Richard Riot Jaem

Who is Richard Riot Jaem?

Datuk Richard Riot Jaem is a Malaysian politician. He is the Malaysian Minister of Human Resources and currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Serian constituency in Sarawak. He has also served as Chairman of the Sarawak Rivers Board. He held previous post as Deputy Foreign Minister. He is also Deputy President of Sarawak United Peoples' Party and is the first non-Chinese to hold second most powerful posts in the party.

Riot first won the Serian seat in 1990 as an independent, but was elected in 1995 on a Barisan Nasional ticket. After the 2008 election, there was speculation that Riot would defect to the opposition People's Justice Party; however, Riot denied the speculation and the move never materialised.