Joseph Salang Gandum (born 1 January 1951) is a Malaysian politician and former bank officer who served as the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture, Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Najib Razak and former Ministers Rais Yatim, Shaziman Abu Mansor, Ahmad Shabery Cheek and Syed Hamid Albar from March 2004 to May 2013 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Julau from November 1999 to May 2018.
He has served as the 2nd President of PRS since October 2021, when he has served in official capacity since April 2022 and in acting capacity from October 2021 to April 2022.
In addition, he was also previously one of the vice-presidents of PRS, prior to being made party secretary-general.
[3] He was originally a member (and deputy president) of the Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDS),[4] but sat in Parliament without a party after the PBDS was deregistered in 2004.
[3] Salang has served in a number of government posts, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,[3] Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications,[5] and Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture.