Tan Yee Kew () (born 1953) is a Malaysian

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who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from May 2018 to November 2022, for Klang from April 1995 to March 2008 and Parliamentary Secretary of International Trade and Industry from March 2004 to March 2008. She is a member and Chairperson of the Disciplinary Board of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the

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(PH) opposition coalition and was a member of the

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (Abbreviation, abbrev: MCA; Malay language, Malay: ''Persatuan Cina Malaysia''), formerly known as the Malayan Chinese Association, is an ethnic List of political parties in Malaysia, political party in Malaysi ...

(MCA), a component party of the ruling

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(BN) coalition. She was also the Treasurer of PKR before 2018, Deputy Women Chief of MCA from 1996 to 2005, State Women Chief of MCA of

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and Member of the Central Committee of MCA.

Political career

Tan joined MCA in 1986. Tan was also the Director of the Port Klang Authority from 1998 to 2001, before she was appointed as the Parliamentary secretary of

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in 2004. Anyhow, Tan was censured for violating party discipline, and her party membership was suspended for 6 months in 2005. She was dropped as a candidate of 2008 general election, during which MCA and BN suffered a great loss in Selangor. Tan quit MCA on 17 July 2008 and joined PKR with more than a thousand followers. During the 2013 general election, Tan contested as PKR candidate for the parliamentary seat of in

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, against MCA's Ong Ka Chuan, the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, but she lost by 4,328 votes. In 2018 general election, Tan moved to in

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, and defeated Yew Teong Look, the candidate of MCA, with 24,238 votes majority.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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MY-SEL Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah - Knight Companion - DSSA

Knight Companion of the

Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah The Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah () is an obsolete order of chivalry conferred by the Sultan of Selangor as a reward for general services to the sultan and state of Selangor during the reigning of the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Azi ...

(DSSA) – Datin Paduka (2000)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Yee Kew 1953 births Living people People from Selangor People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Former Malaysian Chinese Association politicians Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Women members of the Dewan Rakyat University of Malaya alumni University of the Punjab alumni Alumni of the University of Reading Alumni of the University of Wales Malaysian MPs 1995–1999 Malaysian MPs 1999–2004 Malaysian MPs 2004–2008 Malaysian MPs 2018–2022