour-Link Group Berhad.

Entitled name after Tan Sri Celestine Ujang

Jalan Tan Sri Celestine Ujang, Bintulu, Sarawak (formerly known as Jalan Kemunting/Sebaru).