Chan Ming Kai | |
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曾敏凯 | |
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Political Secretary to thePrime Minister | |
Assumed office 1 December 2022 Serving with Ahmad Farhan Fauzi &Azman Abidin | |
Monarchs | Abdullah Ibrahim Iskandar |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Senior Political Secretary | Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin |
Preceded by | Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus |
Member of theMalaysian Parliament forAlor Setar | |
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Gooi Hsiao Leung (PH–PKR) |
Succeeded by | Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden (PN–PAS) |
Majority | 15,200 (2018) |
Member of thePerlis State Legislative Assembly forIndera Kayangan | |
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Por Choo Chor (BN–MCA) |
Succeeded by | Gan Ay Ling (PH–PKR) |
Majority | 1,092 (2013) |
Member of thePerak State Legislative Assembly forSimpang Pulai | |
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Chan Chin Chee (BN–MCA) |
Succeeded by | Tan Kar Hing (PR–PKR) |
Majority | 3,386 (2008) |
Faction represented inDewan Rakyat | |
2018–2022 | Pakatan Harapan |
Faction represented inPerlis State Legislative Assembly | |
2013–2018 | People's Justice Party |
Faction represented inPerak State Legislative Assembly | |
2008–2013 | People's Justice Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Chan Ming Kai (1980-10-07)7 October 1980 (age 44) Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (−2015) |
Alma mater | University of Technology, Malaysia University of London |
Occupation | Politician |
Chan Ming Kai onParliament of Malaysia | |
Chan Ming Kai (Chinese:曾敏凱;pinyin:Zēng Mǐnkǎi;Jyutping:Zang1 Man5 Hoi2;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Chan Bín-khái; born 7 October 1980) is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as thePolitical Secretary toPrime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim since December 2022.[1] He served as theMember of Parliament (MP) forAlor Setar from May 2018 to November 2022,[2] Member of thePerlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forIndera Kayangan from May 2013 to May 2018[3] and MLA ofPerak forSimpang Pulai from March 2008 to May 2013.[4] He is a member of thePeople's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of thePakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
Chan attendedUniversity of Technology, Malaysia, where he received Bachelor of Technology Management in 2002.[5] He later received another bachelor's degree in law fromUniversity of London in 2007 by self study.[5]
Chan was first elected as people's representative in the2008 general election winning the state constituency of Simpang Pulai, Perak.[4] In the2013 general election, Chan wrestled the Indera Kayangan state constituency seat in Perlis from the predecessor,Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)'s Por Choo Chor.[6]
In the2018 general election, Chan was elected as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Alor Setar in Kedah.[2]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2008 | N44Simpang Pulai | Chan Ming Kai (PKR) | 10,992 | 58.20% | Chan Chin Chee (MCA) | 7,606 | 40.27% | 18,887 | 3,386 | 72.20% |
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2013 | N08Indera Kayangan | Chan Ming Kai (PKR) | 4,263 | 53.24% | Por Choo Chor (MCA) | 3,171 | 39.60% | 8,007 | 1,092 | 81.90% | ||
Amier Hassan (IND) | 404 | 5.05% |
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2018 | P009Alor Setar | Chan Ming Kai (PKR) | 32,475 | 50.80% | Muhd Aminur Shafiq (PAS) | 17,275 | 27.02% | 64,812 | 15,200 | 81.09% | ||
Yoo Wei How (MCA) | 14,181 | 22.18% |