Frankie Poon Ming Fung Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Datuk
Frankie Poon Ming Fung
Birth Name:Frankie Poon Ming Fung
Birth Date:30 March 1959
Birth Place:Sandakan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Office:Chairman of the Sabah Development Berhad
Term Start:13 January 2023
Governor:Juhar Mahiruddin
1Blankname:Chief Minister
Term Start1:21 May 2019
Term End1:29 September 2020
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Shafie Apdal
2Blankname1:Assistant
2Namedata1:Norazlinah Arif
Governor1:Juhar Mahiruddin
Constituency1:Tanjong Papat
Predecessor1:Stephen Wong Tien Fatt
Successor1:Shahelmey Yahya
Term Start2:16 May 2018
Term End2:21 May 2019
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Shafie Apdal
2Blankname2:Assistant Minister
2Namedata2:Arunarsin Taib
Governor2:Juhar Mahiruddin
Constituency2:Tanjong Papat
Predecessor2:Masiung Banah
Successor2:Phoong Jin Zhe
Constituency Am3:Tanjong Papat
Assembly3:Sabah State Legislative
Term Start3:9 May 2018
Majority3:1,816 (2018)
3,743 (2020)
Predecessor3:Raymond Tan Shu Kiah
(BNGERAKAN)
Office4:State Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party of Sabah
Term Start4:28 March 2019
Predecessor4:Stephen Wong Tien Fatt
1Blankname4:Secretary-General
1Namedata4:Lim Guan Eng

Anthony Loke Siew Fook
2Blankname4:National Chairman
2Namedata4:Tan Kok Wai

Lim Guan Eng
Office5:Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Subterm5:2018–
Suboffice5:Pakatan Harapan
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Otherparty:Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Ales Chan Ket Lei

Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Sabah Development Berhad (SDB) since January 2023[1] and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjong Papat since May 2018. He served as the State Minister of People's Health and Wellbeing of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration from May 2019 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020 and the State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah from May 2018 to May 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has served as the State Chairman of DAP of Sabah since March 2019, in acting capacity from March 2019 to November 2021 and in official capacity since November 2021.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013N46 Tanjong PapatFrankie Poon Ming Fung (DAP)4,63142.20%Raymond Tan Shu Kiah (GERAKAN)6,15356.06%11,181 1,522 75.90%
Yong Chie Man (SAPP)1911.74%
2018Frankie Poon Ming Fung (DAP)5,81856.19%Raymond Tan Shu Kiah (GERAKAN)4,00238.66%10,567 1,816 72.90%
Jufazli Shi Ahmad (IND)5335.15%
2020N56 Tanjong Papat (DAP)5,90068.00%Yong Chie Man (SAPP)2,15724.87%8,676 3,743 60.73%
bgcolor= Mohd Yunus Apil (USNO Baru)3453.98%
Noraini Sulong (IND)981.13%
Chung Yu Seng (PCS)790.91%
Lam Jin Dak (LDP)620.71%
Jamal Ali (PPRS)350.40%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabah Barisan dissident, Sabah DAP chief get top GLC posts. The Star. 13 January 2023. 15 January 2023.