Michael Teo Yu Keng () is a Malaysian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and

gynaecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pre ...

who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

Miri Miri () is a coastal city in north-eastern Sarawak, Malaysia, located near the border of Brunei, on the island of Borneo. The city covers an area of , located northeast of Kuching and southwest of Kota Kinabalu. Miri is the second largest ...

from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the

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(PH) and formerly

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(PR) coalitions. He also served as the Vice President of PKR from June 2020 to July 2022. He is also a practicing gynaecologist at Teo's Clinic and Maternity Centre.

Political career

Teo entered the political arena as one of the pioneering members of PKR's

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branch in 1999. He went on to contest in his maiden election at the

2001 Sarawak state election The eighth Sarawak state election was held on Thursday, 27 September 2001 with nomination date on Tuesday, 18 September 2001. The state assembly was supposed to be expired on 18 November 2001 but it was dissolved by the governor of Sarawak 2 mo ...

in September that year for the seat of Senadin against the incumbent, Lee Kim Shin from the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) in a losing effort. In March 2008, Teo contested in the

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, making his first attempt for the newly created parliamentary seat of Sibuti. He was unsuccessful in his campaign against

Ahmad Lai Bujang Ahmad Lai bin Bujang (26 November 1949 – 9 August 2019) was a Malaysian politician who had served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sibuti from March 2008 to May 2018. He was a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a com ...

from the United Bumiputera Heritage Party (PBB). A decade after first contesting for the Senadin state seat, Teo entered the 2011 Sarawak state election as a candidate for the same seat, once again running against SUPP's three-term incumbent, Lee. Teo again lost out to Lee, but with a razor thin majority of just 58 votes. Teo registered to contest for the

parliamentary seat in the

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on April 20, 2013. Teo defeated SUPP's secretary-general,

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, in a three-corner fight to become a first-time MP. Teo was announced as PKR's and the Alliance of Hope's (PH) candidate to defend the Miri parliamentary seat in the

2018 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 ...

on April 14, 2018. Despite Miri being one of the targeted seats for SUPP to re-capture, Teo emphatically retained his seat with an increased majority. Later in July 2018, Teo was re-elected unopposed as chairperson of PKR's Miri branch. In March 2020, Teo ran unsuccessfully for the chairman-ship of PKR's Sarawak state liaison committee. The new chairperson,

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MP,

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, appointed Teo as one of three vice-chairmen instead. In June 2020, Teo was appointed by

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MP and PKR president

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as a PKR vice-president (representing

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and Sarawak) to replace Lubok Antu MP Jugah Muyang (who himself was appointed to replace another defector, Saratok MP

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) who defected from the party during the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Teo, Yu Keng Michael Living people Sarawak politicians Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians 21st-century Malaysian people Year of birth uncertain Year of birth missing (living people) Malaysian MPs 2013–2018 Malaysian MPs 2018–2022