Hou Kok Chung

Hou Kok Chung
何国忠
Deputy Minister of Higher Education I
In office
19 March 2008 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Idris Haron (2008–2009)
Saifuddin Abdullah (2009–2013)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
MinisterMohamed Khaled Nordin
Preceded byOng Tee Keat
Succeeded byP. Kamalanathan
ConstituencyKluang
Vice-President of Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
21 December 2013 – 5 November 2018
PresidentLiow Tiong Lai
DeputyWee Ka Siong
Preceded byDonald Lim Siang Chai
Succeeded byTan Teik Cheng
ConstituencyKluang
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kluang
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byHoo Seong Chang (MCABN)
Succeeded byLiew Chin Tong (DAP)
Majority3,781 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Hou Kok Chung

(1963-02-22) 22 February 1963 (age 61)
Kluang, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
SOAS University of London
OccupationPolitician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何國忠
Simplified Chinese何国忠
Hanyu PinyinHé Guózhōng
Hokkien POJHô Kok-tiong

Hou Kok Chung (Chinese: 何国忠; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô Kok-tiong; born 22 February 1963) is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) of the opposition Barisan National (BN) coalition.