Ngeh Koo Ham

Ngeh Koo Ham
倪可汉
Ngeh in 2006
Speaker of the
Perak State Legislative Assembly
In office
2 July 2018 – 12 May 2020
MonarchNazrin Shah
Menteri BesarAhmad Faizal Azumu
DeputyAminuddin Zulkipli
Preceded byThangasvari Suppiah
Succeeded byMohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid
ConstituencyNon-MLA
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Beruas
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded byLim Keng Yaik
(BNGERAKAN)
Majority1,828 (2008)
5,057 (2013)
27,954 (2018)
33,971 (2022)
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Sitiawan
In office
21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byHu Chan You
(BADAP)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Majority5,137 (2004)
8,529 (2008)
11,820 (2013)
Exco roles (Perak)
2008–2009Chairman of the Infrastructure, Public Utilities, Energy, Water and Non-Muslim Affairs
Personal details
Born
Ngeh Koo Ham

(1961-09-29) 29 September 1961 (age 63)
Ayer Tawar, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Gagasan Rakyat (GR)
(1990–1995)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
SpouseCheok Foong Ling (石凤玲)
RelationsNga Kor Ming (cousin)
Children3
Residence(s)Ayer Tawar, Perak, Malaysia
Alma materUniversiti Malaya
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • Advocate
  • solicitor
Websitengehkooham.blogspot.com

Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham (simplified Chinese: 倪可汉; traditional Chinese: 倪可漢; pinyin: Ní Kěhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gê Khó-hàn, Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngà̤ Kō̤-háng; born 29 September 1961), also known as James Ngeh, is a Malaysian politician, advocate and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beruas since March 2008. He served as Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly from July 2018 to May 2020, Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) administration under former Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from March 2008 to the collapse of the PR administration in February 2009 and Member of the Assembly (MLA) for Sitiawan from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly PR, Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Gagasan Rakyat (GR) coalitions. He was also Deputy Secretary-General of DAP, Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of DAP and State Chairman of DAP of Perak.