Chong Kah Kiat | |
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章家傑 | |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
| In office 4 May 1995 – 12 November 1996 | |
| Monarch | Ja'afar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Bernard Giluk Dompok |
| Succeeded by | Siti Zaharah Sulaiman |
| Constituency | Senator |
| 13th Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| In office 27 March 2001 – 27 March 2003 | |
| Governor | Sakaran Dandai Ahmadshah Abdullah |
| Deputy | Lajim Ukin Wences Angang Tham Nyip Shen |
| Preceded by | Osu Sukam |
| Succeeded by | Musa Aman |
| President of theLiberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 1991–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Hiew Min Kong |
| Succeeded by | Liew Vui Keong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chong Kah Kiat (1947-06-03)3 June 1947 (age 77) Kudat,Crown Colony of North Borneo (nowSabah,Malaysia) |
| Political party | Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) |
| Spouse(s) | Ivy Fam-Chong (born 1963, m. 1985) |
Chong Kah Kiat (Chinese:章家傑;pinyin:Zhāng Jiājié;Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:Chhong Gá-khíet) (born 3 June 1947) is a Malaysian politician ofChinese descent who served asMinister in the Prime Minister's Department from May 1995 to March 1999, 13thChief Minister of Sabah from March 2001 to March 2003 and President of theLiberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 1991 to 2006.
Born in Kudat, Chong was a graduate ofNew Zealand'sVictoria University of Wellington, earning aMaster of Laws (LL.B.) (First Class) in 1975 and subsequently practising law at the legal firm of Shelley Yap, Leong, Tseu, Chong, Chia & Co. (now known as Shelley Yap) inKota Kinabalu.
He contested and won theKudat seat on aBERJAYA ticket in the March 1981 state election and was appointed Assistant Minister to theChief Minister of Sabah the following year. He held the post until April 1985 when he lost the seat to Wong Phin Chung ofUnited Sabah Party (PBS).
In March 1987, he became a member of the Berjaya Supreme Council but later left the party when it became clear that it was losing ground.
Chong and several Chinese leaders founded the LDP in 1989 and was made its pro-temsecretary general. Then in 1991, he became the party's president. He did not contest the 1994 state election but a year later was appointed Senator in theDewan Negara and subsequently included in theCabinet of Malaysia as one of theMinisters in the Prime Minister's Department representing East Malaysia, Sabah state as well as the dominant minority Chinese community, in which he served in this portfolio until 1996. He then quit federal politics in March 1999 to contest the state polls. This time, he won back his traditional stronghold of Kudat, and was appointed state minister of Tourism Development, Environment, Science and Technology.[1]
Chong became the 13thChief Minister of Sabah in 2001 representing theChinese community in a rotation system mooted by former Prime Minister Dr.Mahathir Mohamad in 1994.
WhenMusa Aman took over the helm of the state government in 2003, Chong was appointed Deputy Chief Minister as well as the person in charge of the tourism, culture, and environment portfolio. It was then the rotation system was scrapped and from then onwards, the Chief Minister post was held by theUnited Malays National Organisation until the2018 Sabah state election.
In April 2007, Chong resigned from the Deputy Chief Minister post under Musa Aman's cabinet, citing matters of principle.[2][3]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1986 | N02Kudat, P134 Merudu | Chong Kah Kiat (BERJAYA) | 3,489 | 44.20% | Wong Phin Chung (PBS) | 4,380 | 55.48% | 7,973 | 891 | 76.94% | ||
| Dingle Anthony (IND) | 25 | 0.32% | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Chong Kah Kiat (LDP) | 4,043 | 43.25% | Wong Phin Chung (PBS) | 4,667 | 49.92% | 9.459 | 624 | 75.01% | |||
| Yong Sze Kiun (BERJAYA) | 309 | 3.31% | ||||||||||
| Lee Tain Soong (PRS) | 127 | 1.36% | ||||||||||
| Chong Jan Fah (DAP) | 94 | 1.01% | ||||||||||
| Gurahman Lolong (IND) | 60 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
| Wiilie Chong Kui Shen (AKAR) | 48 | 0.51% | ||||||||||
| 1999 | N02Kudat, P146 Merudu | Chong Kah Kiat (LDP) | 6,935 | 53.48% | Kong Hong Ming (PBS) | 5,447 | 42.00% | 13,080 | 1,488 | 72.76% | ||
| Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (AKAR) | 481 | 3.71% | ||||||||||
| Yong Sze Kiun (SETIA) | 105 | 0.81% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | N02Tanjong Kapor, P167 Kudat | Chong Kah Kiat (LDP) | 6,234 | 49.74% | Omar Mohd Aji (IND) | 3,241 | 25.86% | 12,865 | 2,993 | 69.40% | ||
| Kong Hong Ming (IND) | 1,877 | 14.98% | ||||||||||
| Wong Phin Chung (IND) | 1,035 | 8.26% | ||||||||||
| Santong Angkap (BERSEKUTU) | 52 | 0.41% | ||||||||||
| Alexandra Anthony (keADILan) | 50 | 0.40% | ||||||||||
| Bensali Ebrahim (PASOK) | 44 | 0.35% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N18Inanam, P171 Sepanggar | Chong Kah Kiat (LDP) | 1,606 | 9.51% | Peto Galim (PKR) | 8,586 | 50.92% | 16,890 | 5,638 | 64.87% | ||
| William Majinbon (PBS) | 2,948 | 17.38% | ||||||||||
| Kenny Chua Teck Ho (IND) | 2,346 | 13.89% | ||||||||||
| Francis Goh Fah Shun (GAGASAN) | 362 | 2.14% | ||||||||||
| How Regina Lim (PCS) | 291 | 1.72% | ||||||||||
| Achmad Noorasyrul Noortaip (IND) | 286 | 1.69% | ||||||||||
| Terence Tsen Kim Fatt (PKAN) | 255 | 1.51% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Hardy Abdullah (USNO Baru) | 156 | 0.92% | ||||||||||
| George Ngui (IND) | 54 | 0.32% | ||||||||||
Malaysia :
Companion of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1994)
Commander of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) –Tan Sri (2004)[8]
Sabah :
Commander of theOrder of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (1996)
Grand Commander of theOrder of Kinabalu (SPDK) –Datuk Seri Panglima (2022)| Preceded by | Chief Minister of Sabah 2001–2003 | Succeeded by |
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