Tan Kok Yew

Tan Kok Yew
陈国耀
Member of the
Kedah State Executive Council
(Tourism, Local Government and Housing :
22 May 2018–1 August 2018)
(Industry, Investment, Local Government and Housing :
1 August 2018–17 May 2020)
In office
22 May 2018 – 17 May 2020
MonarchSallehuddin
Menteri BesarMukhriz Mahathir
Preceded byMohd Rawi Abd Hamid
(Tourism)
Badrol Hisham Hashim
(Local Government and Housing)
Succeeded byKu Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail
(Industry and Investment)
Mohd Hayati Othman
(Local Government)
Robert Ling Kui Ee
(Housing)
ConstituencyDerga
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
for Derga
In office
5 May 2013 – 12 August 2023
Preceded byCheah Soon Hai
(BNGerakan)
Succeeded byMuhamad Amri Wahab
(PNBERSATU)
Majority1,156 (2013)
5,265 (2018)
Faction represented in Kedah State Legislative Assembly
2013–2018Democratic Action Party
2018–2023Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Tan Kok Yew

(1967-04-27) 27 April 1967 (age 57)
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
NationalityMalaysia
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
OccupationPolitician
Tan Kok Yew
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳國耀
Simplified Chinese陈国耀
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Guóyào
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingCan4 Gwok3 Jiu6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTân Kok-iāu
Tâi-lôTân Kok-iāu

Tan Kok Yew (simplified Chinese: 陈国耀; traditional Chinese: 陳國耀; pinyin: Chén Guóyào ; born 27 April 1967) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in May 2020 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Derga from May 2013 to August 2023. He is a member and State Chairman of Kedah of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He was also the only DAP candidate to lose in the 2023 state elections.