Chua Jui Meng

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Chua Jui Meng SIMP DPMS
蔡锐明
Minister of Health
In office 8 May 1995 – 26 March 2004
Monarchs	Ja’afar (1995–1999) Salahuddin (1999–2001) Sirajuddin (2001–2004)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad (1995–2003) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003–2004)
Deputy	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman (1995–1996) Mohd Ali Rustam (1996–1999) Suleiman Mohamed (1999–2004)
Preceded by	Lee Kim Sai
Succeeded by	Chua Soi Lek
Constituency	Bakri
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bakri
In office 3 August 1986 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Er Teck Hwa (DAP)
Majority	1,105 (1986) 3,111 (1990) 12,318 (1995) 13,360 (1999) 19,059 (2004)
Personal details
Born	(1943-10-22)22 October 1943 Muar, Johor, Japanese-occupied Malaya
Died	3 December 2023(2023-12-03) (aged 80) Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) (1976–2009) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2009–2023)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (1976–2009) Pakatan Rakyat[1] (PR) (2009–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2023)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Website	chuajuimeng123.blogspot.com

Dato' Chua Jui Meng (simplified Chinese: 蔡锐明; traditional Chinese: 蔡銳明; pinyin: Cài Ruìmíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Jōe-bêng; 22 October 1943 – 3 December 2023) was a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Health from May 1995 to March 2004 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bakri from August 1986 to March 2008. He was the longest-serving Minister of Health in the history of Malaysia by serving in the position for almost 9 years.^[2] He was also a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition as well as the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He also served as the State Chairman of PKR of Johor and the Vice-President of MCA.