| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. |
| Joachim Gunsalam | |
| Birth Name: | Joachim Gunsalam |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1958[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kundasang, Ranau, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Office: | Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah II |
| Term Start: | 11 January 2023 |
| Governor: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Hajiji Noor |
| Predecessor: | Jeffrey Kitingan |
| Constituency: | Kundasang |
| Office1: | State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah |
| Term Start1: | 11 January 2023 |
| Governor1: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Hajiji Noor |
| 2Blankname1: | Assistant |
| 2Namedata1: | Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supain Isnin Aliasnih |
| Predecessor1: | Masidi Manjun |
| Constituency1: | Kundasang |
| Office2: | Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah III |
| Term Start2: | 29 September 2020 |
| Term End2: | 11 January 2023 |
| Alongside2: | Bung Moktar Radin & Jeffrey Kitingan |
| Governor2: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Hajiji Noor |
| Predecessor2: | Christina Liew Chin Jin |
| Successor2: | Shahelmey Yahya |
| Constituency2: | Kundasang |
| Office3: | State Minister of Industrial Development of Sabah |
| Term Start3: | 29 September 2020 |
| Term End3: | 11 January 2023 |
| Governor3: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Hajiji Noor |
| 2Blankname3: | Assistant |
| 2Namedata3: | Mohd Tamin Zainal |
| Predecessor3: | Position established |
| Successor3: | Phoong Jin Zhe |
| Constituency3: | Kundasang |
| Office4: | State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah |
| Term Start4: | 2013 |
| Term End4: | 2018 |
| Governor4: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Musa Aman |
| 2Blankname4: | Minister |
| Successor4: | George Hiew Vun Zin |
| Constituency4: | Kundasang |
| Office5: | Acting President of the United Sabah Party |
| Term Start5: | 1 June 2024 |
| President5: | Maximus Ongkili |
| Office6: | Deputy President of the United Sabah Party |
| Term Start6: | 30 June 2022 |
| President6: | Maximus Ongkili |
| Alongside6: | Jahid Jahim & Yee Moh Chai |
| Predecessor6: | Radin Malleh |
| Constituency Am7: | Kundasang |
| Assembly7: | Sabah State Legislative |
| Term Start7: | 21 March 2004 |
| Predecessor7: | Karim Adam (PBS) |
| Majority7: | 1,997 (2004) 1,806 (2008) 1,975 (2013) 255 (2018) 1,422 (2020) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Nationality: | Malaysia |
| Party: | United Sabah Party (PBS) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Linda Ewit |
| Profession: | Physician |
| Alma Mater: | National University of Malaysia (UKM) |
Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Joachim Gunsalam (born 22 January 1958) is a Malaysian politician and Physician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister II and State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah since January 2023 as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kundasang since March 2004. He is a member of the United Sabah Party (PBS), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions. He has served as the Acting President of PBS since June 2024 and Deputy President of PBS for the Non-Muslim Bumiputera quota since June 2022.[2] [3] He previously served as Vice President of PBS for the Non-Muslim Bumiputera quota from 2006 to 2022.[4] [5]
He was appointed one of the Deputy Chief Ministers of Sabah as part of the victorious Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition in the 2020 state election.
| Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N29 Kundasang | Joachim Gunsalam (PBS) | 3,091 | 54.12% | Kaibi Laiman (SETIA) | 1,097 | 19.21% | 5,931 | 1,997 | 68.31% | |||
| Arimin Moidi (IND) | 1,075 | 18.82% | |||||||||||
| Asidin Teilok (keADILan) | 448 | 7.85% | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Joachim Gunsalam (PBS) | 3,597 | 54.77% | Japiril Suhaimin (IND) | 1,791 | 27.26% | 6,780 | 1,806 | 70.47% | ||||
| Karim Adam (PKR) | 1,180 | 17.97% | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Joachim Gunsalam (PBS) | 4,206 | 41.93% | Satiol Indong (PKR) | 2,231 | 22.23% | 10,295 | 1,975 | 77.40% | ||||
| Japiril Suhaimin (SAPP) | 2,102 | 20.96% | |||||||||||
| Jain Sauting (STAR) | 1,117 | 11.14% | |||||||||||
| Sam Hondou (IND) | 288 | 2.87% | |||||||||||
| Cleftus Stephen Spine (IND) | 87 | 0.87% | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Joachim Gunsalam (PBS) | 3,971 | 37.14% | Siriman Basir (WARISAN) | 3,716 | 34.76% | 11,070 | 255 | 74.50% | ||||
| Japiril Suhaimin (STAR) | 2,105 | 19.69% | |||||||||||
| Henrynus Amin (PKAN) | 733 | 6.86% | |||||||||||
| Jinus Sodiong (PKS) | 166 | 1.55% | |||||||||||
| 2020 | N36 Kundasang | Joachim Gunsalam (PBS) | 4,332 | 43.35% | Siriman Basir (WARISAN) | 2,910 | 29.12% | 9,994 | 1,422 | 66.69% | |||
| Ewon Ebin (PCS) | 2,384 | 23.85% | |||||||||||
| Jeafry Goh Kautah (LDP) | 293 | 2.93% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Osman Marajin (USNO Baru) | 75 | 0.75% | ||||||||||