Penguang Manggil

Penguang anak Manggil (born 4 August 1954) is a Malaysian politician from the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He has served as State Deputy Minister of Public Health and Housing of Sarawak in the GPS state administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Sim Kui Hian since January 2022. He served as State Deputy Minister of Local Government of Sarawak in the Barisan Nasional (BN) and GPS state administrations under Chief Ministers Adenan Satem and Abang Johari and Minister Sim from May 2016 to December 2021 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Marudi since May 2016. He has also served as the Senior Vice President I of PDP since June 2023.

Education
Penguang obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Forestry (Hons.) from the College of Agriculture Malaya (UPM) in 1978. He then furthered his studies to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Resource Management in 1989. Finally, he attended the Irish International University (IIU) between 1998 and 2001 and obtained a Doctorate (PhD) in sustainable forest management. The latter institution has been described as a "scam" by BBC.

Honours

 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia :
 * Kesatria Mangku Negara.png Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2008)
 * Sarawak :
 * MY-SAR Order of Devoted Service of Sarawak - Darjah Jasa Bakti Sarawak.svg Order of Meritorious Service to Sarawak (DJBS) – Datu (2012)
 * [[File:MY-SAR Order of the Star of the Hornbill (Bintang Kenyalang) - 3. Commander (PGBK).svg|50px]] Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (2022)