Wong Soon Koh

Wong Soon Koh
黄顺舸
Wong Soon Koh in 2018
State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak
In office
8 November 2020 – 19 March 2024
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
(2020–2024)
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(January–March 2024)
PremierAbang Abdul Rahman Johari
(2022–2024)
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Johari
(2020–2022)
Preceded byChong Chieng Jen
Succeeded byChong Chieng Jen
ConstituencyBawang Assan
State Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce of Sarawak
In office
6 May 2017 – 15 July 2019
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Johari
DeputyMohd Naroden Majais
(E-Commerce)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAwang Tengah Ali Hasan
ConstituencyBawang Assan
State Minister of Finance II of Sarawak
In office
2004 – 15 July 2019
GovernorAbang Muhammad Salahuddin
(2004–2014)
Abdul Taib Mahmud
(2014–2019)
Chief MinisterAbdul Taib Mahmud
(2004–2014)
Adenan Satem
(2014–2017)
Abang Abdul Rahman Johari
(2017–2019)
MinisterAbdul Taib Mahmud
(2004–2014)
Adenan Satem
(2014–2017)
Abang Abdul Rahman Johari
(2017–2019)
Succeeded byDouglas Uggah Embas
ConstituencyBawang Assan
State Minister of Local Government and Community Development of Sarawak
In office
28 September 2011 – 12 May 2016
GovernorAbang Muhammad Salahuddin
(2011–2014)
Abdul Taib Mahmud
(2014–2016)
Chief MinisterAbdul Taib Mahmud
(2011–2014)
Adenan Satem
(2014–2016)
DeputyJerip Susil
Peter Nansian Ngusie
John Sikie Tayai
Succeeded bySim Kui Hian
ConstituencyBawang Assan
State Minister of Environment and Public Health of Sarawak
In office
2008 – 27 September 2011
GovernorAbang Muhammad Salahuddin
Chief MinisterAbdul Taib Mahmud
Succeeded byAbdul Taib Mahmud
(Environment)
ConstituencyBawang 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)
PresidentTiong King Sing
1st President of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu
In office
2015 – 19 March 2024
DeputyJerip Susil
Johnical Rayong Ngipa
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Bawang Assan
Assumed office
28 September 1991
Preceded byPosition established
Majority2,892 (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
1991–2014Barisan Nasional
2014Sarawak People's Energy Party
2014–2016United People's Party
2016–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019United Sarawak Party
2019–2024Parti Sarawak Bersatu
2024–Gabungan Parti Sarawak
Personal details
Born
Wong Soon Koh

(1942-05-16) 16 May 1942 (age 82)
Sibu, Japanese occupation of British Borneo (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partySarawak 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)
SpousePauline Leong
ChildrenAndrew Wong Kee Yew
Residence(s)Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
OccupationPolitician
Signature

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.

  1. ^ "DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI SARAWAK". Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2019.