Tan Kee Kwong Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr.
Tan Kee Kwong
Constituency Mp2:Wangsa Maju
Parliament2:Malaysian
Term Start2:5 May 2013
Term End2:9 May 2018
Majority2:5,511 (2013)
Predecessor2:Wee Choo Keong (PRPKR)
Successor2:Tan Yee Kew (PHPKR)
Constituency Mp3:Segambut
Parliament3:Malaysian
Predecessor3:New constituency
Successor3:Lim Lip Eng (DAPPR)
Term Start3:8 March 1995
Term End3:7 March 2008
Majority3:12,158 (1995)
8,588 (1999)
16,968 (2004)
Birth Name:Tan Kee Kwong
Birth Date:[1]
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:People's Justice Party (PKR) (2008–)
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) (1995–2008)
Otherparty:Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015-)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008-2015)
Barisan Nasional (BN) (1995-2008)
Parents:Tan Chee Khoon
Occupation:Politician
Medical Doctor
Alma Mater:Universiti Malaya[2]
Website:https://www.facebook.com/Tankeekwong Facebook
T:陳記光
S:陈记光
P:Chén Jìguāng
J:Can4 Gei3-gwong1
Y:Chàhn Gei-gwōng

Dato' Dr. Tan Kee Kwong (; born 1947) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese origin. He served as a Member of Parliament for Wangsa Maju representing People's Justice Party (PKR) of Pakatan Harapan coalition between 2013 and 2018. Previously, he was the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) Member of Parliament for Segambut for three terms from 1995 to 2008 and was the deputy minister of Land and Cooperative Development from 1999 to 2004 in the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government.[3] [4] He later joined PKR in 2008 and currently sat on the party disciplinary board.

Early life and professional career

Tan is born and raised in Kuala Lumpur. His father, Tan Sri Tan Chee Khoon is the founder of the Gerakan party and the former official leader of opposition between 1964 and 1978.

Tan was educated at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, from 1960 to 1966. He was its School Captain in his final year. A medical doctor by profession, Tan graduated from University of Malaya and worked in United Kingdom during 1977 and 1981. He then worked for two years in Southern Sudan, practising community medicine with a voluntary Christian NGO.[5] He later returned to Malaysia and started a private clinic on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur.

Politics

In 1995, he joined Gerakan two month before the general election and Tan Sri Dato' Alex Lee nominated him as a candidate in the new created parliamentary seat of Segambut. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Segambut in the 1995 election and was re-elected in 1999 and 2004 elections. In 1999, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a position he held until 2004.

Tan did not contest in the March 2008 general election. He later quit Gerakan and joined PKR in August 2008.[6] [7] In the 2013 election, he contested and was elected as a Member of Parliament from Wangsa Maju on PKR ticket.[8]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1995P106 Segambut, Kuala Lumpur (Gerakan)24,25966.72% (DAP)12,10133.28%38,88012,15868.06%
1999 (Gerakan)24,92660.41%M. Manoharan (DAP)16,33839.59%42,1758,58870.16%
2004P117 Segambut, Kuala Lumpur (Gerakan)28,06171.67%Kuan Perk Siong (DAP)11,09328.33%40,26116,96870.20%
2013P116 Wangsa Maju (PKR)31,641 54.77%Mohd Shafei Abdullah (UMNO)26,13045.23%58,2915,51186.01%

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Future Direction of Malaysian Politics . Institute of Southeast Asian Studies . 22 March 2012 . 29 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Tan Kee Kwong . Malaysian MP Reference Site . 29 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Message for YB Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong MP of Segambut Rapid Bas U 11 - bas "hantu" . 9 August 2007 . 29 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Big Time theft in Felda - by Dr Tan Kee Kwong . Dr. Tan Kee Kwong . Blog for Change . 6 June 2010 . 13 August 2017.
  5. Web site: MYMP TAN KEE KWONG . Sinar Project Popit Database . UndiMsia . 13 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Quit as Gerakan adviser, Tan Kee Kwong tells Keng Yaik . 30 April 2008 . 29 February 2016 . tunku.
  7. Cheah, Royce. 2008. Former Segambut MP joins PKR. The Star, 6 September. Accessed 6 September 2008.
  8. Web site: Tan Kee Kwong, Y.B. Dato' Dr. . Parliament of Malaysia . Official Portal of Parliament of Malaysia . 29 February 2016.
  9. News: Penang Yang di-Pertua Negri's birthday honours list. The Star. 10 July 2004.