Chong Sin Woon

Chong Sin Woon
张盛闻
Deputy Minister of Education II
In office
29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterMahdzir Khalid
Preceded byMary Yap
Succeeded byTeo Nie Ching
(Deputy Minister of Education)
ConstituencySenator
Senator
Elected by the
Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
In office
21 April 2014 – 28 April 2018
Serving with Salim Shariff
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2014–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byYeow Chai Thiam
Succeeded byKesavadas A. Achyuthan Nair
Secretary-General of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
Assumed office
26 September 2019
PresidentWee Ka Siong
DeputyChai Kim Sen
(2019–2021)
Pamela Yong
(since 2021)
Preceded byChew Mei Fun
Youth Chief of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
20 December 2013 – 4 November 2018
PresidentLiow Tiong Lai
DeputyChris Lee Ching Yong
Preceded byWee Ka Siong
Succeeded byNicole Wong Siaw Ting
Chairman of the Port Klang Authority
In office
28 April 2020 – 14 December 2022
MinisterWee Ka Siong
General managerSubramaniam Karuppiah
Preceded byEan Yong Hian Wah
Succeeded byEan Yong Hian Wah
Personal details
Born
Chong Sin Woon

(1973-12-25) 25 December 1973 (age 50)
Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
SpouseChai Yoke Shyuan
Children2
Alma materNational University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Chong Sin Woon (simplified Chinese: 张盛闻; traditional Chinese: 張盛聞; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tioⁿ Sēng-bûn; born 25 December 1973) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Education II from a Cabinet reshuffle in July 2015 to the collapse of the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration in May 2018. He served as a Senator from April 2014 to April 2017 for the first term and reappointed to serve from April 2017 to April 2020 for the second term until his resignation in April 2018 to contest in the 2018 General Election. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the BN coalition as well as its Secretary-General since September 2019 after the resignation of his predecessor Chew Mei Fun.[1]

  1. ^ Chung, Clarissa (26 September 2019). "Chong Sin Woon is MCA's new sec-gen". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 26 September 2019.