Julita Majungki

Summary

Datuk Julita Majungki is a three-term Matunggong assemblywoman and Secretary-General of PBS who has held executive office in the Sabah state government continuously since October 2020, most recently as State Minister of Women, Health and Community Wellbeing from December 2025. A former PKR member who crossed to PBS, she has been a consistent advocate for native Sabahan rights, rural infrastructure, and local political autonomy within the GRS coalition framework. Her current ministerial portfolio places her at the centre of Sabah's public health and social welfare policy at a time when the state faces a significant doctor shortage and growing eldercare demand.

Biography

Datuk Julita Majungki (also spelled Mojungki; born 8 January 1971) is a Malaysian politician from Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) who has represented the Matunggong state constituency in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly since May 2018 [1]. She is currently serving as State Minister of Women, Health and Community Wellbeing of Sabah under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) administration, a post she has held since December 2025 [1]. Prior to this, she served as State Assistant Minister of Finance from October 2022 to November 2025, and before that as State Assistant Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing from October 2020 to October 2022 [1]. Within PBS, she has served as Secretary-General since July 2022 and previously as Information Chief from January 2021 to July 2022 [1]. She is a former member of PKR, having contested and won the Matunggong seat under that party in the 2018 state election, before moving to PBS [1]. She retained the Matunggong seat in the 2020 Sabah state election under PBS, and again in the 2025 (17th) Sabah state election under the GRS banner, winning with a majority of 334 votes [2]. Matunggong is located in Sabah's northern Kota Marudu district and, as of 2020, had a population of 34,457 [1]. Note: Malaysian news sources and her Wikipedia profile use both 'Majungki' and 'Mojungki' to render her surname; this profile uses 'Majungki' as the primary romanisation consistent with her party's records and Malaysian news outlets.

Known for

Julita Majungki is known as the Secretary-General of PBS and a three-term assemblywoman for Matunggong, having held the seat through three successive elections from 2018 to 2025 under different party banners. She has been a consistent voice on rural infrastructure and water access issues in northern Sabah, and has publicly championed the rights of native Sabahans and the defence of Sabah's rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963. Since December 2025, she holds the rank of full state minister, overseeing women, health and community wellbeing portfolios for Sabah.

Political positions

Majungki has consistently advocated for local Sabah parties to lead the state government, stating that local parties are better positioned to address the unique challenges of rural communities and to defend native customary rights and MA63 [3]. On immigration, she has taken a firm stance against the Temporary Sabah Pass (PSS), arguing in 2019 that issuing the document was equivalent to providing permanent papers to undocumented migrants, and urged the Warisan-PH government to table the PSS in the state assembly as Sarawak practice requires for matters affecting state rights [4]. On rural water supply, she demanded accountability from the state government over degraded water quality affecting more than 5,000 residents across three mukims in her constituency following the termination of water treatment concessions in 2019 [4]. In her current health portfolio, she has publicly flagged Sabah's severe doctor shortage — noting only 2,884 doctors in service against an estimated need of 9,000 — and called for greater federal funding, infrastructure upgrades, and private sector involvement in eldercare [3]. She also supported the constitutional amendment bill that formalised Sabah's equal-partner status in the federation in 2019 [5].

Political career

1. May 2018Won the Matunggong state seat in the 2018 Sabah state election, contesting under PKR as part of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, becoming Member of the 15th Sabah State Legislative Assembly.⛓
2. October 2019Raised alarm over degraded water quality affecting over 5,000 residents across three mukims in Matunggong, demanding accountability from the state government over the termination of water treatment concessions.⛓
3. September 2020Contested and retained the Matunggong seat in the 2020 Sabah snap state election, this time under Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) following her move from PKR.⛓
4. October 2020Appointed State Assistant Minister of Community Development and People's Wellbeing of Sabah under Minister Shahelmey Yahya in the new GRS administration.⛓
5. January 2021Took on the role of Information Chief of PBS.⛓
6. July 2022Elected Secretary-General of PBS, succeeding her previous role as Information Chief.⛓
7. October 2022Appointed State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah under Ministers Hajiji Noor and Masidi Manjun.⛓
8. November 2025Retained the Matunggong seat in the 17th Sabah State Election under the GRS banner, winning with a majority of 334 votes after securing 9,096 votes in a six-cornered contest.⛓
9. December 2025Appointed State Minister of Women, Health and Community Wellbeing of Sabah in the GRS state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor, a promotion from assistant minister to full minister.⛓

Election history

• 2025MatunggongWon⛓
• 2020MatunggongWon⛓
• 2018MatunggongWon⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• GovernmentAs PBS Secretary-General and a GRS state minister, Majungki has publicly aligned with GRS chairman Hajiji Noor's position that local Sabah parties should form the backbone of the state government, expressing PBS's full support for this direction ahead of the 2025 state election.⛓
• OppositionParti KDM deputy-president Datuk Wetrom Bahanda contested Majungki directly in Matunggong at the 2025 state election, moving from his Bandau seat on the stated basis that voters in Matunggong wanted a change after two terms under her stewardship. He lost by a majority of 334 votes.⛓
• ExpertUniversiti Malaysia Sabah political analyst Prof Dr G. Anantha Raman observed ahead of the 2025 Sabah election that native-based seats such as Matunggong would see a crowded field, with votes likely divided among PBS, STAR, Upko, DAP and Warisan, making the contest challenging for incumbents.⛓
• VerifiedFactsJulita Majungki has served as Matunggong assemblywoman since May 2018, initially under PKR then PBS. She is PBS Secretary-General since July 2022 and State Minister of Women, Health and Community Wellbeing since December 2025. She won the 2025 state election with 9,096 votes and a 334-vote majority.⛓