Wong Chia Zhen

Wong Chia Zhen
Wong Chia Zhen
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃佳禎
Simplified Chinese	黄佳祯
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huáng Jiāzhēn

Yang Berhormat Tuan
Wong Chia Zhen
MLA
Yang Berhormat Tuan Wong Chia Zhen MLA
黄佳祯
Member of the ; Kedah State Executive Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 August 2023 ; (Human Resources, Chinese, Indian and Siamese Affairs & Non-governmental Organisations)
Monarch	Sallehuddin
Menteri Besar	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
Preceded by	Wan Romani Wan Salim ; (Human Resources) ; Robert Ling Kui Ee ; (Chinese and Siamese Affairs) ; Azman Nasrudin ; (Indian Affairs) ; Portfolio established ; (Non-governmental Organisations)
Constituency	Kulim
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly; for Kulim
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Yeo Keng Chuan ; (PH–PKR)
Majority	7,742 (2023)
Personal details
Born	Wong Chia Zhen; (1985)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN)
Other political; affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation	Politician

Wong Chia Zhen (simplified Chinese: 黄佳祯; traditional Chinese: 黃佳禎; pinyin: Huáng Jiāzhēn) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kulim since August 2023. He is a member, Youth Chief and State Chairman of Kedah of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), a component party of the PN coalition. He is also presently the only Chinese, non-Malay and GERAKAN Kedah EXCO Member and the only serving GERAKAN elected representative as well as the first GERAKAN candidate to win an election since Mah Siew Keong won the 2014 Telok Intan by-election.

Political career

Candidate for the Member of Parliament (2022)

2022 general election

In the 2022 general election, Wong made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Batu Kawan federal seat. He was not elected to Parliament as the Batu Kawan MP after losing to Chief Minister of Penang Chow Kon Yeow of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of 40,400 votes.

Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (since 2023)

In the 2023 Kedah state election, the ruling PN won a two-thirds supermajority in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly and was reelected to power. Following that, Jeneri MLA Muhammad Sanusi of PN was reappointed as the Menteri Besar. Wong was appointed as the Kedah EXCO Member in charge of Human Resources, Chinese, Indian and Siamese Affairs and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) by Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi on 21 August 2023.^[1]

Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Kedah state election

In the 2023 Kedah state election, Wong was renominated by PN to contest for the Kulim state seat. Wong won the seat and was elected to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly as the Kulim MLA after defeating Teh Lean Ong of PH by a majority of 7,742 votes.^[2]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P046 Batu Kawan	Wong Chia Zhen (GERAKAN)	10,344	15.03%	Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	50,744	73.72%	88,812	40,400	77.50%
					Tan Lee Huat (MCA)	7,145	10.38%
					Ong Chin Wen (WARISAN)	450	0.65%
					Lee Ah Liang (PRM)	148	0.22%