Wong Soon Koh | |
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黄顺舸 | |
State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak | |
In office 8 November 2020 – 19 March 2024 | |
Governor | Abdul Taib Mahmud (2020–2024) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (January–March 2024) |
Premier | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari (2022–2024) |
Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari (2020–2022) |
Preceded by | Chong Chieng Jen |
Succeeded by | Chong Chieng Jen |
Constituency | Bawang Assan |
State Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce of Sarawak | |
In office 6 May 2017 – 15 July 2019 | |
Governor | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari |
Deputy | Mohd Naroden Majais (E-Commerce) |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Awang Tengah Ali Hasan |
Constituency | Bawang Assan |
State Minister of Finance II of Sarawak | |
In office 2004 – 15 July 2019 | |
Governor | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (2004–2014) Abdul Taib Mahmud (2014–2019) |
Chief Minister | Abdul Taib Mahmud (2004–2014) Adenan Satem (2014–2017) Abang Abdul Rahman Johari (2017–2019) |
Minister | Abdul Taib Mahmud (2004–2014) Adenan Satem (2014–2017) Abang Abdul Rahman Johari (2017–2019) |
Succeeded by | Douglas Uggah Embas |
Constituency | Bawang Assan |
State Minister of Local Government and Community Development of Sarawak | |
In office 28 September 2011 – 12 May 2016 | |
Governor | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (2011–2014) Abdul Taib Mahmud (2014–2016) |
Chief Minister | Abdul Taib Mahmud (2011–2014) Adenan Satem (2014–2016) |
Deputy | Jerip Susil Peter Nansian Ngusie John Sikie Tayai |
Succeeded by | Sim Kui Hian |
Constituency | Bawang Assan |
State Minister of Environment and Public Health of Sarawak | |
In office 2008 – 27 September 2011 | |
Governor | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin |
Chief Minister | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
Succeeded by | Abdul Taib Mahmud (Environment) |
Constituency | Bawang Assan |
Senior Vice President of the Progressive Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 6 April 2024 Serving with Penguang Manggil (Senior Vice President I) & Rolland Duat Jubin (Senior Vice President II) | |
President | Tiong King Sing |
1st President of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu | |
In office 2015 – 19 March 2024 | |
Deputy | Jerip Susil Johnical Rayong Ngipa |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Bawang Assan | |
Assumed office 28 September 1991 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Majority | 2,892 (1991) 2,709 (1996) 7,096 (2001) 2,504 (2006) 1,808 (2011) 4,131 (2016) 913 (2021) |
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | |
1991–2014 | Barisan Nasional |
2014 | Sarawak People's Energy Party |
2014–2016 | United People's Party |
2016–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
2018–2019 | United Sarawak Party |
2019–2024 | Parti Sarawak Bersatu |
2024– | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
Personal details | |
Born | Wong Soon Koh 16 May 1942 Sibu, Japanese occupation of British Borneo (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) (2015–2024) Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) (since 2024) |
Other political affiliations | Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2024) |
Spouse | Pauline Leong |
Children | Andrew Wong Kee Yew |
Residence(s) | Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Occupation | Politician |
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Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh (simplified Chinese: 黄顺舸; traditional Chinese: 黃順舸; pinyin: Huáng shùngě; Jyutping: Wong4 Seon6 Go2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Sūn-ko; born 16 May 1942),[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bawang Assan since September 1991. He served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak from November 2020 to March 2024, State Minister of Finance II of Sarawak from 2004 and State Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce from May 2017 to his resignation in July 2019, State Minister of Local Government and Community Development from September 2011 to May 2016 and State Minister of Environment and Public Health from 2008 to September 2011. He is a member of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He was a member of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP). He has also served as the Senior Vice President of PDP since April 2024. He also served as the 1st, founding and only President of PSB from 2015 to the dissolution of the party in March 2024.