Woo Kah Leong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Woo (吴).

Woo Kah Leong simplified Chinese: 吴家良; traditional Chinese: 吳家良; pinyin: Wú Jiā Liáng; born 1991) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad^[1] and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Bedamar since November 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has served as the Youth Chief of DAP or known as the Chief of the Youth Wing of DAP namely the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) since November 2024. He is also presently the youngest Perak EXCO Member and was the Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP or known as the Publicity Secretary of the Youth Wing of DAP namely the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) to his promotion to the Youth Chief in November 2024.^[2]

Yang Berhormat Tuan Woo Kah Leong MLA
吴家良
Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumer Affairs & Chinese New Villages : since 23 November 2022)[note 1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 November 2022
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Preceded by	Abdul Yunus Jamahri (Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs) Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (Cooperatives) Portfolio established (Chinese New Villages)
Constituency	Pasir Bedamar
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Pasir Bedamar
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Terence Naidu (PH–DAP)
Majority	17,446 (2022)
Youth Chief of the Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2024
Deputy	Wayne Ong Chun Wei
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded by	Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen
Personal details
Born	Woo Kah Leong 1991 (age 32–33) Kampong Baru Pasir Bedamar, Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Education	San Min National Type Secondary School
Alma mater	University of Malaya (LLB)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Woo Kah Leong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳家良
Simplified Chinese	吴家良
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Jiāliáng

Background

Woo was born in the Kampong Baru Pasir Bedamar, Teluk Intan, Perak in year 1991. He attended his secondary school in SMJK San Min, Teluk Intan, and continued his tertiary study at the University of Malaya for the course of Bachelor of Law (LLB.). Upon the completion of his study, Woo worked as a Legal Associate at the A M Ong & Partners before stepping into the political arena.

Political career

Member of the Perak State Executive Council (since 2022)

The 2022 Perak state election elected a hung assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) later returned to power by forming a coalition state government with PH. Following that, Kota Tampan MLA Saarani of BN was reappointed as the Menteri Besar. Woo was appointed as the Perak EXCO Member in charge of Domestic Trade, Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Chinese New Villages by Menteri Besar Saarani.

Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perak state election

In the 2022 Perak state election, Woo made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Pasir Bedamar state seat. Woo won the seat and was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly as the Pasir Bedamar MLA after defeating Kong Sun Chin of BN and Suriyanarayanan Sannasy Naidu of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a majority of 17,446 votes.

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	N55 Pasir Bedamar		Woo Kah Leong (DAP)	21,061	76.64%		Kong Sun Chin (MCA)	3,615	13.16%	27,479	17,446	70.25%
							Suriyanarayanan Sannasy Naidu (PAS)	2,803	10.20%

Notes

1. Assumed portfolios on 23 November 2022.

References

1. NOR, LUQMAN RIDHWAN MOHAMED (2023-05-22). "33 ADUN Kerajaan Perpaduan Perak komited sokong kestabilan negeri". Kosmo Digital (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
2. "WOO KAH LEONG". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Perak ke-15". Retrieved 14 July 2023.