Maximus Ongkili

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Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Dr Maximus J. Ongkili
Malaysian Minister Of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Incumbent
Assumed office  18 March 2008
Preceded by	Datuk Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis
Political party	Barisan Nasional
Spouse	Datin Joan Maluda
Children	2
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Religion	Christianity

The Federal Government of Malaysia
Ministry Of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) {{{malay_name}}}
Minister	Maximus Ongkili
Deputy Minister	Fadillah Yusof
Parliamentary Secretary	Prof. Dr. Mohd Ruddin Ab Ghani
Secretary General	Abdul Hanan Alang Endut
Established date	1973
Key agencies	National Space Agency (ANGKASA)
	Malaysian Centre For Remote Sensing (MACRES)
	Malaysia Nuclear Agency
	Malaysian Meteorological Services
Location	Putrajaya
Website	http://www.mosti.gov.my

Datuk Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili is a Malaysian politician and the current Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Malaysian cabinet.

Born on 26 October 1953 in Sabah, Ongkili holds a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Economics from La Trobe University, Australia. He completed a fellowship and summer programmes at the United Nations University, Tokyo and Harvard Institute for International Development, Boston.

In 2004 he was appointed by Abdullah Badawi as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department with a special role promoting National Unity and Integration. He was appointed the Malaysian Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation on March 18, 2008.

His wife is Datin Joan Maluda and they have 2 children.