Tan Kee Kwong

Yang Berhormat Dato' Dr.
Tan Kee Kwong
MP
陈记光
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Wangsa Maju
Assumed office
8 March 2013
Preceded by Yew Teong Look (MCABN)
Majority 5,511 (9.5%) (2013)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Segambut
In office
8 March 1995  7 March 2008
Succeeded by Lim Lip Eng (DAPPR)
Personal details
Born Tan Kee Kwong
1947[1]
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party PKR (2008–)
Gerakan (1995–2008)
Parents Tan Chee Khoon
Alma mater Universiti Malaya[2] (M.B.B.S.)
Occupation Politician
Medical Doctor

Dato' Dr. Tan Kee Kwong (simplified Chinese: 陈记光; traditional Chinese: 陳記光; pinyin: Chén Jì Guāng) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese origin. He was the deputy minister of Land and Cooperative Development as a Gerakan MP.[3] He later joined People's Justice Party and currently sits on the disciplinary board of People's Justice Party. His father, Tan Sri Tan Chee Khoon is the founder of the Gerakan party and the official leader of opposition between 1964 and 1978.

Profressioal career

A medical doctor by profession, Tan graduated from Universiti Malaya and worked in United Kingdom during 1977 and 1981. He later returned to Malaysia and started a private clinic on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpar.[2]

Politics

In 1995, Tan Sri Dato'Alex Lee nominated him as a candidate in the parliamentary seat of Segambut. He joined Gerakan two month before the general election. He was elected as MP for Segambut in the 1995 election and was reelected in 1999 and 2004.

Tan joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat in August 2008, quitting Gerakan as an advisor.[4] He did not contest in the 2008 election. In the 2013 election, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Wangsa Maju.[5]

References

  1. "The Future Direction of Malaysian Politics" (PDF). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tan Kee Kwong". Malaysian MP Reference Site. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. "Message for YB Datuk Dr Tan Kee kwong MP of Sehambut Rapid Bas U 11 - bas "hantu"". 9 August 2007. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. tunku (30 April 2008). "Quit as Gerakan adviser, Tan Kee Kwong tells Keng Yaik". Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. "Tan Kee Kwong, Y.B. Dato' Dr.". Official Portal of Parliament of Malaysia. Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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