Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan | |
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杨巧双 | |
.jpg) Yeoh in 2023 | |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2022 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Adam Adli |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Faizal Azumu |
| Constituency | Segambut |
| Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development | |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| Preceded by | Azizah Mohd Dun (Women and Family Development) Chew Mei Fun (Community Development) |
| Succeeded by | Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff |
| Constituency | Segambut |
| 10thSpeaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 21 June 2013 – 9 April 2018 | |
| Monarch | Sharafuddin |
| Deputy | Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (2013–2014) Mohd Shafie Ngah (2014–2018) |
| Menteri Besar | Khalid Ibrahim (2013–2014) Azmin Ali (2014–2018) |
| Preceded by | Teng Chang Khim |
| Succeeded by | Ng Suee Lim |
| Constituency | Subang Jaya |
| Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2025 Serving with Steven Sim Chee Keong &Ramkarpal Singh | |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| Preceded by | Sivakumar Varatharaju |
| Assistant National Publicity Secretary of the Democratic Action Party | |
| In office 20 March 2022 – 16 March 2025 Serving with Ganabatirau Veraman | |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| National Publicity Secretary | Teo Nie Ching |
| Preceded by | Zairil Khir Johari |
| Succeeded by | Young Syefura Othman |
| Member of theMalaysian Parliament forSegambut | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Lim Lip Eng (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 45,702 (2018) 59,684 (2022) |
| Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly forSubang Jaya | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Hwa Beng (BN–MCA) |
| Succeeded by | Michelle Ng Mei Sze (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 13,851 (2008) 28,069 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (age 46) Subang Jaya,Selangor, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality |  Malaysia |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | www |
Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (simplified Chinese:杨巧双;traditional Chinese:楊巧雙;pinyin:Yáng Qiǎoshuāng;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Iôⁿ Khá-siang; born 9 January 1979) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as theMinister of Youth and Sports in the Unity Government administration under Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim since December 2022. She served as theDeputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the PH administration under former Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad and former MinisterWan Azizah Wan Ismail from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. She has served as theMember of Parliament (MP) forSegambut since May 2018. She also served as 10thSpeaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from June 2013 to April 2018 and Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forSubang Jaya from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of theDemocratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. She has served as the Deputy Secretary-General of DAP since March 2025. She served as the Assistant National Publicity Secretary of DAP from March 2022 to March 2025.
Born in Subang Jaya, Yeoh studied at SK Sri Subang Jaya, SRK SS19 and SMK Subang Utama, after which she continued her studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia and obtained her law degree in 2001. She was recognized as a lawyer by theMalaysian Bar in January 2003 and was subsequently admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania after obtaining a Certificate of Legal Practice in Tasmania. Yeoh then served as a lawyer in Petaling Jaya for three years before moving to the ceremony management company in 2006.
Driven by Edward Ling, her schoolmate, to join the world of politics, both Yeoh and Ling joined the Damansara DAP Branch in the late 2006. Yeoh opted to join the DAP even though the party was an opposition party as she felt that the stand of the political party is the most consistent, though its leaders are often threatened by theInternal Security Act (ISA) which allowed arrests and imprisonments without any trial.
Inspired by Damansara DAP Branch ChiefTony Pua who resigned to join DAP full-time, Yeoh followed Pua's footsteps and resigned shortly before the March 2008 general election to become a full-time politician.
Yeoh was elected as the MLA for Subang Jaya in the2008 Selangor state election.[1][2] In the2013 Selangor state election, Yeoh was reelected as Subang Jaya MLA. After her reelection, she was also elected as the first ever female Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.[3] At the age of 34, she became the youngest speaker of any state legislative assembly in Malaysia.[4]
In the2018 general election, Yeoh was nominated by her party to contest for theSegambut federal seat and was elected. When PH took over the federal government, she was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development by Prime Minister Mahathir.
In the2022 general election, Yeoh was renominated by her party to contest for the same seat and was reelected.[5] After PH formed thecoalition government with BN and other political coalitions and parties, Yeoh was appointed as Minister of Youth and Sports by Prime Minister Anwar on 3 December 2022. As the minister, Yeoh introduced the "Road to Gold" (RTG) high performance training programme in an effort to train athletes and olympians on becoming first ever gold medalists of the2024 Summer Olympics in theMalaysian history. The programme listed 15 badminton players, divers and cyclists ranging fromAaron Chia,Soh Wooi Yik,Pandelela Rinong,Azizulhasni Awang to others.[6][7]
Yeoh has 4 siblings. She is a formerlawyer and event manager.[8] She is married to Ramachandran Muniandy (born 1979) with whom she has two daughters, Shay Adora Ram and Kayleigh Imani Ram.[9]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2008 | N31Subang Jaya | Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (DAP) | 23,459 | 70.94% | Ong Chong Suan (MCA) | 9,608 | 29.06% | 33,067 | 13,851 | 79.31% | ||
| 2013 | Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (DAP) | 40,366 | 76.09% | Gan Meng Foo (MCA) | 12,297 | 23.17% | 53,052 | 28,069 | 86.20% | |||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballot cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2018 | P117Segambut | Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (DAP) | 53,124 | 82.07% | Loga Bala Mohan (MyPPP) | 7,422 | 11.47% | 77,956 | 45,702 | 83.72% | ||
| Mohd Solleh Abd Razak (PAS) | 4,181 | 6.46% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (DAP) | 68,438 | 80.05% | Prabagaran Vythilingam (Gerakan) | 8,754 | 10.24% | 85,491 | 59,684 | 71.45% | |||
| Daniel Ling Sia Chin (MCA) | 8,304 | 9.71% | ||||||||||
Malaysia :
Recipient of the17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSegambut 9 May 2018–present | Incumbent |
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