Yang BerhormatTuan Tan Kok Wai MP
陈国伟
Special Envoy of the Prime Minister toChina
In office 1 August 2018 – 1 March 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Ong Ka Ting
Succeeded by	Tiong King Sing
Member of theMalaysian Parliament forCheras
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 April 1995
Preceded by	Position established
Majority	14,375 (1995) 8,992 (1999) 10,970 (2004) 28,300 (2008) 37,409 (2013) 49,665 (2018) 54,448 (2022)
Member of theMalaysian Parliament forSungai Besi
In office 3 August 1986 – 25 April 1995
Preceded by	Chan Kok Kit (DAP)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Majority	1,526 (1986) 8,856 (1990)
Advisor II of the Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 June 2025 Serving with Lim Guan Eng(Advisor I)
National Chairman	Gobind Singh Deo
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
In office 20 March 2022 – 16 March 2025 (as Advisor)
National Chairman	Lim Guan Eng
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lim Guan Eng
4th National Chairman of the Democratic Action Party
In office 29 March 2014 – 20 March 2022
Deputy	Gobind Singh Deo
Secretary-General	Lim Guan Eng
Preceded by	Karpal Singh
Succeeded by	Lim Guan Eng
1st Chairman ofPakatan Harapan of theFederal Territories
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 August 2017
National Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020)
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	Tan Kok Wai (1957-10-07)7 October 1957 (age 68) Sepang,Selangor,Federation of Malaya (nowMalaysia)[1]
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 1979)
Other political affiliations	Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990–1995) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Children	1 daughter 1 son
Occupation	Politician
Website	tankokwai.blogspot.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳國偉
Simplified Chinese	陈国伟
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Guówěi
HokkienPOJ	Tân Kok-uí

Tan Kok Wai (simplified Chinese:陈国伟;traditional Chinese:陳國偉;pinyin:Chén Guówěi;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Tân Kok-uí) (born 7 October 1957) is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as theMember of Parliament (MP) forCheras since April 1995. He served as theSpecial Envoy of Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad toChina from August 2018 to March 2020 as well as the MP forSungai Besi from August 1986 to April 1995. He is a member of theDemocratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of thePakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, and served as its 1st Advisor from March 2020 to March 2025, and previously as its 4th National Chairman from March 2014 to March 2022. He also serves as the 1st Chairman of theFederal Territories Pakatan Harapan. Currently serving his 9th term as an MP, he is themost senior MP in the15th Malaysian Parliament and thelongest-serving active MP afterTengku Razaleigh Hamzah lost the reelection in 2022.

Tan Kok Wai became a member of theDemocratic Action Party in 1979.

In 1986, he contested in the general election for Sungai Besi parliamentary contest in the general election for Sungai Besi parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur. He was elected as a member of parliament for the first time.

In 1990, he was re-elected for the same constituency in the general election.

In the 6 following general elections in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018, Tan Kok Wai was elected as the Member of Parliament for Cheras constituency in Kuala Lumpur.

Tan has served as DAP's Advisor (2022–2025), National Chairman (2014–2022), Acting National Chairman, National Deputy Chairman, National Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Election Preparation Committee, Member of General Election / State Elections Candidate Selection Committee in 2008, 2013 and 2018, Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, National Organising Secretary, and National Publicity Secretary, Assistant National Organising Secretary, and Assistant National Publicity Secretary.

He was appointed Special Envoy of Malaysia to the People's Republic of China as well as the Chairman of Malaysia-China Business Council from August 2018 to March 2020.^[2]

In terms of social service, he is currently acting as honorary advisors to numerous NGOs in Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

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• List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Malaysia

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• Malaysian MPs 1990–1995
• Malaysian MPs 1995–1999
• Malaysian MPs 1999–2004
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• Malaysian MPs 2008–2013
• Malaysian MPs 2013–2018
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