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Mutang Tagal
Malaysian politician, lawyer and businessman
Mutang Tagal (born 5 October 1954) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and businessman who has served as 20th President of the Dewan Negara and Senator since February 2024. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Mas from April 1982 to October 1990. He is a member and was Member of the Supreme Council of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions. He is an ethnic Lun Bawang as well as younger brother of former State Assistant Minister of Communications of Sarawak and former Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ba'kelalan Judson Sakai Tagal who died in a helicopter crash in 2004. He is also the first Dayak and Sarawak indigenous President of the Dewan Negara in the history of Malaysia. In addition, he is President of the Orang Ulu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OUCCI), Vice President of the Sarawak Business Federation (SBF), Member of the Supreme Council of the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Patron of the Lawas Shooting and Archery Association (LSAA), Advisor to the Northern Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA), Legal Advisor to the Sarawak Lun Bawang Association, Member of the Sarawak Advocates Association, Member of the Sabah Advocates Association, Member of the Malaysian Bar Council and has been an honorary consul of Romania in Sarawak since 12 January 2017.[1]