| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri |
| Ong Ka Chuan | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Office: | Second Minister of International Trade and Industry |
| Primeminister: | Najib Razak |
| Alongside: | Mustapa Mohamed |
| Term Start: | 29 July 2015 |
| Term End: | 9 May 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Position Established |
| Successor: | Position Abolished |
| Deputy: | Lee Chee Leong (2015–2016) Ahmad Maslan Chua Tee Yong (2016–2018) |
| Constituency: | Tanjong Malim |
| Office2: | Minister of Housing and Local Government |
| Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Term Start2: | 19 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 9 April 2009 |
| Predecessor2: | Ong Ka Ting |
| Successor2: | Kong Cho Ha |
| Deputy2: | Hamzah Zainudin Robert Lau Hoi Chew |
| Constituency2: | Tanjong Malim |
| Office3: | Secretary-General of the Malaysian Chinese Association |
| President3: | Liow Tiong Lai |
| Deputy3: | Wee Jeck Seng |
| Term Start3: | 31 December 2013 |
| Term End3: | 16 November 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | Kong Cho Ha |
| Successor3: | Chew Mei Fun |
| Constituency3: | Tanjong Malim |
| President4: | Ong Ka Ting Ong Tee Keat |
| Deputy4: | Wong Kam Hoong |
| Term Start4: | 30 August 2005 |
| Term End4: | 11 November 2008 |
| Predecessor4: | Ting Chew Peh |
| Successor4: | Wong Foon Meng |
| Constituency4: | Tanjong Malim |
| Parliament5: | Malaysian |
| Constituency Mp5: | Tanjong Malim |
| Term Start5: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End5: | 9 May 2018 |
| Majority5: | 5,422 (2008) 4,328 (2013) |
| Predecessor5: | Loke Yuen Yow (BN–MCA) |
| Successor5: | Chang Lih Kang (PH–PKR) |
| Assembly6: | Perak State Legislative |
| Constituency Am6: | Chenderiang |
| Term Start6: | 3 August 1986 |
| Term End6: | 21 March 2004 |
| Majority6: | 3,929 (1986) 5,931 (1990) 6,311 (1995) 3,557 (1999) |
| Predecessor6: | Chan Kon You (BN–MCA) |
| Successor6: | Look Kuan @ Look Kok Kong (BN–MCA) |
| Party: | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Teacher |
| Relations: | Elder brother of Ong Ka Ting |
| Spouse: | Chan Beng Choo |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya |
Ong Ka Chuan (; born 29 May 1954) is a Malaysian politician and was the Member of Parliament for Tanjung Malim, Perak from March 2008 to May 2018.[1] Ong served twice as the secretary-general of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition. The first time he served was under the presidencey of Ong Ka Ting, who is also his younger brother on 29 August 2005[2] [3] and the second time by the 10th MCA President Liow Tiong Lai on 31 December 2013.[4] [5] [6]
Ong was the Second Minister for International Trade and Industry from 2015 to 2018.[7] [8] Formerly he was the Minister of Housing and Local Government from 2008 to 2009.
Ong was born on 29 May 1954 in Lenggong, Perak. He graduated from the University of Malaya (UM) and worked as a school teacher before entering politics. He is married to Puan Sri Chan Beng Choo and the couple has two children.
MCA former President Ong Ka Ting, is his younger brother.
Ong was a member of the Perak State Assembly for Chenderiang for four terms from 1986 to 2004,[9] before contesting the federal seat of Batu Gajah in the 2004 general election. He lost to Fong Poh Kuan of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), despite the Barisan Nasional coalition making widespread gains nationwide.[10] Despite this, he was appointed MCA secretary-general the following year and served concurrently with his brother Ong Ka Ting as president.[2] [3]
In the 2008 general elections, Ong contested and won the Tanjung Malim parliamentary seat. He was appointed Minister of Housing and Local Government.[9] Later that year, Ong contested the MCA deputy presidency but lost to Chua Soi Lek, and was immediately removed as secretary-general by new president Ong Tee Keat.[11] [12] In 2009, he was dropped from the Cabinet by incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak.[13]
In the 2013 general elections, Ong successfully defended his parliamentary seat despite MCA suffered its worst electoral result in its history. As a result of MCA poor performance and its previously passed resolution not to take up cabinet posts in the government if it failed in the 13th general election, MCA will not take up any government position.[14] [15] Later in 2013, MCA elected Liow Tiong Lai as the new president and reversed its resolution.[16] [17] Liow appointed Ong as new MCA secretary-general for the second time then.[4] [6] In 2015, Najib Razak in a cabinet reshuffle eventually appointed Ong as the Second Minister for International Trade and Industry.[7] [8]
He was dropped as a candidate for the Tanjong Malim constituency in the 2018 election.[18]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | N35 Chenderiang | (MCA) | 7,754 | 63.59% | Aw Too Yen (DAP) | 3,825 | 31.37% | 12,194 | 3,929 | 66.99% | ||||
| 1990 | (MCA) | 9,482 | 68.32% | Shelvarajah Ponniah (DAP) | 3,551 | 25.59% | 13,879 | 5,931 | 66.59% | |||||
| 1995 | N40 Chenderiang | (MCA) | 8,582 | 72.67% | Harikrishnan Vellapan (DAP) | 2,271 | 19.23% | 11,809 | 6,311 | 62.41% | ||||
| Foo Koon Yow (IND) | 168 | 1.42% | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | (MCA) | 7,168 | 58.79% | Mahinder Singh (keADILan) | 3,611 | 29.62% | 12,192 | 3,557 | 60.63% | |||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P066 Batu Gajah | Ong Ka Chuan (MCA) | 20,814 | 40.85% | (DAP) | 28,847 | 56.62% | 50,952 | 8,033 | 69.66% | ||||
| 2008 | P077 Tanjong Malim | (MCA) | 21,016 | 55.15% | Mohamad Azman Marjohan (PKR) | 15,594 | 40.92% | 38,107 | 5,422 | 71.25% | ||||
| 2013 | (MCA) | 28,225 | 52.86% | Tan Yee Kew (PKR) | 23,897 | 44.75% | 53,399 | 4,328 | 82.80% | |||||
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