Chan Foong Hin | |
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陈泓缣 | |
Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister | Johari Abdul Ghani |
Preceded by | Siti Aminah Aching |
Constituency | Kota Kinabalu |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security | |
In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister | Mohamad Sabu |
Preceded by | Ahmad Hamzah (Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I) Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II) |
Succeeded by | Arthur Joseph Kurup |
Constituency | Kota Kinabalu |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Kinabalu | |
Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PH–DAP) |
Majority | 24,086 (2018) 23,783 (2022) |
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sri Tanjong | |
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PR–DAP) |
Succeeded by | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PH–DAP) |
Majority | 5,927 (2013) |
State Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Sabah | |
Assumed office 27 October 2024 | |
Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
State Chairman | Phoong Jin Zhe |
Preceded by | Peter Dhoms Saili |
Personal details | |
Born | Chan Foong Hin 25 December 1978 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) |
Spouse | Koh Chen Yean |
Alma mater | University of Malaya |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Chemical 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]