Liew Chin Tong | |
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| 刘镇东 | |
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| Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry | |
| Assumed office 5 April 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Constituency | Iskandar Puteri |
| Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 10 December 2022 – 5 April 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
| Preceded by | Lim Ban Hong |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Constituency | Iskandar Puteri |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | |
| In office 17 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Mohamad Sabu |
| Preceded by | Mohd Johari Baharum |
| Succeeded by | Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz |
| Constituency | Senator |
| State Leader of the Opposition of Johor | |
| In office 10 April 2022 – 11 December 2022 | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Menteri Besar | Onn Hafiz Ghazi |
| Preceded by | Aminolhuda Hassan |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Chen Kah Eng |
| Constituency | Perling |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Iskandar Puteri | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Lim Kit Siang (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 60,036 (2022) |
| Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Perling | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Cheo Yee How (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 3,347 (2022) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kluang | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Hou Kok Chung (BN–MCA) |
| Succeeded by | Wong Shu Qi (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 7,359 (2013) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Bendera | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Chia Kwang Chye (BN–GERAKAN) |
| Succeeded by | Zairil Khir Johari (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 16,112 (2008) |
| Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| National Chairman | Lim Guan Eng |
| Preceded by | Nga Kor Ming |
| Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
| In office 17 July 2018 – 16 July 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2021) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Liew Chin Tong 27 November 1977 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Alma mater | Australian National University University of Malaya |
| Occupation | |
| Website | liewchintong |
Liew Chin Tong (simplified Chinese: 刘镇东; traditional Chinese: 劉鎮東; pinyin: Liú Zhèndōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Tìn-tong; born 27 November 1977) is a Malaysian politician and author who has served as the Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz since April 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Iskandar Puteri since November 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Perling since March 2022. He served as Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Tengku Zafrul from December 2022 to April 2023, State Leader of the Opposition of Johor from April 2022 to his reappointment as a deputy minister in December 2022, the Deputy Minister of Defence in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Mohamad Sabu from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, Senator from July 2018 to July 2021 and the MP for Kluang from May 2013 to May 2018 and Bukit Bendera from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as Deputy Secretary-General of DAP since March 2022 and State Chairman of DAP of Johor. He was the Political Education Director of DAP.