| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk |
| Arthur Joseph Kurup | |
| Birth Name: | Arthur Joseph Kurup |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Residence: | Seri Pensiangan |
| Office: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security |
| Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister: | Mohamad Sabu |
| Predecessor: | Chan Foong Hin |
| Term Start: | 12 December 2023 |
| Constituency: | Pensiangan |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation |
| Monarch1: | Abdullah |
| Primeminister1: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister1: | Chang Lih Kang |
| Predecessor1: | Ahmad Amzad Hashim |
| Successor1: | Yusof Apdal |
| Term Start1: | 10 December 2022 |
| Term End1: | 12 December 2023 |
| Constituency1: | Pensiangan |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Works |
| Monarch2: | Abdullah |
| Primeminister2: | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister2: | Fadillah Yusof |
| Predecessor2: | Eddin Syazlee Shith |
| Successor2: | Abdul Rahman Mohamad |
| Term Start2: | 30 August 2021 |
| Term End2: | 24 November 2022 |
| Constituency2: | Pensiangan |
| Office3: | Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| Monarch3: | Abdullah |
| Term Start3: | 10 March 2020 |
| Term End3: | 16 August 2021 |
| Primeminister3: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister3: | Mustapa Mohamed |
| Predecessor3: | Radzi Jidin |
| Successor3: | Eddin Syazlee Shith |
| Constituency3: | Pensiangan |
| Constituency Mp4: | Pensiangan |
| Parliament4: | Malaysian |
| Term Start4: | 9 May 2018 |
| Majority4: | 2,314 (2018) 5,412 (2022) |
| Predecessor4: | Joseph Kurup (BN–PBRS) |
| Office5: | 2nd President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah |
| Term Start5: | 7 January 2023 |
| Deputy5: | TBA |
| Predecessor5: | Joseph Kurup |
| Office6: | Deputy President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah |
| Term Start6: | 1 November 2015 |
| Term End6: | 7 January 2023 |
| President6: | Joseph Kurup |
| Predecessor6: | Ellron Alfred Angin |
| Successor6: | TBA |
| Office11: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm11: | 2018 |
| Suboffice11: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm12: | 2018–2020 |
| Suboffice12: | Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah |
| Subterm13: | 2020– |
| Suboffice13: | Barisan Nasional |
| Party: | Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Relations: | Joseph Kurup (father)[1] |
| Spouse: | Stella Boklin |
Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup (born 4 August 1982) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and economist who has served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad Sabu since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pensiangan since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Chang Lih Kang from December 2022 to December 2023, Deputy Minister of Works in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Fadillah Yusof from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Economic Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Mustapa Mohamed from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021.[2] He is a member of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS), a component party of the BN coalition and the eldest son of 1st and founding President of PBRS Joseph Kurup. He has also served as the 2nd President of PBRS since January 2023.[3] He also previously served as the Deputy President of PBRS from November 2015 to his promotion to party presidency in January 2023, the Vice President and Youth Chief of PBRS. He is also presently the sole PBRS MP and the sole PBRS candidate elected in the 2022 General election.[4] [5] [6]
Arthur previously worked as a Trade and Legal Officer at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland before returning to Malaysia.[7] He served as a Director of Sabah Housing and Development Town Board.[6]
In the 2018 general election, his party of United Sabah People's Party (PBRS) fielded him to contest the Pensiangan parliamentary seat to succeed his father and party president, Joseph Kurup.[8] [9] [10] [11] He faced Raymond Ahuar from the People's Justice Party (PKR) and defeated him.[12]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P182 Pensiangan | (PBRS) | 11,783 | 48.35% | Raymond Ahuar (PKR) | 9,469 | 38.86% | 24,368 | 2,314 | 77.66% | |||
| Richard Joe Jimmy (STAR) | 2,839 | 11.65% | |||||||||||
| Maidin Atak (PCS) | 212 | 0.87% | |||||||||||
| Engah Sintan (IND) | 65 | 0.27% | |||||||||||
| Arthur Joseph Kurup (PBRS) | 19,623 | 52.88% | Sangkar Rasam (PKR) | 14,211 | 38.29% | 37,110 | 5,412 | 66.66% | |||||
| Jekerison Kilan (KDM) | 1,640 | 4.42% | |||||||||||
| Siti Noorhasmahwatty Osman (WARISAN) | 1,512 | 4.07% | |||||||||||
| Jamani Derimin (PEJUANG) | 124 | 0.33% | |||||||||||