Wee Choo Keong SMK | |
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黄朱强 | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Wangsa Maju | |
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Yew Teong Look (MCA) |
Succeeded by | Tan Kee Kwong (PKR) |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Bintang | |
In office 21 October 1990 – 25 April 1995 | |
Preceded by | Lee Lam Thye (DAP) |
Succeeded by | Lee Chong Meng (MCA) |
Personal details | |
Born | Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | 26 June 1953
Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) (1986-1998) Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP) (1999-2008) Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) (2008–2010) Independent (Since 2010) Heritage Party (Malaysia) (2022) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008-2010) Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990-1996) |
Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Website | weechookeong |
Wee Choo Keong (simplified Chinese: 黄朱强; traditional Chinese: 黃朱強; pinyin: Huáng Zhūqiáng; born 26 June 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang from 1990 to 1995 and for Wangsa Maju from 2008 to 2013. Wee had been a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) before being expelled in 1998. He then went on to form the Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP) the same year. In 2008 he left the party to join the People's Justice Party (PKR) before becoming an Independent in 2010.[1] Wee was appointed as Tourism Malaysia chairperson by the then ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government on 17 June 2015.[2][3]