Datuk Ewon Ebin (born 26 June 1954) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation and represented Ranau as the Member of Parliament of Malaysia from 2013 to 2018.
He is the former Vice President of the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO), a political party in the state of Sabah, which he was one of the founders in 1994.
He left UPKO in February 2020, citing that the party leadership had derailed from its original objectives and failed to protect the welfare of its members, the indigenous Sabahans and other Malaysians from Sabah.
[1] His thesis at the University of Malaya 1978 was 'A Ranau Dusun Traditional Law Study in Sabah on Marriage, Divorce and Heritage' was one of his contribution.
Ewon was born and raised in Bundu Tuhan, Ranau which was a village located at the foot of the tallest mountain in South East Asia, Mount Kinabalu.
He is married to the late Datin Danna Obidan Untol (14 November 1956 – 9 September 2023) and the couple are blessed with six children and has a Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) conferred by the University of Malaya.
On 11 January 2009, Sabah Rural Development Minister, Ewon reminded the JKKK about the tactics of illegal immigrants using a fake identity card to steal the aid of the native hardcore poor.
In the 1999 Election, Ewon was opposed by Ramdi Indang (Allied); Karim Bin Adam (PBS) and Benjimin Yasin (Setia).