Chan Foong Hin

Chan Foong Hin
陈泓缣
Chan Foong Hin in 2024
Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterJohari Abdul Ghani
Preceded bySiti Aminah Aching
ConstituencyKota Kinabalu
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
In office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterMohamad Sabu
Preceded byAhmad Hamzah
(Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I)
Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh
(Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II)
Succeeded byArthur Joseph Kurup
ConstituencyKota Kinabalu
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kota Kinabalu
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byJimmy Wong Sze Phin
(PHDAP)
Majority24,086 (2018)
23,783 (2022)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Sri Tanjong
In office
5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byJimmy Wong Sze Phin
(PR–DAP)
Succeeded byJimmy Wong Sze Phin
(PH–DAP)
Majority5,927 (2013)
State Deputy Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party of Sabah
Assumed office
27 October 2024
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
State ChairmanPhoong Jin Zhe
Preceded byPeter Dhoms Saili
Personal details
Born
Chan Foong Hin

(1978-12-25) 25 December 1978 (age 46)
Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia[1]
Citizenship Malaysia
Political party Democratic Action Party (DAP)
(since 2008)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
SpouseKoh Chen Yean
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionChemical engineer
Chan Foong Hin on Parliament of Malaysia

Chan Foong Hin (simplified Chinese: 陈泓缣; traditional Chinese: 陳泓縑; pinyin: Chén Hóngjiān; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Fên-kiâm) is a Malaysian politician and chemical engineer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Johari Abdul Ghani since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Kinabalu since May 2018. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security prior to the 2023 cabinet reshuffle under Minister Mohamad Sabu from December 2022 to December 2023 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sri Tanjong from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member and the State Deputy Chairman of Sabah of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "陈泓缣因一顿宵夜入党 为政治牺牲头发" (in Chinese). See Hua Online. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Profail Ahli Parlimen" (in Malay). State Federation Development Office. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ Stephanie Lee (21 April 2013). "GE13: DAP's Chan Foong Hin to contest Sri Tanjong state seat, after all". The Star. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Phoong Jin Zhe is new Sabah DAP chief". 27 October 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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