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Political party of Malaysia

Homeland Solidarity Party (Malay: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku; abbrev: STAR) is a Sabah-based political party in Malaysia. The party was founded by Jeffrey Kitingan.^[3] STAR was one of four founding parties of the United Sabah Alliance (USA) founded in 2016, United Alliance of Sabah (UAOS) founded in 2018, and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) founded in 2020.

The party briefly entered into an alliance with the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition following the 2018 Sabah state election, forming the state government there.^[4] It later joined the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, with Jeffrey Kitingan briefly serving as a federal minister. The party returned to power in Sabah as part of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), an informal alliance formed to contest 2020 Sabah state snap-election. It left Perikatan Nasional in 2022,^[5] and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah in 2025.

The party’s base mainly consist of Sabah’s non-Muslim native population, which are often collectively referred to as the Kadazan-Dusun Murut (KDM).^[6]

The party was originally founded as the STAR Sabah in 2012, becoming the Sabahan branch of the Sarawak-based State Reform Party (STAR). In 2016, it rebranded itself as the Homeland Solidarity Party (Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku) while retaining the STAR acronym, and broke away from the Sarawak-based mother party, which also underwent a rebranding exercise.^[7]

It has been led by Jeffrey Kitingan, a Sabah rights activist^[8] and the younger brother of one-time chief minister and former United Sabah Party leader Joseph Pairin Kitingan, since its founding.

Source:^[9]

• Chairman:
• Deputy Chairman:
• President:
• Deputy President:
• Vice-Presidents:
  • Vacant (Non-Muslim Bumiputera)
  • Suling Isib (Non-Muslim Bumiputera)
  • Apas Nawawi Saking (Muslim Bumiputera)
  • Mohd Lin Harun (Muslim Bumiputera)
  • Kong Soon Choi (Chinese)
  • Beverley Natalie Koh (Chinese)
  • Vacant (Appointed)
  • Vacant (Appointed)
• Youth Chief:
• Women’s Chief:
• Secretary-General:
• Assistant Secretaries-General:
  • Rizal Johari
  • Prem Beachile Kitingan
• Organising Secretary:
• Treasurer-General:
• Assistant Treasurer-General:
• Information Chief:
• Deputy Information Chief:
• Strategic Director:
• Communications Director:
• Supreme Council Members (elected):
• Supreme Council Members (appointed):
  • Lawrence Gimbang
  • Johari Pongod
  • Andrew Ambrose Mudi @ Atama

STAR currently has only one MP in the House of Representatives.

Sabah State Legislative Assembly