Teng Boon Soon

In this Chinese name, the family name is Teng (邓).
Teng Boon Soon
AMN
邓文村
Deputy Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterShafie Apdal
Preceded byWong Kam Hoong
(Arts, Culture and Heritage)
Succeeded byVacant
ConstituencyTebrau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tebrau
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byAli Hassan
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byKhoo Soo Seang
(BN–MCA)
Majority26,011 (2004)
14,851 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Ling Ban San @ Teng Boon Soon

(1941-08-30) 30 August 1941 (age 83)
Johor, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician
Websitemptebrau.blogspot.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄧文村[1]
Simplified Chinese邓文村
Hanyu PinyinDèng Wéncūn
Hokkien POJTēng Bûn-chhûn

Teng Boon Soon (simplified Chinese: 邓文村; traditional Chinese: 鄧文村; born 30 August 1941) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and former Minister Shafie Apdal from March 2008 to April 2009 and Member of Parliament (MP) Tebrau from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is the uncle of Teng Chang Khim, former Senior Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and his younger brother Teng Chang Yeow, former Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Kota formerly of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN).

Teng was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general elections, succeeding United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) member Mohd Ali Hassan in the seat of Tebrau.[2][3] After the 2008 general election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi.[4] His ministerial post came under threat in November 2008 after he was defeated for a position on the MCA's Central Committee,[5] and he was subsequently left out of the ministry named by incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak in April 2009.[6] His parliamentary career was also ended in 2013, when Khoo Soo Seang replaced him as the MCA's candidate and won the Tebrau seat in the 2013 general election.

  1. ^ 67歲門外漢當官‧鄧文村："我還能走很遠的路". Guangming Daily (in Chinese). 28 March 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 31 January 2010. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout. Includes results from the 2004 election.
  3. ^ "Pas rep spoils Johor BN's dream of a clean sweep". Utusan. Utusan Group. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Cabinet Can Discharge Responsibility Effectively – Ghani". Berita Wilayah. Bernama. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ "MCA No Hurry To Decide Fate of Minister". mysinchew.com. Sin Chew Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Najib names 28-member Cabinet (Update 6)". The Star. Star Publications (Malaysia). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.