Anthony Loke Siew Fook | |
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| 陆兆福 | |
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| Minister of Transport | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2022 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Hasbi Habibollah |
| Preceded by | Wee Ka Siong |
| In office 21 May 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Kamarudin Jaffar |
| Preceded by | Liow Tiong Lai |
| Succeeded by | Wee Ka Siong |
| 6thSecretary-General of the Democratic Action Party | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2022 | |
| Deputy | Sivakumar Varatharaju (2022–2025) Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji (2022–2025) Liew Chin Tong (2022–2025) Steven Sim Chee Keong (since 2025) Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (since 2025) Ramkarpal Singh (since 2025) |
| National Chairman | Lim Guan Eng (2022–2025) Gobind Singh Deo (since 2025) |
| Preceded by | Lim Guan Eng |
| 2nd Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Action Party | |
| In office 11 July 2018 – 20 March 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | Lim Guan Eng |
| Preceded by | Lim Kit Siang |
| Succeeded by | Nga Kor Ming |
| Youth Chief of the Democratic Action Party | |
| In office 6 December 2008 – 9 December 2012 | |
| Deputy | Lee Ying Ha |
| Secretary-General | Lim Guan Eng |
| Preceded by | Nga Kor Ming |
| Succeeded by | Teo Kok Seong |
| Member of theMalaysian Parliament forSeremban | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | John Fernandez (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 12,553 (2013) 30,694 (2018) 30,841 (2022) |
| Member of theMalaysian Parliament forRasah | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Goh Siow Huat (BN–MCA) |
| Succeeded by | Teo Kok Seong (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 13,151 (2008) |
| Member of theNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly forChennah | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Siow Chen Pin (BN–MCA) |
| Majority | 1,098 (2013) 1,155 (2018) 2,200 (2023) |
| Member of theNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly forLobak | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Khoo Seng Hock (BN–MCA) |
| Succeeded by | Siow Kim Leong (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 1,842 (2004) 6,928 (2008) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (age 47) Seremban,Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 1994) |
| Other political affiliations | Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1994–1996) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Ng Chi Ling |
| Alma mater | National University of Malaysia (BSc) University Malaya (MPA) |
| Website | lokesiewfook |
Anthony Loke Siew Fook[a] (born 28 April 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as theMinister of Transport for the first term in the Unity Government administration under Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and previously in thePakatan Harapan administration under former Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, theMember of Parliament (MP) forSeremban since May 2013,Rasah from March 2008 to May 2013 and Member of theNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forChennah since May 2013,Lobak from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of theDemocratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerlyPakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the 6th Secretary-General of DAP since March 2022, 2nd Parliamentary Leader of DAP from July 2018 to March 2022 and previously as National Organising Secretary of DAP and Youth Chief of DAP or Chief of Socialist Youth (DAPSY). He was also theLeader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan and State Chairman of the PR ofNegeri Sembilan.
Loke was born as Loke Siew Fook inSeremban,Negeri Sembilan,Malaysia. He was educated atSt. Paul's Institution and Seri Ampangan High School. He graduated fromUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2000 with a Bachelor Degree of Science (BSc) indevelopment science.[1]
His grandfather Loke Ching Fatt (Chinese:陸禎发) is the owner of the Loke Ching Kee (Chinese:陸禎記) restaurant where the now famous Chinese New Year dishyee sang became popular.[2][3] He presented a history book on the dish in an audience with the Yamtuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz on January 31st 2020.[4]
In 1994, Loke joined DAP at the age of 17, the minimum age requirement of a DAP member.
In the 2004 Negeri Sembilan state election, Loke made his electoral debut after being nominated by DAP to contest for the Lobak state seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly as the Lobak MLA for the first term. He retained his seat and was reelected to a second term in the 2008 state election.
In the2008 general election, Loke was also elected to the Parliament as the Rasah MP.
In the2013 general and state election, he switched seats at both state and federal levels, contesting and winning Chennah in the legislative assembly and Seremban in the parliament.
