In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong (黄).

Wong Kah Woh (simplified Chinese: 黄家和; traditional Chinese: 黃家和; pinyin: Huáng Jiāhé; Jyutping: Wong4 Gaa1 Wo4; born 19 June 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Fadhlina Sidek since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taiping since November 2022. He served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) from August 2020 to October 2022 and Deputy Chairman of PAC from August 2018 to his promotion to the chairmanship in August 2020, MP for Ipoh Timor from May 2018 to November 2022[2] as well as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Canning from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the Political Education Director of DAP since March 2022 and the Youth Chief of DAP from November 2015 to December 2018. [3]

Political career

Deputy Minister of Education (since 2023)

In a cabinet reshuffle on 12 December 2023, Wong joined the government after he was appointed the new Deputy Minister of Education to replace Lim Hui Ying who became the Deputy Minister of Finance. His minister Fadhlina Sidek welcomed his appointment and he said his first assignment in the position was to answer questions at the Dewan Negara on behalf of his ministry and he pledged to work with Fadhlina to ensure the effective implementation of the policies of his ministry.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[4][5][6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P064 Ipoh Timor Wong Kah Woh (DAP) 56,519 80.46% Kathleen Wong Mei Yin (MCA) 13,722 19.54% 71,726 42,797 78.40%
2022 P060 Taiping Wong Kah Woh (DAP) 47,098 55.56% See Tean Seng (GERAKAN) 21,569 25.44% 84,769 25,529 69.73%
Neow Choo Seong (MCA) 14,599 17.22%
Leow Thye Yih (IND) 1,154 1.36%
Mohganan Manikam (IND) 236 0.28%
A. Rama Moorthy @ Steven Ram (IND) 113 0.13%
Perak State Legislative Assembly[7][4][8][9][10]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 N25 Canning Wong Kah Woh (DAP) 13,923 60.92% Vincent Hooi Wy Hon (Gerakan) 8,257 36.13% 22,854 5,666 71.44%
2013 Wong Kah Woh (DAP) 21,068 75.02% Ceylyn Tay Wei Lung (Gerakan) 6,624 23.59% 28,082 14,444 79.80%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Juggling politics and family - Metro News - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
  2. ^ "Bernama reports that PH's Wong Kah Woh has won the Ipoh Timur seat in Perak". Free Malaysia Today. 9 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Wong Kah Woh is DAP's new youth chief". Malaysiakini. 22 November 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  5. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  6. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  7. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  8. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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