| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk |
| Liwan Lagang | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | PJN JBS KMN PPN MLA |
| Office: | State Deputy Minister of Utilities and Telecommunication of Sarawak |
| Alongside: | Abdul Rahman Junaidi |
| Term Start: | 4 January 2022 |
| 1Blankname: | Premier |
| 1Namedata: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Governor: | Abdul Taib MahmudWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar |
| Minister: | Julaihi Narawi |
| Office1: | State Deputy Minister of Utilities of Sarawak |
| Alongside1: | Abdul Rahman Junaidi |
| Governor1: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Minister1: | Stephen Rundi Utom |
| 2Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 2Namedata1: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Predecessor1: | Abdul Rahman Junaidi |
| Term Start1: | 21 August 2019 |
| Term End1: | 3 January 2022 |
| Constituency1: | Belaga |
| Office2: | State Deputy Minister of Utilities of Sarawak |
| Alongside2: | Abdul Rahman Junaidi |
| Governor2: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Minister2: | Stephen Rundi Utom |
| 3Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 3Namedata2: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Term Start2: | 6 May 2017 |
| Term End2: | 21 August 2019 |
| Successor2: | Abdul Rahman Junaidi |
| Constituency2: | Belaga |
| Office3: | State Deputy Minister of River Transportation and Safety of Sarawak |
| Governor3: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Minister3: | James Jemut Masing |
| 4Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 4Namedata3: | Adenan Satem Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Term Start3: | 21 May 2016 |
| Term End3: | 6 May 2017 |
| Successor3: | Jerip Susil |
| Constituency3: | Belaga |
| Office4: | State Deputy Minister of Culture and Heritage of Sarawak |
| Governor4: | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin |
| Minister4: | William Mawan Ikom |
| 5Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 5Namedata4: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Term Start4: | 30 September 2011 |
| Term End4: | 1 March 2014 |
| Constituency4: | Belaga |
| Office5: | Youth Chief of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak |
| Predecessor5: | Mong Dagang |
| Successor5: | Snowdan Lawan |
| Term End5: | 24 October 2016 |
| President5: | James Jemut Masing |
| Assembly6: | Sarawak State Legislative |
| Constituency Am6: | Belaga |
| Term Start6: | 20 May 2006 |
| Predecessor6: | Stanley Ajang Batok (BN–PBDS) |
| Majority6: | 227 (2006) 2,928 (2011) 3,686 (2016) 2,245 (2021) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Birth Place: | Crown Colony of Sarawak |
Datuk Liwan Lagang is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition who has served as the State Deputy Minister of Telecommunication of Sarawak in charge of Telecommunication in the GPS state administration under Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and State Minister Julaihi Narawi since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belaga since May 2006.
Liwan completed his Senior Cambridge education in Kanowit in 1975.[1]
After becoming a two-term state assemblyman by successfully defending his seat during the 2011 Sarawak state election, Liwan was appointed assistant minister for social development in charge of culture and heritage portfolio.[2] [3]
Between 2016 and 2017, Liwan was appointed as an assistant minister in charge of river transportation and safety.[4]
In 2017, Chief Minister of Sarawak Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg reshuffled his cabinet and reappointed Liwan to the water supplies portfolio.[5]
On 22 August 2019, Chief Minister Abang Johari once again reshuffled his cabinet, with Lagang transferred to the Ministry of Utilities handling the rural electricity portfolio.[6] He is one of the two assistant ministers to Dr. Stephen Rundi Utom at the ministry, alongside his successor to the water supplies portfolio, Dr. Abdul Rahman Junaidi.
On 30 December 2021, Chief Minister Abang Johari unveiled his new Cabinet lineup. Lagang was then appointed as Assistant Minister of Utilities and Telecommunication in charge of Telecommunication on 4 January 2022.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | N57 Belaga | Liwan Lagang (PRS) | 1,855 | 42.21% | Stanley Ajang Batok (IND) | 1,628 | 37.04% | 4,395 | 227 | 4,469 | ||
| John Bampa (SNAP) | 912 | 20.75% | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Liwan Lagang (PRS) | 3,974 | 68.06% | Basah Kesing @ Ali Basah Kesing (PKR) | 1,046 | 17.91% | 5,839 | 2,928 | 5,913 | |||
| John Bampa (SNAP) | 368 | 6.30% | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Adan Silek (IND) | 330 | 5.65% | ||||||||||
| Michael Jok (IND) | 94 | 1.61% | ||||||||||
| Mathew Munan (IND) | 27 | 0.45% | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Liwan Lagang (PRS) | 4,149 | 89.96% | Alexander Lehan (PKR) | 463 | 10.04% | 4,612 | 3,686 | 4,674 | |||
| 2021 | Liwan Lagang (PRS) | 3,552 | 70.52% | Henry Usat Bit (PSB) | 1,307 | 25.95% | 5,037 | 2,245 | 62.94% | |||
| John Bampa (PBK) | 97 | 1.93% | ||||||||||
| Siki Balarik (IND) | 81 | 1.61% | ||||||||||