Willie Mongin

Willie Anak Mongin is a Malaysian politician, software engineer and technopreneur who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Puncak Borneo since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities II for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Khairuddin Razali from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He was a member of People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He is Bidayuh from Sarawak.

Willie is a Certified Professional Marketer (CPM) Asia, which he obtained from the Institute of Marketing Malaysia (IMM) in December 2021. Driven by passion, he completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing at Putra Business School (PBS) under the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in December 2021. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Hons) in Computing from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom. He is passionate about information technology, software development, digitalisation and big data analytics.

Prior to joining politics full-time, Willie’s early corporate exposure spanned across the Banking, Utilities, Plantations and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sectors, where he served more than 20 years under various roles in several organisations since he first joined in 1996. He then pursued his IT career as the Regional IT Manager with a European Multinational Company (MNC) in 2005 where he took charge of seven countries. Willie always believes in the power of Big Data, Artificial Intelligent (AI) could improve the quality of the database, predict outcomes, enhance the strategy of the decision-making process, and more in this ever-changing environment. With his entrepreneurism and extensive knowledge in the IT sector, Willie launched his software venture specialises in IT solutions and data intelligence services which add significant value to enterprise businesses across Malaysia. However in 2020, he resigned as the CEO of that company and served as Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities till the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022.

In the September 1998, Willie joined a political movement called the Social Justice Movement (Malay: Pergerakan Keadilan Sosial) (ADIL) as Volunteer and Reformist, he joined the movement because he was sympathised with Anwar Ibrahim. Willie only agreed to officially joined PKR in 2009 after being persuaded by few top party leaders.

In the 2011 election, Willie under his party of People's Justice Party (PKR) faced Jerip Susil of Barisan Nasional and lost in a large majority.^[1]

In the 2013 election, Willie faced James Dawos Mamit at Mambong (now as Puncak Borneo) of PBB but losing again the parliamentary seat.

In the 2016 election, Willie faced Jerip Susil in winning for the Mambong state seat and lost in a large majority.

In the 2018 election, his party of PKR field him to contest the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat again,^[2] defeating the incumbent candidate Genot Sinel (giving PBB its first defeat in a parliament seat since 1974).

In 2018, during the debate on the motion to introduce the Sales and Services Tax (SST), Bung Moktar Radin was recounting the price of goods at markets and Willie uttered ‘Is it not casino, Kinabatangan?’ that was referring to recent photographs that went viral online, purportedly showing a person resembling Bung Moktar sitting at a table in a casino.

Bung Moktar then pointed his finger at Willie and accused Willie of being rude, demanding the statement be retracted and subsequently shouting "fuck you".^[3]

In 2021, Willie was under fire after Batu Kawan MP Kasthuriraani Patto accused him of showing middle finger twice during the parliamentary session. Willie denied the accusations and said he will apologize if the accusations are true.^[4]

Datuk Willie Mongin is a people's person and is active in solving problems faced by local residents regardless of race or religion. He often attends to give donations to the heirs of deceased villagers. He even represents his staff if he is busy and cannot attend. His official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/williemongin/

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
• Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)^[5][6]