Kerk Choo Ting | |
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郭洙镇 | |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry II | |
In office 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006 Serving with Mohd Shariff Omar | |
Monarch | Sirajuddin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Preceded by | New position |
Succeeded by | Mah Siew Keong |
Constituency | Simpang Renggam |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Simpang Renggam, Johor | |
In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Liang Teck Meng (BN–Gerakan) |
Majority | 14,155 (2004) |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Taiping, Perak | |
In office 20 October 1990 – 21 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Paul Leong Khee Seong (BN–Gerakan) |
Succeeded by | M. Kayveas (BN–PPP) |
Majority | 2,585 (1990) 16,767 (1995) 3,969 (1999) |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 October 1941 |
Died | 22 May 2018 | (aged 76)
Nationality | Malaysian |
Political party | Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) (–2018) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) |
Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (14 October 1941–22 May 2018) was a former Taiping Member of Parliament and deputy president of the Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan). He was also the former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and a Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based on Malaysia and Agriculture Agro-Based Industry II before being replaced by Mah Siew Keong.[1][2][3] His ministry was led by Muhyiddin Yassin at the time.
In the 1970s, Kerk served as legal counsel of a Chinese independent high school association.[4] In the 1982 Malaysian state election, Kerk stood as Gerakan candidate on a Chinese educationalist platform.[5] In 1999, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
On May 22, 2018, Kerk Choo Ting died.[6]