Mah Hang Soon (,
Bàng-uâ-cê
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: ''Mā Háng-sông''; ; born 19 July 1965) is a
Malaysian politician
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who served as
Deputy Minister of Education I for the second term in the
Barisan Nasional
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(BN) administration under former Prime Minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob (; born 18 January 1960) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022. He is both the shortest-serving prime minister (served for 15 months) and the shortes ...
and former Minister
Radzi Jidin
Mohd Radzi bin Md Jidin ( Jawi: محمد راضي بن محمد جيدين; born 4 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician and forensic accountant who served as Senior Minister of the Education and Social Cluster and as Minister of Educa ...
from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the
Perikatan Nasional
Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...
(PN) administration under former Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin
Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin (; ), is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Appointed as prime minister amid a 2020–2022 Malay ...
and former Minister Radzi from March 2020 to the collapse of PN administration in August 2021,
Senator
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from March 2020 to his resignation in November 2022 as well as Member of the
Perak State Legislative Assembly
The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...
(MLA) for
Chenderiang from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
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(MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the Deputy President of MCA since November 2018.
Background
Mah is a
cardiologist
Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...
and graduate of the
University of Malaya
The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a public university, public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in ...
. He has been involved in full-time politics since 2008.
Originally from Kampung Baru Changkat Kruing,
Ayer Tawar
Ayer Tawar ( Jawi: اير تاور; ) is a town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Its name came from ''Air Tawar'', which literally means "fresh water" in the Malay language.
Geography
Ayer Tawar is located on the eastern portion of Manjun ...
, Perak Darul Ridzuan. He is the eldest of six siblings. His father's name was Mah Chow Nam (1944–2014), whilst his mother was Lee Kee Hiong (1942–), were smallholders of rubber and oil palm. He married Lim Soo Lee and had a son named Mah Song Wei (1996–).
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
He is the current deputy president of MCA. He was previously the National MCA Youth Vice President and the Perak MCA Youth Chief in 2008–2010. From 2013 until now, he is the Chairman of the MCA Perak and the Central Council (CC).
Political career
In the
11th Malaysian general election, Dr. Mah made his debut and contested the
Jelapang state seat in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. He failed to win the seat by 7,981 votes compared to
Hee Yit Foong
Hee Yit Foong (; born 4 December 1963) is a Malaysian politician who is infamous for her role in the 2009 Perak constitutional crisis by resigning from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) which she represented in the 2008 Malaysian general e ...
, a
Democratic Action Party
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(DAP) candidate who gained 8,233 votes.
In the
12th Malaysian general election, he won the state assembly state seat for
Chenderiang with a majority of 3,392 votes and retained it in the
13th Malaysian general election with a majority of 4,767 votes.
During his two terms as Perak State Assemblyman, Dr. Mah has served in the
Perak State Executive Council
The Perak State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perak, Malaysia. The council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perak State Legislativ ...
as the Chairman of the Health, Local Government, Consumer Affairs, Environment, Transportation and Non-Muslim Affairs (2009–2013); and Chairman of the Committee on Health, Public Transportation, Non-Islamic Affairs, National Integration and New Villages (2014–2018).
Dr. Mah was picked as the BN candidate to contest the
Tanjong Malim parliamentary seat instead in the
14th Malaysian general election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Wednesday, 9 May 2018. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament. The 13th Parliament was dissolved by Prime Minister Najib Razak on 7 April 2018. It would have be ...
(GE14) even though his candidacy received protest from
incumbent
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There may or may not be ...
Ong Ka Chuan's party supporters who had protested in front of the Bangunan Perdana, Putrajaya prior to the nomination day. He however lost to the
People's Justice Party (PKR) candidate
Chang Lih Kang
Chang Lih Kang ( zh, s=郑立慷, t=鄭立慷, poj=Tēⁿ Li̍p-khóng, p=Zhèng Lìkāng, born 23 October 1980) is a Malaysians, Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Malaysia), Minister of Sc ...
. The total number of votes he received was 19,314 while the PKR candidate received 24,672 votes with a majority of 5,358 votes. Overall, BN lost the parliamentary majority and failed to form the Federal Government in the GE14.
Election results
Honours
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Knight Commander of the
Order of the Perak State Crown
The Most Illustrious Order of the Perak State Crown ( Malay: ''Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Negeri Perak Yang Amat Mulia'') is knighthood order of the Sultanate of Perak.
Background
It was founded by Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah on 12 December 1957.
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(DPMP) – Dato' (2009)
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent
Malaysian cardiologists
Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
Members of the Dewan Negara
Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
Perak state executive councillors
University of Malaya alumni
21st-century Malaysian politicians