| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr. |
| Fong Chan Onn | |
| Native Name: | |
| Birth Date: | 29 February 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Japanese occupation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Office: | Minister of Human Resources |
| Primeminister: | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Term Start: | 15 December 1999 |
| Term End: | 18 March 2008 |
| Predecessor: | Lim Ah Lek |
| Deputy: | 1. Abdul Latiff Ahmad (1999-2004) 2. Abdul Rahman Bakar (2004-2008) |
| Constituency: | Selandar Alor Gajah |
| Successor: | Subramaniam Sathasivam |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Education |
| Primeminister1: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Alongside1: | Leo Michael Toyad (1990-1995) Mohd Khalid Mohd Yunos (1995-1999) |
| Constituency1: | Selandar |
| Minister1: | Anwar Ibrahim (1990-1991) Sulaiman Daud (1991-1995) Najib Razak (1995-1999) |
| Term Start1: | 27 October 1990 |
| Term End1: | 14 December 1999 |
| Successor1: | Han Choon Kim |
| Predecessor1: | Woon See Chin |
| Monarch1: | Azlan Shah Ja'afar Salahuddin |
| Parliament2: | Malaysian |
| Constituency Mp2: | Alor Gajah |
| Term Start2: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End2: | 5 May 2013 |
| Majority2: | 22,548 (2004) 12,884 (2008) |
| Predecessor2: | Abu Seman Yusop (UMNO-BN) |
| Successor2: | Koh Nai Kwong (MCA-BN) |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Constituency Mp3: | Selandar |
| Term Start3: | 20 October 1990 |
| Term End3: | 21 March 2004 |
| Majority3: | 10,401 (1990) 23,180 (1995) 10,739 (1999) |
| Predecessor3: | Kok Wee Kiat (MCA-BN) |
| Successor3: | Constituency abolished |
| Office4: | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Malacca State Liaison Committee chairman |
| Term Start4: | 2007 |
| Term End4: | 2008 |
| Predecessor4: | Poh Ah Thiam |
| Successor4: | Wee Ka Siong |
| Party: | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Profession: | Electrical engineer |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Tan Lay Hwa (陈丽华) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Canterbury University of Rochester |
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr. Fong Chan Onn (born 29 February 1944) is a Malaysian politician and a former Minister of Human Resources. He is a former vice-president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He served as a Member of Parliament for Selandar from 1999 to 2004 and Alor Gajah from 2004 until 2013.
Fong received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He went on to receive his MBA and PhD in Operations Research/Industrial Economics from University of Rochester, New York.
He began his career in the civil service as an engineer at the Kuala Lumpur Telecommunications Department. He later joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya, rising to become Dean in 1990.
Fong was elected as the Member of Parliament for Selandar in the 1990, 1995, 1999 general elections and for Alor Gajah constituency in the 2004, 2008 general elections .[1]
Fong became an MCA vice-president in 1996, but stepped down after the 2008 MCA elections when he lost his bid for re-election.[2]
From 1990 to 1999, he served as Deputy Minister of Education. Following the 1999 general elections, Fong was appointed Minister of Human Resources by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He remained in that ministry until 2008, when he left the Cabinet, and retired from Parliament at the 2013 election.[3]
Post retirement, he became the Chairman of Enterprise Asia, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that is set up to champion entrepreneurship development in Asia.[4]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | P111 Selandar, Malacca | (MCA) | 19,120 | 68.68% | Samat Abdullah (S46) | 8,719 | 31.32% | 28,737 | 10,401 | 75.66% | ||||
| 1995 | P121 Selandar, Malacca | (MCA) | 28,366 | 84.54% | Burkhan Abdullah (S46) | 5,186 | 15.46% | 35,160 | 23,180 | 73.80% | ||||
| 1999 | (MCA) | 23,055 | 65.18% | Chua Tian Chang (keADILan) | 12,316 | 34.82% | 36,525 | 10,739 | 73.70% | |||||
| 2004 | P135 Alor Gajah, Malacca | (MCA) | 29,920 | 76.05% | Goh Leong San (DAP) | 7,372 | 18.74% | 39,343 | 22,548 | 76.26% | ||||
| 2008 | (MCA) | 26,354 | 66.18% | Tan Lay Siang (DAP) | 13,470 | 33.82% | 41,854 | 12,884 | 77.37% | |||||
Fong is also an avid photographer and has won awards for his images. For two consecutive years he has won The Societies Photographer of Year (2018 [8] and 2019 [9]) gaining international success for his photography.