Tony Pua Kiam Wee | |
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潘俭伟 | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Damansara | |
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Gobind Singh Deo (PH–DAP) |
Majority | 106,903 (2018) |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara | |
In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Chew Mei Fun (BN–MCA) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Majority | 19,972 (2008) 44,672 (2013) |
Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance | |
In office 22 May 2018 – 24 February 2020 Serving with Ong Kian Ming | |
Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Lim Guan Eng |
Succeeded by | Rizam Ismail |
Policy Advisor to the Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party | |
Assumed office 18 May 2022 | |
Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Pua Kiam Wee 1 August 1972 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia[1] |
Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 2008) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
Occupation | |
Website | tonypua |
Tony Pua Kiam Wee (simplified Chinese: 潘俭伟; traditional Chinese: 潘儉偉; pinyin: Pān Jiǎnwěi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoaⁿ Khiām-úi; born 1 August 1972) is a Malaysian politician and investor who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Damansara from May 2018 to November 2022, for Petaling Jaya Utara from March 2008 to May 2018 and Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance from May 2018 to February 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of presently the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as Policy Advisor to the Secretary-General of DAP since May 2022 and was National Publicity Secretary of DAP.
Pua is the former Malaysian CEO of Cyber Village Sdn Bhd, a SESDAQ (SGX second board)-listed company. In early 2007, he disposed of all his interests in the company and tendered his resignation to join the DAP in 2008.
Pua graduated from Keble College, Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics under a scholarship from the MTC Foundation in 1994. Before that, he received Asean and Shaw Foundation scholarships to pursue his O- and A-Levels in Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College, in Singapore.
In the 2008 Malaysian general election, Pua won the parliamentary constituency of Petaling Jaya Utara on a DAP ticket. He ran against the incumbent, Chew Mei Fun, then Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, and Deputy Women Chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA).[2] In 2009, Pua was appointed the DAP member of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) committee.
Pua retained his parliamentary seat in 2018 general election with a majority of 106,903, the largest majority in Malaysian history.[3]