Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk |
Hiew Vun Zin | |
Birth Name: | George Hiew Vun Zin |
Birth Place: | Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia |
Term Start1: | 16 May 2018 |
Term End1: | 29 September 2020 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Shafie Apdal |
Governor1: | Juhar Mahiruddin |
Constituency1: | Karamunting |
Predecessor1: | Joachim Gunsalam |
Successor1: | Isnin Aliasnih Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supian |
Term Start2: | 20 March 2023 |
1Blankname2: | President of GAGASAN |
Constituency2: | Karamunting (state constituency division leader) |
Predecessor2: | Position established |
Constituency Am3: | Karamunting |
Assembly3: | Sabah State Legislative |
Term Start3: | 9 May 2018 |
Majority3: | 3,848 (2018) 2,479 (2020) |
Predecessor3: | Charles O Pang Su Sin (BN–LDP) |
Office5: | Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly |
Subterm5: | 2018–2023 |
Suboffice5: | Sabah Heritage Party |
Subterm6: | 2023– |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Nationality: | Malaysia |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Tracy Kong Sim Yee |
George Hiew Vun Zin (; born 1979) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Karamunting since May 2018. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and former Minister Jaujan Sambakong from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020. He is a member of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and was a former member of WARISAN as well as the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.[1] [2] [3] [4] He was also a former Member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Sandakan of WARISAN. In 2016, he left DAP for WARISAN and on 4 March 2023, he left WARISAN for GAGASAN to support a local party after WARISAN declared to become a national party.[5] He become a Divisional Chairperson of Karamunting of Gagasan Rakyat in 2023, and also become one of the GRS main leaders in Sandakan.
Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2013 | N45 Elopura | George Hiew Vun Zin (DAP) | 7,854 | 47.81% | Au Kam Wah (GERAKAN) | 8,105 | 49.34% | 16,709 | 251 | 74.90% | |||
Liau Fook Kong (SAPP) | 469 | 2.85% | |||||||||||
2018 | N44 Karamunting | George Hiew Vun Zin (WARISAN) | 7,243 | 63.67% | Lim Kai Min (LDP) | 3,395 | 29.84% | 11,724 | 3,848 | 73.00% | |||
Norsah Bongsu (PAS) | 677 | 5.95% | |||||||||||
Besarun Kecha (STAR) | 61 | 0.54% | |||||||||||
2020 | N54 Karamunting | (WARISAN) | 5,694 | 58.76% | Chew Kok Woh (MCA) | 3,215 | 33.17% | 9,690 | 2,479 | 60.96% | |||
bgcolor= | Adam Rachel Singh Chal (USNO Baru) | 306 | 3.16% | ||||||||||
Kong Nyuk Thou (PBS) | 235 | 2.43% | |||||||||||
Ha Cheun Hoo (LDP) | 129 | 1.33% | |||||||||||
Loo Mun Yew (PCS) | 81 | 0.84% | |||||||||||
Lee Tiang Yong (PPRS) | 30 | 0.31% |