Liew Chin Tong

Yang Berhormat Tuan Liew Chin Tong MP MLA
刘镇东
Liew in 2020
Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023
Monarchs	Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded by	Position established
Constituency	Iskandar Puteri
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office 10 December 2022 – 5 April 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded by	Lim Ban Hong
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Constituency	Iskandar Puteri
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office 17 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Mohamad Sabu
Preceded by	Mohd Johari Baharum
Succeeded by	Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz
Constituency	Senator
State Leader of the Opposition of Johor
In office 10 April 2022 – 11 December 2022
Monarch	Ibrahim Iskandar
Menteri Besar	Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded by	Aminolhuda Hassan
Succeeded by	Andrew Chen Kah Eng
Constituency	Perling
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Iskandar Puteri
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Lim Kit Siang (PH–DAP)
Majority	60,036 (2022)
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Perling
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 March 2022
Preceded by	Cheo Yee How (PH–DAP)
Majority	3,347 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kluang
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Hou Kok Chung (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Wong Shu Qi (PH–DAP)
Majority	7,359 (2013)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Bendera
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Chia Kwang Chye (BN–GERAKAN)
Succeeded by	Zairil Khir Johari (PR–DAP)
Majority	16,112 (2008)
Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 March 2022 Serving with V. Sivakumar & Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
National Chairman	Lim Guan Eng
Preceded by	Nga Kor Ming
Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
In office 17 July 2018 – 16 July 2021
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2021)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021)
Personal details
Born	Liew Chin Tong (1977-11-27) 27 November 1977 (age 46) Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 1999)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Alma mater	Australian National University University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician author
Website	liewchintong.com

Liew Chin Tong (simplified Chinese: 刘镇东; traditional Chinese: 劉鎮東; pinyin: Liú Zhèndōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Tìn-tong; born 27 November 1977) is a Malaysian politician and author who has served as the Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz since April 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Iskandar Puteri since November 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Perling since March 2022. He served as Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Tengku Zafrul from December 2022 to April 2023, State Leader of the Opposition of Johor from April 2022 to his reappointment as a deputy minister in December 2022, the Deputy Minister of Defence in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Mohamad Sabu from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, Senator from July 2018 to July 2021 and the MP for Kluang from May 2013 to May 2018 and Bukit Bendera from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as Deputy Secretary-General of DAP since March 2022 and State Chairman of DAP of Johor. He was the Political Education Director of DAP.