Phoong Jin Zhe

Phoong Jin Zhe
冯晋哲
State Minister of Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship of Sabah
Assumed office
1 February 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
AssistantAndi Muhammad Suryady Bandy
Preceded byPosition established
ConstituencyLuyang
State Minister of Industrial Development of Sabah
In office
11 January 2023 – 1 February 2023
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterHajiji Noor
AssistantAndi Muhammad Suryady Bandy
Preceded byJoachim Gunsalam
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyLuyang
State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah
In office
21 May 2019 – 29 September 2020
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterShafie Apdal
AssistantArunarsin Taib
Preceded byPoon Ming Fung
Succeeded byEllron Alfred Angin
ConstituencyLuyang
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Luyang
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byHiew King Cheu
(BNMCA)
Majority12,408 (2018)
14,521 (2020)
State Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party of Sabah
Assumed office
27 October 2024
DeputyChan Foong Hin
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded byFrankie Poon Ming Fung
Personal details
Born
Phoong Jin Zhe

(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35)
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship Malaysia
Political party Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Alma materNew Era University College
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe (simplified Chinese: 冯晋哲; traditional Chinese: 馮晉哲; pinyin: Féng Jìnzhé; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Phùng Tsin-chet) (born 3 January 1989) also known as Ginger Phoong is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Minister of Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since February 2023 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Luyang since May 2018. He served as the State Minister of Industrial Development of Sabah in the GRS state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji from January 2023 to February 2023, State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal from May 2019 to the collapse of the WARISAN administration in September 2020. He is a member and the State Chairman of Sabah of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was also the Youth Chief of DAP of Sabah or known as Chief of the DAP Socialist Youth, the youth wing of the party.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Muguntan Vanar (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star Online. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ Hayati Dzulkifli (6 April 2019). "Six Sabah Umno YBs to join Bersatu today". Daily Express. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan baru Sabah" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Bernama (31 July 2020). "Warisan defectors 'sacked' themselves; membership cancelled, says secretary-general". The Edge Markets. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Phoong Jin Zhe is new Sabah DAP chief". 27 October 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.