Teo Nie Ching

Teo Nie Ching
张念群
Teo in 2019
Deputy Minister of Communications
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterFahmi Fadzil
Preceded byHerself
(Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital)
ConstituencyKulai
Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital
In office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterFahmi Fadzil
Preceded byZahidi Zainul Abidin
(Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia)
Succeeded byHerself
(Deputy Minister of Communications)
Wilson Ugak Kumbong
(Deputy Minister of Digital)
ConstituencyKulai
Deputy Minister of Education
In office
2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterMaszlee Malik
(2018–2020)
Mahathir Mohamad
(Acting, 2020)
Preceded byP. Kamalanathan
(Deputy Minister of Education I)
Chong Sin Woon
(Deputy Minister of Education II)
Mary Yap Kain Ching
(Deputy Minister of Higher Education)
Succeeded byMah Hang Soon
(Deputy Minister of Education I)
Muslimin Yahaya
(Deputy Minister of Education II)
Mansor Othman
(Deputy Minister of Higher Education)
ConstituencyKulai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kulai
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byOng Ka Ting
(BNMCA)
Majority13,450 (2013)
32,748 (2018)
36,023 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Serdang
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byYap Pian Hon
(BN–MCA)
Succeeded byOng Kian Ming
(PRDAP)
Majority21,025 (2008)
Women Chief of the
Democratic Action Party
Assumed office
9 September 2023
DeputyYeo Bee Yin
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded byChong Eng
National Publicity Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party
Assumed office
20 March 2022
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
AssistantHannah Yeoh Tseow Suan
Ganabatirau Veraman
Preceded byTony Pua Kiam Wee
State Chairperson of the
Democratic Action Party of Johor
Assumed office
6 October 2024
DeputyWong Shu Qi
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded byLiew Chin Tong
International Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party
In office
12 November 2017 – 20 March 2022
Secretary-GeneralLim Guan Eng
Succeeded byJannie Lasimbang
Assistant National Publicity Secretary of the Democratic Action Party
In office
2008–2011
Secretary-GeneralLim Guan Eng
Preceded byFong Po Kuan
Assistant State Organising Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party
of Selangor
In office
2008–2011
Personal details
Born
Teo Nie Ching

(1981-01-27) 27 January 1981 (age 43)
Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Spouse
Gan Saw Chien
(m. 2011)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of the West of England
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Teo Nie Ching (simplified Chinese: 张念群; traditional Chinese: 張念群; pinyin: Zhāng Niànqún; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tioⁿ Liām-kûn; born 27 January 1981) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Communications under Minister Fahmi Fadzil since December 2023 and previously served as the Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital, also under Minister Fahmi Fadzil from December 2022 to December 2023 in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. She had served as Deputy Minister of Education in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, former Minister Maszlee Malik and former Acting Minister Mahathir from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Serdang from March 2008 to May 2013 and then the MP for Kulai since May 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. She has also served as the State Chairperson of DAP of Johor since October 2024, Women Chief of DAP since September 2023 and National Publicity Secretary of DAP since March 2022. She also served as International Secretary of DAP from November 2017 to March 2022, Assistant National Publicity Secretary of DAP and Assistant State Organising Secretary of DAP of Selangor from 2008 to 2011.