Teng Chang Yeow (; born 12 December 1964 is a former Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Padang Kota from 1995 to 2008. He was also the former Secretary-General of the

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (; abbrev: GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general election when it defeated the ruling Alliance Party in Pen ...

(GERAKAN), as well as the former

Barisan Nasional Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...

(BN)

Penang Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. Th ...

Chief.

Early life and education

He is a younger brother to

Teng Chang Khim Yang Berbahagia Dato' Teng Chang Khim (; born 2 June 1963) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as a Senior Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in three successive Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) st ...

, the former Speaker of the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the Malaysian Malay states, state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies througho ...

and a

Selangor State Executive Council The Selangor State Executive Council (; abbrev: EXCO/MMKN) forms the executive branch of the state government of Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is likely to command the confidence ...

member. Unlike Teng Chang Yeow himself, Teng Chang Khim is a member of the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (DAP; ) is a social democracy, social democratic and Secularism, secular political party in Malaysia, sitting on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. As one of four component parties of ...

(DAP), a major component of the

Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ...

(PH) coalition. Nevertheless, both are sons of Teng Boon Ngap, who was a prominent 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) before the 1980s. They are also nephews to the former

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MP Teng Boon Soon. Prior to joining politics, Teng studied at

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(USM), and worked as a political secretary to the former

Chief Minister of Penang The chief minister of Penang is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Penang. According to convention, the chief minister is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The ch ...

Koh Tsu Koon Koh Tsu Koon (born 26 August 1949; ) is a Malaysians, Malaysian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Penang from 1990 to 2008, Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong (federal constituency), Tanjong from 1982 to 1986 and was ap ...

. He served as a municipal councillor from 1992 to 1995.

Political career

Teng was firstly elected to the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

for Padang Kota at the 1995 election, defeating

Karpal Singh Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo (; 28 June 1940 – 17 April 2014) was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bukit Gelugor in the state of Penang from 2004 to 2014. During that t ...

. He was kept elected in

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. Becoming Penang Chief Minister's political secretary. He was reelected in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and appointed as Penang State Executive Councillor (Tourism Development and Environment), but lost to

Chow Kon Yeow Chow Kon Yeow ( zh, s=曹观友, t=曹觀友, p=Cáo Guānyǒu, c=, poj=Chô Kuan-iú; born 14 November 1958) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and journalist who has served as the 5th Chief Minister of Penang since May 2018, Member of the P ...

(who later became the Chief Minister of Penang in 2018) in

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

. Before he lost, he was one of the potential CM candidate that could succeed Koh Tsu Koon. On 22 April 2012, Teng became the

(BN) Penang Chief, replacing Koh. In the 2013 election, he contested for

Bukit Tengah Bukit Tengah is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang. This area is situated very close to the North–South Expressway. The town is within a proper of a larger town of Bukit Mertajam, which shares the same postcode of 14 ...

, but was defeated by Ong Chin Wen from the People's Justice Party (PKR). Following the 2013 election, he contested for the

(GERAKAN) leadership election, but lost to Mah Siew Keong. In the 2018 election, Teng was announced as the BN candidate for Tanjong Bunga, who fought against the PH unity candidate

Zairil Khir Johari Zairil Khir Johari (born 17 October 1982) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Pe ...

. He also previously assured that this would be the last election he contests. He, however, only obtained 3,902 votes and came far behind of Zairil. The outcome of the election showed the worst result of the BN in the state, with just retaining 2 out of 40 seats in the state. The 2 were from the

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(UMNO); no MCA or GERAKAN candidates were elected. The BN also lost its ruling party status since the country's independence in 1957. Chow Kon Yeow, whom Teng defeated him for 2 times before, inaugurated as the new Chief Minister of Penang.

Retirement

After he was defeated in the

2018 Penang state election The 14th Penang election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Penang State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. The legislature had been ...

, Teng made an announcement to resign all positions he was holding, as well as retiring from politics.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Teng, Chang Yeow 1960s births Living people Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Former Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia politicians