Ng Yen Yen

Ng Yen Yen
黄燕燕
Minister of Tourism
In office
16 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputySulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib (2009)
James Dawos Mamit (2009–2013)
Preceded byAzalina Othman Said
Succeeded byMohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz as Minister of Tourism and Culture
ConstituencyRaub
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyNoriah Kasnon
Preceded byShahrizat Abdul Jalil
Succeeded byShahrizat Abdul Jalil
ConstituencyRaub
Deputy Minister of Finance II
In office
1 July 2003 – 18 March 2008
Serving with Shafie Salleh (2003–2004)
Tengku Putera Tengku Awang (2004–2006)
Awang Adek Hussin (2006–2008)
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterMahathir Mohamad (2003)
Jamaluddin Jarjis (2002–2004)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003–2008)
Nor Mohamed Yakcop (2004–2008)
Preceded byChan Kong Choy
Succeeded byKong Cho Ha
ConstituencyRaub
Vice-President of Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
18 October 2008 – 21 December 2013
Serving with Kong Cho Ha (2008–2010)
Liow Tiong Lai (2008–2010)
Tan Kok Hong (2008–2010)
Donald Lim Siang Chai (2010–2013)
Chor Chee Heung (2010–2013)
Gan Ping Sieu (2010–2013)
PresidentOng Tee Keat
Chua Soi Lek
DeputyChua Soi Lek
Liow Tiong Lai
Preceded byOng Tee Keat
Succeeded byLee Chee Leong
ConstituencyRaub
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Raub
In office
29 November 1999 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byTeng Gaik Kwan (MCABN)
Succeeded byMohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz (DAP)
Majority5,864 (1999)
9,752 (2004)
2,752 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Oei Yang Yang @ Ng Yen Yen

(1946-04-10) 10 April 1946 (age 78)
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malayan Union (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
SpouseChin Chee Sue
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
Johns Hopkins University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMedical doctor
Websitewww.drngyenyen.com

Ng Yen Yen (Chinese: 黄燕燕; pinyin: Huáng Yàn Yàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Iàn-iàn; born 10 April 1946) is a Malaysian politician who had served in the Cabinet of Malaysia as Minister of Women, Family and Community Development from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Tourism from 2009 to 2013. Her appointment as a full minister marked a milestone as the first Malaysian Chinese woman to hold a cabinet position.

Ng was the first woman to be elected to the position of Vice-President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) from 2008 to 2013. Earlier she was the chief of the Women's wing of the MCA until 2008.