Wilfred Madius Tangau

Madius bin Tangau, commonly known as Wilfred Madius Tangau is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tuaran from November 1999 to March 2008 and again since May 2013, and concurrently serves as a Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tamparuli since November 2025. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister I and State Minister of Trade and Industry of Sabah in the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020 from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020. Previously, he served as the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation under Prime Minister Najib Razak from July 2015 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), formerly a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions. He has served as the Honorary President of UPKO since January 2023, second President of UPKO from March 2014 to January 2023, when he served in the official capacity from September 2018 to January 2023 and acting capacity from March 2014 following the resignation of Bernard Giluk Dompok to his official assumption of UPKO presidency in September 2018.