About Marcus Mojigoh
Born 1951. Marcus Mojigoh is a Malaysian politician.
Marcus Mojigoh (born 21 June 1951) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan from March 2004 to May 2018. He also previously served as Chairman of the Malaysian Cocoa Board and Saham Sabah Berhad. In addition, he was a member of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and formerly the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), then component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
With the re-activation of the UPKO Putatan divisional branch on 4 November 2023, Marcus returned as Putatan UPKO divisional chief and strives to re-energize the UPKO Putatan division with a blend of old as well as new supporters from a mix of different backgrounds, but held this position only for a term of two and a half to three years, until he was succeeded by his committee member, Jason Lee, as the UPKO Putatan divisional chief in the said position in 2026.
In addition, he also penned a memoir of being brought up by a single widowed mother, Jinggunim Mojinggim Belimbing after losing his father unexpectedly at a very young age, by publishing and writing a book titled "A Leader Unraveled," launched at the ITCC Shopping Mall, Penampang on 22 June 2024. The launching was graced by Datuk Ewon Benedick, the Malaysian Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development.
Political career Mojigoh's first political party was UPKO in the Barisan Nasional Sabah coalition. Mojigoh was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election using BN-UPKO logo defeating a People's Justice Party (PKR) candidate for the seat of Putatan. In 2018, he agreed with UPKO president Wilfred Madius Tangau to leave BN after the coalition's defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election. In 2020, he left UPKO and became an independent. On 11 December 2021, Mojigoh unveiled that he had joined the STAR under the leadership of Jeffrey Kitingan a day prior on 10 December 2021. |Year |Constituency
|Votes |Pct
|Votes |Pct |Ballots cast |Majority |Turnout 2004
| (UPKO)
| Awang Ahmad Sah (PKR)
21,252 7,832 62.28%
| Saukinah Yussof (PKR)
| Ramzah Ahmad (IND)
| Joseph Lee (DAP)
Awang Ahmad Sah (STAR)
Duli @ Dullie Mari @ Marie (SAPP)
| (PKR)
| Zulzaim Hilmee Abidin (PAS)
Jivol @ Edmund Doudilim (HR)
Mil Kusin Abdillah (ANAK NEGERI)
Honours
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Malaysian politician
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Marcus Mojigoh was born on 21 June 1951 in Putatan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Marcus Mojigoh. https://biography.guide/marcus-mojigoh/
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