Ewon Benedick

Ewon Benedick (born 1 August 1983) is a Malaysian politician currently serving as Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development since December 2022. He is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penampang since November 2022 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kadamaian since May 2018. He previously served as State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020. A member of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the PH coalition, he has been the President of UPKO since January 2023 and the State Chairman of PH of Sabah since December 2024. He was previously Vice President of UPKO. He is the youngest Cabinet minister in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet. Ewon won the Kadamaian state seat in 2018 and the Penampang parliamentary seat in 2022.