Loke apologised to Mahathir after over 40 billboards featuring the latter have to be covered under orders fromElection Commission of Malaysia.[5]
Loke defended both his Parliament (Seremban) and State (Chennah) seats in2018 election (GE14) by defeatingMCA's candidates,Chong Sin Woon (Parliament) and Seet Tee Gee (State) with a majority of 30,694 votes and 1,115 votes respectively.[6][7]
Following the2018 general election, Mahathir was appointed as the Prime Minister to lead the PH government. On 21 May 2018, Loke was named as the Minister of Transport by Prime Minister Mahathir.[8][9] On 24 February 2020, Loke was removed as the Minister of Transport after the PH was ousted from power in the2020 political crisis.
On 20 March 2022 in the 17th DAP National Congress, Loke was reelected into the Central Executive Committee with 1625 votes, the 3rd highest vote, afterGobind Singh Deo who was reappointed the National Deputy Chairman andChow Kon Yeow who was reappointed the National Vice Chairman.[10] He was then appointed as the 6th Secretary-General of the party, replacingLim Guan Eng who held the office for 17 years.[11]
Loke again defended his Seremban federal seat in the2022 general election. After that, PH Chairman Anwar was appointed Prime Minister leading acoalition government of PH,Barisan Nasional (BN),Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS),Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and other parties. On 3 December 2022, Anwar reappointed Loke as the Minister of Transport almost after 3 years.
During his second term in the role, Loke introduced many policies to digitalise the transport system.
In the2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, Loke was reelected as the Chennah MLA for the third term after defeating PN candidate.
In February 2019, Loke's wife sat next to him during an official meeting with his Chinese counterpart, sparking controversy. Tee Ching Seng, the head of MCA's international communication and diplomacy bureau, questioned why Loke's wife was present at the official meeting.[12]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2004 | N11Lobak | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 5,991 | 59.08% | Khoo Seng Hock (MCA) | 4,149 | 40.98% | 10,338 | 1,842 | 70.87% | ||
| 2008 | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 9,244 | 80.00% | Siow Koi Loon (MCA) | 2,316 | 20.00% | 11,714 | 6,928 | 77.26% | |||
| 2013 | N01Chennah | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 5,128 | 55.99% | Siow Foo Wen (MCA) | 4,030 | 44.01% | 9,372 | 1,098 | 83.75% | ||
| 2018 | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 5,031 | 50.91% | Seet Tee Gee (MCA) | 3,876 | 39.22% | 10,051 | 1,155 | 82.94% | |||
| Jamalus Mansor (PAS) | 975 | 9.87% | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 5,888 | 61.49% | Rosmadi Arif (BERSATU) | 3,688 | 38.51% | 9,576 | 2,200 | 65.80% | |||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2008 | P130Rasah | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 34,271 | 61.87% | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 21,120 | 38.13% | 56,654 | 13,151 | 78.56% | ||
| 2013 | P128Seremban | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 45,628 | 53.12% | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 33,075 | 38.52% | 87,617 | 12,553 | 85.64% | ||
| Abd Halim Abdullah (BERJASA) | 6,866 | 8.00% | ||||||||||
| John Fernandez (IND) | 221 | 0.26% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 83 | 0.10% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 55,503 | 60.45% | Chong Sin Woon (MCA) | 24,809 | 27.02% | 93,254 | 30,694 | 84.65% | |||
| Shariffuddin Ahmad (PAS) | 11,506 | 12.53% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 63,920 | 51.85% | Mohd Fadli Che Me (PAS) | 33,076 | 26.83% | 124,729 | 30,844 | 79.32% | |||
| Wong Yin Ting (MCA) | 24,584 | 19.94% | ||||||||||
| Mohamad Jani Ismail (PEJUANG) | 1,336 | 1.08% | ||||||||||
| Izat Lesly (IND) | 373 | 0.30% | ||||||||||
Malaysia :
Recipient of the17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister of Transport (Malaysia) 21 May 2018–24 February 2020 | Succeeded by |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSeremban 5 May 2013–present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forRasah 8 March 2008–5 May 2013 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Parliamentary Leader of theDemocratic Action Party 11 July 2018–20 March 2022 | Succeeded by |
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