Ong Tee Keat

Ong Tee Keat
翁诗杰
Minister of Transport
In office
19 March 2008 – 4 June 2010
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Badawi
Najib Razak
DeputyLajim Ukin (2008–2009)
Abdul Rahim Bakri (2009–2010)
Robert Lau Hoi Chew (2009–2010)
Preceded byChan Kong Choy
Succeeded byKong Cho Ha
ConstituencyPandan
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
In office
14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterMustapa Mohamed
Preceded byFu Ah Kiow
Succeeded byIdris Haron
Hou Kok Chung
ConstituencyPandan
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
15 December 1999 – 14 February 2006
MonarchsSalahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Badawi
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein (1999–2004)
Azalina Othman Said (2004–2006)
Preceded byLoke Yuen Yow
Succeeded byLiow Tiong Lai
ConstituencyAmpang Jaya
Pandan
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat I
In office
11 June 1990 – 10 November 1999
MonarchsAzlan Shah
Ja'afar
Salahuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
SpeakerMohamed Zahir Ismail
ConstituencyAmpang Jaya
8th President of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
18 October 2008 – 28 March 2010
DeputyChua Soi Lek
Preceded byOng Ka Ting
Succeeded byChua Soi Lek
ConstituencyPandan
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pandan
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRafizi Ramli (PKR)
Majority14,112 (2004)
2,961 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Ampang Jaya
In office
28 January 1989 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byLim Ann Koon (BNMCA)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Majority4,250 (1989)
13,350 (1990)
31,061 (1995)
7,767 (1999)
Personal details
Born (1956-11-22) 22 November 1956 (age 67)
Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
(1989–2017)
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
(since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1989–2017)
SpouseChooi Yoke Chun (徐玉珍)
Children3
Residence(s)Taman Midah, Cheras
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer

Ong Tee Keat (simplified Chinese: 翁诗杰; traditional Chinese: 翁詩傑; pinyin: Wēng Shījié; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ong Si-kia̍t; born 22 November 1956) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Transport in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to June 2010, Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad and former Minister Mustapa Mohamed from February 2006 to March 2008, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Ahmad as well as former Ministers Hishammuddin Hussein and Azalina Othman Said from December 1999 to February 2006, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat under former Speaker Mohamed Zahir Ismail from June 1990 to November 1999 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Pandan from March 2004 to May 2013 and for Ampang Jaya from January 1989 to March 2004. He is a member of the opposition Heritage Party (WARISAN) and was a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. He also served as the 8th President of MCA from October 2008 to March 2010.


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