| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato Sri |
| Alexander Nanta Linggi | |
| Birth Name: | Alexander Nanta Linggi |
| Birth Date: | 16 June 1958 |
| Office: | Minister of Works |
| Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy: | Abdul Rahman Mohamad Ahmad Maslan |
| Term Start: | 3 December 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Fadillah Yusof |
| Constituency: | Kapit |
| Office1: | Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs |
| Primeminister1: | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Deputy1: | Rosol Wahid |
| Term Start1: | 30 August 2021 |
| Term End1: | 24 November 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Himself |
| Successor1: | Salahuddin Ayub |
| Monarch1: | Abdullah |
| Constituency1: | Kapit |
| Primeminister2: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Deputy2: | Rosol Wahid |
| Term Start2: | 10 March 2020 |
| Term End2: | 16 August 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
| Successor2: | Himself |
| Monarch2: | Abdullah |
| Constituency2: | Kapit |
| Office3: | Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development |
| Primeminister3: | Najib Razak |
| Minister3: | Shafie Apdal Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Term Start3: | 16 May 2013 |
| Term End3: | 9 May 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | Hasan Malek |
| Successor3: | Sivarasa Rasiah |
| Monarch3: | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Constituency3: | Kapit |
| Constituency Mp4: | Kapit |
| Parliament4: | Malaysian |
| Term Start4: | 29 November 1999 |
| Majority4: | 11,016 (1999) Walkover (2004) Walkover (2008) 9,731 (2013) 10,479 (2018) 12,402 (2022) |
| Predecessor4: | James Jimbun Pungga (BN–PBB) |
| Party: | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Relations: | Celestine Ujang Jilan (father-in-law; deceased) Jugah Barieng (grandfather) Wilson Ugak Kumbong (cousin) |
| Spouse: | Angelina Celestine Ujang |
Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi (born 16 June 1958) is a Malaysian politician. He is Secretary-General of both Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and its coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). He has served as Minister of Works in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. He served as the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and his first term in Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 as well as the Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Shafie Apdal and Ismail Sabri Yaakob from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapit since November 1999.[1] He is also the cousin of Wilson Ugak Kumbong, the current Deputy Minister of Digital and MP for Hulu Rajang.
Nanta is the grandson of former Sarawak leaders Tun Jugah anak Barieng (patrilineal) and Temenggong Dato' Banyang anak Janting (matrilineal) and the son of former politician Tan Sri Leonard Linggi Jugah. In turn he is also the son-in-law of another politician, Tan Sri Celestine Ujang Jilan, for he is married to the latter's daughter, Datin Angelina.[2] He is also a businessman, having served as the Chairman of shipping company Swee Joo Bhd.[3]
On 16 May 2013, after Nanta's victory in the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed as Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development in the new Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak.[4]
Later in 2020, he became a full cabinet member by holding the position of Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs after defending the Kapit parliamentary seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election for more than five terms (although it was the only election that witnessed a change in government after 61 years of dominant-party rule by the Barisan Nasional), in the aftermath of the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis and held this ministerial position until the 2022 general elections.
Currently, he is now the Minister of Works since 2022.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Turnout | Majority | Turnout% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | P188 Kapit, Sarawak | (PBB) | 12,157 | 85.97% | Richard Nujong Abit (IND) | 1,141 | 8.07% | 14,442 | 11,016 | 65.75% | |||
| Nor Azman Abdullah @ Baginda Minda (PKR) | 843 | 5.96% | |||||||||||
| 2004 | P214 Kapit, Sarawak | (PBB) | Walkover | ||||||||||
| 2008 | P215 Kapit, Sarawak | (PBB) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | (PBB) | 13,446 | 78.35% | Ramli Malaka (DAP) | 3,715 | 21.65% | 17,474 | 9,731 | 66.71% | ||||
| 2018 | (PBB) | 14,302 | 78.91% | Paren Nyawi (DAP) | 3,823 | 21.09% | 18,485 | 10,479 | 57.82% | ||||
| 2022 | (PBB) | 16,522 | 75.10% | Khusyairy Pangkas Unggang (PKR) | 4,120 | 18.73% | 21,999 | 12,402 | 48.66% | ||||
| Robert Saweng (PBDS) | 1,357 | 6.17% | |||||||||||