Teng Boon Soon (simplified Chinese:邓文村;traditional Chinese:鄧文村; born 30 August 1941) is aMalaysianpolitician who served as theDeputy Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage in theBarisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi and former MinisterShafie Apdal from March 2008 to April 2009 andMember of Parliament (MP)Tebrau from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of theMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is the uncle ofTeng Chang Khim, former Senior Member of theSelangor State Executive Council (EXCO) of theDemocratic Action Party (DAP) and his younger brotherTeng Chang Yeow, former Member of thePenang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forPadang Kota formerly of theParti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN).

Teng was elected to federal Parliament in the2004 general elections, succeedingUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO) member Mohd Ali Hassan in the seat of Tebrau.^[2][3] After the2008 general election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage by Prime MinisterAbdullah Badawi.^[4] His ministerial post came under threat in November 2008 after he was defeated for a position on the MCA's Central Committee,^[5] and he was subsequently left out of the ministry named by incomingPrime MinisterNajib Razak in April 2009.^[6] His parliamentary career was also ended in 2013, whenKhoo Soo Seang replaced him as the MCA's candidate and won the Tebrau seat in the2013 general election.

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