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About Joseph Salang Gandum
- Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum (born 1 January 1951) is a Malaysian politician.
- He was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Julau constituency in Sarawak, representing the Sarawak People's Party (PRS).
- He was the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition former government.Salang was a bank officer before entering politics.
- He was elected to Parliament in the 1999 election.
- He was originally a member (and deputy president) of the Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS), but sat in Parliament without a party after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004.
- He eventually joined the PRS ahead of the 2008 election.Salang has served in a number of government posts, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications, and Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture.
- He turned down reappointment to the deputy ministry after the 2013 election.
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