Wong Kah Woh

Wong Kah Woh
黄家和
Deputy Minister of Education
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterFadhlina Sidek
Preceded byLim Hui Ying
ConstituencyTaiping
Chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee
In office
27 August 2020 – 10 October 2022
Nominated byMuhyiddin Yassin
Appointed byAzhar Azizan Harun
DeputyAzizah Mohd Dun
Preceded byNoraini Ahmad
Succeeded byMas Ermieyati Samsudin
ConstituencyIpoh Timor
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Taiping
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byTeh Kok Lim
(PHDAP)
Majority25,529 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Ipoh Timor
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byThomas Su Keong Siong
(PR–DAP)
Succeeded byLee Chuan How
(PH–DAP)
Majority42,797 (2018)
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Canning
In office
8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byVincent Hooi Wy Hon
(BNGERAKAN)
Succeeded byJenny Choy Tsi Jen
(PH–DAP)
Majority5,666 (2008)
14,444 (2013)
Political Education Director
of the Democratic Action Party
Assumed office
20 March 2022
AssistantWong Shu Qi
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded byLiew Chin Tong
Youth Chief of the
Democratic Action Party
In office
22 November 2015 – 2 December 2018
DeputyWong King Wei
Secretary-GeneralLim Guan Eng
Preceded byTeo Kok Seong
Succeeded byLee Chuan How
Personal details
Born
Wong Kah Woh

(1980-06-19) 19 June 1980 (age 44)
Bidor, Batang Padang District, Perak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
SpouseChoo Sze Lin[1]
Children3
Alma materInternational Islamic University Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
Websitewongkahwoh-canning.blogspot.com

Wong Kah Woh (simplified Chinese: 黄家和; traditional Chinese: 黃家和; pinyin: Huáng Jiāhé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Ka-hô; born 19 June 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Fadhlina Sidek since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taiping since November 2022. He served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) from August 2020 to October 2022 and Deputy Chairman of PAC from August 2018 to his promotion to the chairmanship in August 2020, MP for Ipoh Timor from May 2018 to November 2022[2] as well as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Canning from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the Political Education Director of DAP since March 2022 and the Youth Chief of DAP from November 2015 to December 2018. [3]

  1. ^ "Juggling politics and family - Metro News - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
  2. ^ "Bernama reports that PH's Wong Kah Woh has won the Ipoh Timur seat in Perak". Free Malaysia Today. 9 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Wong Kah Woh is DAP's new youth chief". Malaysiakini. 22 November 2015.