Steven Sim Chee Keong | |
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沈志强 | |
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| Minister of Human Resources | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Abdul Rahman Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Sivakumar Varatharaju |
| Constituency | Bukit Mertajam |
| Deputy Minister of Finance II | |
| In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023 Serving with Ahmad Maslan (Deputy Minister of Finance I) | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Yamani Hafez Musa |
| Succeeded by | Lim Hui Ying (Deputy Minister of Finance) |
| Constituency | Bukit Mertajam |
| Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman |
| Preceded by | Saravanan Murugan |
| Succeeded by | Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal |
| Constituency | Bukit Mertajam |
| National Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action Party | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2022 | |
| Assistant | Ng Suee Lim Khoo Poay Tiong |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| National Chairman | Lim Guan Eng |
| Preceded by | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| State Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Penang | |
| Assumed office 22 September 2024 | |
| Deputy | Ramkarpal Singh |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| National Chairman | Lim Guan Eng |
| Preceded by | Chow Kon Yeow |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Mertajam | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Chong Eng (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 43,063 (2013) 52,877 (2018) 57,685 (2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Steven Sim Chee Keong 13 May 1982 Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Chan Jo Rin |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya (BS) Sunway University (MSD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | stevensim |
Steven Sim Chee Keong (simplified Chinese: 沈志强; traditional Chinese: 沈志強; pinyin: Shěn Zhìqiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sím Chì-kiông; born 13 May 1982) is a Malaysian politician who is serving as the Minister of Human Resources in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Mertajam since May 2013. He served as the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the PH administration under Prime Minister and Minister Anwar from December 2022 to December 2023 and the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Syed Saddiq from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the National Organising Secretary of DAP since March 2022 and State Chairman of DAP of Penang since September 2024.[1][2] He is presently one of the youngest Cabinet minister in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet, at the age of 42, alongside Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan, the incumbent Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia.
- ^ "Age no longer a factor, says deputy to youngest minister". Free Malaysian Today. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Steven Sim is new Penang DAP chairman". The Star. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.