Wee Ka Siong

Wee Ka Siong
魏家祥
Wee in 2021
Minister of Transport
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyHenry Sum Agong
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAnthony Loke Siew Fook
ConstituencyAyer Hitam
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyHasbi Habibollah
Preceded byAnthony Loke Siew Fook
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyAyer Hitam
11th President of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
Assumed office
4 November 2018
DeputyMah Hang Soon
Preceded byLiow Tiong Lai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Ayer Hitam
Assumed office
21 March 2004
Preceded byPosition established
Majority15,763 (2004)
13,909 (2008)
7,310 (2013)
303 (2018)
2,963 (2022)
Ministerial offices
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office
14 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyAyer Hitam
Deputy Minister of Education
In office
19 March 2008 – 14 May 2013
Serving with Razali Ismail (2008–2010)
Mohd Puad Zarkashi (2010–2013)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein (2008)
Muhyiddin Yassin (2008–2013)
Preceded byHon Choon Kim
Succeeded byKamalanathan Panchanathan
ConstituencyAyer Hitam
Party offices
Deputy President of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
21 December 2013 – 3 November 2018
PresidentLiow Tiong Lai
Preceded byLiow Tiong Lai
Succeeded byMah Hang Soon
Youth Chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
13 October 2008 – 21 December 2013
PresidentOng Tee Keat
Chua Soi Lek
DeputyMah Hang Soon
Preceded byLiow Tiong Lai
Succeeded byChong Sin Woon
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2004–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Wee Ka Siong

(1968-10-20) 20 October 1968 (age 56)
Jasin, Malacca, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
SpouseJessica Lim Hai Ean
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Technology Malaysia (BEng, PhD)
Nanyang Technological University (MEng)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer
Websiteweekasiong.com.my

Datuk Seri Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong (Chinese: 魏家祥; pinyin: Wèi Jiāxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gūi Ka-siông; born 20 October 1968) is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Hitam since March 2004. He served as Minister of Transport for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and his first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and the Deputy Minister of Education in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Ministers Hishammuddin Hussein and Muhyiddin from March 2008 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018.[1]He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the 11th President of MCA since November 2018. He also served as the Deputy President of MCA from December 2013 to his promotion to the party presidency in November 2018 as well as the Youth Chief of MCA from October 2008 to his promotion to the party deputy president in December 2013. He was the sole minister of Chinese ethnicity and MCA in the PN and BN administrations from March 2020 to November 2022 and sole MCA candidate to be elected in the 2018 general election. [2]

  1. ^ "SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ "MCA polls: New leaders will bring a breath of fresh air, says Lee". The Star. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2014.