Chua Tee Yong

Malaysian politician (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chua Tee Yong (Chinese: 蔡智勇; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhuà Tì-ióng; born 19 October 1977) is a Malaysian politician and was the Member of parliament of Malaysia for the Labis constituency in the State of Johor for two terms (2008-2018). He was one of the four Vice-Presidents of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition then with the third highest votes for the party election term from 21 December 2013 until 4 November 2018.[1]

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Chua Tee Yong
蔡智勇
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
27 June 2016  9 May 2018
Serving with Ahmad Maslan
MonarchsAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterMustapa Mohamed
Ong Ka Chuan
Preceded byLee Chee Leong
Succeeded byOng Kian Ming
ConstituencyLabis
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
27 June 2014  27 June 2016
Serving with Ahmad Maslan (2013–2015)
Johari Abdul Ghani (2015–2016)
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterNajib Razak
Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byLee Chee Leong
ConstituencyLabis
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
In office
4 June 2010  15 May 2013
Serving with Mohd Johari Baharum
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterNoh Omar
Preceded byRohani Abdul Karim
Succeeded byTajuddin Abdul Rahman
ConstituencyLabis
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Labis
In office
8 March 2008  9 May 2018
Preceded byChua Soi Lek (MCABN)
Succeeded byPang Hok Liong (DAPPH)
Majority4,094 (2008)
353 (2013)
Personal details
Born (1977-10-19) 19 October 1977 (age 47)
Johor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
SpouseNeesa Yap Lee Yune
Parent(s)Chua Soi Lek, Wong Sek Hin
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAccountant
Websitechuateeyonglabis.blogspot.com
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Chua was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election, succeeding his father Chua Soi Lek in the seat of Labis.[2][3] In June 2010, he was appointed Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.[4] The MCA temporarily withdrew from the government post after its poor performance in the 2013 election. Upon its return in 2014, Chua was appointed as Deputy Minister for Finance.[5][6] Chua is an accountant and was chief financial officer of a government-linked company.[7] He served as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry from 2015 to 2018.[8] In the 2018 election he lost and failed to retain his parliamentary seat.[9]

Election results

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Parliament of Malaysia[10][11][12][13]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P142 Labis Chua Tee Yong (MCA) 13,658 56.72% Teo Eng Ching (DAP) 9,564 39.72% 24,080 4,094 71.95%
2013 Chua Tee Yong (MCA) 15,821 49.47% Ramakrishnan Suppiah (DAP) 15,468 48.37% 31,978 353 84.90%
2018 Chua Tee Yong (MCA) 13,301 41.53% Pang Hok Liong (DAP) 16,709 52.17% 32,030 3,408 80.76%
Ahmad Sarchu Sawal (PAS) 2,020 6.31%
2022 Chua Tee Yong (MCA) 13,300 38.28% Pang Hok Liong (DAP) 16,133 46.43% 34,745 2,833 69.70%
Alvin Chang Teck Kiam (BERSATU) 5,312 15.29%
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