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Datuk Chua Tee Yong (; born 19 October 1977) is a
Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2011)
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politician and was the Member of parliament
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of Malaysia
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for the Labis constituency in the State
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of Johor
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for two terms (2008-2018). He was one of the four Vice-Presidents of the Malaysian Chinese Association
The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial List of political parties in Malaysia, pol ...
(MCA) in the ruling Barisan Nasional
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(BN) coalition then with the third highest votes for the party election term from 21 December 2013 until 4 November 2018.
Chua was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election
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, succeeding his father Chua Soi Lek in the seat of Labis. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout. Includes results from the 2004 election. In June 2010, he was appointed Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. The MCA temporarily withdrew from the government post after its poor performance in the 2013 election. Upon its return in 2014, Chua was appointed as Deputy Minister for Finance.
Chua is an accountant and was chief financial officer of a government-linked company.
He served as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry from 2015 to 2018. In the 2018 election
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Africa
*2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election 23 February 2018
*2018 Sierra Leonean general elect ...
he lost and failed to retain his parliamentary seat.
Election results
Honours
* ** Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2011)
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