Joseph Pairin Kitingan

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan PMN SPDK SSAP
7th Chief Minister of Sabah
In office 22 April 1985 – 17 March 1994
Governor	Mohamad Adnan Robert Mohammad Said Keruak
Preceded by	Harris Salleh
Succeeded by	Sakaran Dandai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Keningau
In office 3 August 1986 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Ahmad Shah Hussein Tambakau
Succeeded by	Jeffrey Kitingan
Huguan Siou of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA)
Personal details
Born	Joseph Pairin Kitingan (1940-08-17) 17 August 1940 (age 83) Papar, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) (1976–1984) United Sabah Party (PBS) (1985–)
Other political affiliations	Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (2023–) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (allied; 2020–2021, member; 2022–) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Barisan Nasional (BN) (1986–1990, 2002–2018) Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990–1996)
Spouse	Genevieve Lee
Relations	Jeffrey Kitingan (brother) Maximus Ongkili (nephew) James Peter Ongkili (nephew)
Children	Alexander Daniel
Alma mater	University of Adelaide
Known for	Founder and first president of United Sabah Party (PBS)

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan (born 17 August 1940) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Sabah from April 1985 to March 1994 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau from August 1986 to May 2018. He is founding President of the United Sabah Party (PBS) and brother of Jeffrey Kitingan, the Deputy Chief Minister II and State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah and President of Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) as well as uncle of Maximus Ongkili, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak affairs and President of PBS.^[1] He is the longest-serving MP in Sabah.