Hon.
Datuk Radin Malleh was born on 23 November 1950 in Tenom.
He is married to Angeline Tom and they have 4 children.
Datuk
Radin currently serves as one of the Vice President of the
party since 2009. Prior
to that, Datuk Radin serves as the PBS Secretary General
from 1994 until 2009.
He
has a varied professional background and served for a lengthy
period as a senior officer with the Malaysian police before
joining PBS in 1990.
He is
also a qualified lawyer, having earned an LLB degree from
the University of Kent, United Kingdom in 1986.
Datuk
Radin is a two-term member of parliament. He previously
served as MP for the Padas constituency (1990-1995) and
the Tenom constituency (1995-1999). He is currently the
Assemblyman for N.30 Melalap since 13 March 1999 and heads
the PBS Melalap Division.
Radin
was appointed as the Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's
Department in March 2004.
For
his numerous contributions to the state, he was awarded
the Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK) medal in 2002
which carries the title "Datuk" and the Ahli Setia
Darjah Kinabalu (ASDK) in 1993 by the TYT Yang di Pertua
Negeri Sabah.
Datuk
Radin was appointed as Justice of the Peace (JP) by the
TYT Yang di Pertua Negeri Sabah in 2004.
He is
also known for his special interest in the arts, including
folklore and poetry, and has a large collection of personally-composed
malay pantun to his credit.