Jaffari Waliam

Jaffari bin Waliam (born 15 December 1976) is a Malaysian politician who served as a Nominated Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) from October 2020 until October 2025 in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and was also a nominated member of the state assembly in the WARISAN state administration under Chief Minister Shafie Apdal. He is the Deputy Division Chairman of the Gum-Gum Branch and Supreme Council Member (AMT) of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a main component party of the GRS coalition.

Political career On 28 February 2020, Jaffari Waliam announced exit from PKR and officially become an independent while searching for a party that has a potential leader. In 2021, he officially join BERSATU. In 2023, he made a decision to join GAGASAN to strengthen the local party that made in Sabah and based in Sabah after his team was inspired by the Sarawak-based party, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He officially become one of the party's AMT afterwards.

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