Ong Ka Ting | |
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黄家定 | |
Acting Minister of Health | |
In office 2 January 2008 – 18 March 2008 | |
Monarch | Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Abdul Latiff Ahmad |
Preceded by | Chua Soi Lek |
Constituency | Kulai |
Minister of Housing and Local Government | |
In office 15 December 1999 – 18 March 2008 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | |
Deputy | Peter Chin Fah Kui (Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government I) (1999–2004) M. Kayveas (Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government II) (2001–2003) |
Constituency | Pontian |
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II | |
In office 8 May 1995 – 14 December 1999 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | |
Constituency | Pontian |
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs | |
In office 1993–1995 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy Minister | Megat Junid Megat Ayub |
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health | |
In office 1990–1993 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Lee Kim Sai |
Deputy Minister | Mohd Farid Ariffin |
7th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association | |
In office 23 May 2003 – 18 October 2008 | |
Deputy | Chan Kong Choy |
Preceded by | Ling Liong Sik |
Succeeded by | Ong Tee Keat |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
1990–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
Other roles | |
2011–2017 | Special Envoy of Malaysia to China |
Personal details | |
Born | Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | 15 November 1956
Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Spouse | Wendy Chong Siew Mei (张秀梅) |
Relations | Younger brother of Ong Ka Chuan |
Children | Ong Li En Ong Xing Yang |
Alma mater | University of Malaya (UM) |
Occupation | Politician |
Ong Ka Ting (simplified Chinese: 黄家定; traditional Chinese: 黃家定; pinyin: Huáng Jiādìng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Ka-tēng; born 15 November 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He was the former Housing and Local Government Minister from 1999 to 2008 and Acting Transport Minister from May to June 2003 in the Malaysian cabinet. Ong also served as the seventh president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party in Barisan Nasional (BN); from May 2003 to October 2008. He was appointed Special Envoy of Malaysia to China on 1 November 2011.[1] He relinquished the Special Envoy's post on 31 December 2017 after serving three terms.[2][3]