Joseph Entulu Belaun

Who is Joseph Entulu Belaun?

Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun is a Malaysian politician. He is currently the Minister in Prime Minister's Department under the cabinet of Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Selangau constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Rakyat Sarawak. He was the Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development in the Barisan Nasional coalition government.

Entulu was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election. Before his election, he was Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Sarawak. He was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Sarawak Native People's Party, but joined the PRS after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004. He is currently the Deputy President of the PRS.

Entulu was re-elected unopposed to Parliament in the 2008 election. In October 2008, he was conferred the title of Datuk.

Immediately after his election in 2004, Entulu was appointed to the federal ministry as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. Few years later after 12th General Election in 2008, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development. He has spoken out against the use of the term Dayak as a generic descriptor of Sarawak's indigenous non-Muslim residents, preferring instead specific terms for each community.