Chow Kon Yeow

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Member of the Parliament of Malaysia

Places

Malaysia

Politician Journalist

Work field

Journalism Politics

Gender

Male

Birth

14 November 1958 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Selangor, Malaysia

Star sign

Scorpio People who share this birthday

Age

66 years

Politics:

Democratic Action Party

Education

University of Science Malaysia

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Biography

Chow Kon Yeow (simplified Chinese: 曹观友; traditional Chinese: 曹觀友; pinyin: Cáo Guānyǒu; born 14 November 1958) is a Malaysian politician and the current Chief Minister of Penang. He is a member of the Penang State Executive Council as the Chairman for the Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee. He is also the State Assemblyman for Padang Kota in the Penang State Legislative Assembly and the Member of Parliament for Tanjong in George Town, Penang.

Chow is also incumbent national Vice Chairman and Penang State Chairman of Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. On 14 May 2018, he was selected to be the Chief Minister of Penang, succeeding Lim Guan Eng, who was appointed Finance Minister of Malaysia by Mahathir Mohamad.

Personal life

Chow was born on 14 November 1958 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor in Social Sciences (Hons) degree from University of Science Malaysia (USM). Before entering politics, Chow was a journalist by profession.

Chow married Tan Lean Kee and the couple has two sons.

Election results

Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1990	N23 Pengkalan Kota	Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	11,336	58.51%	Loh Huck Hun (MCA)	7,666	39.56%	19,376	3,670	76.83%
1995		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	7,523	44.27%	Lee Hack Teik (MCA)	9,036	53.18%	16,993	1,513	78.79%
1995		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	7,523	44.27%	Khoo Soo Hoe (PBS)	131	0.77%	16,993	1,513	78.79%
1999	N22 Padang Kota	Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	5,211	31.10%	Teng Chang Yeow (Gerakan)	6,851	40.88%	16,758	2,955	77.01%
2004	N26 Padang Kota	Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	4,584	40.13%	Teng Chang Yeow (Gerakan)	6,838	59.87%	11,655	2,254	63.66%
2008		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	6,449	57.14%	Teng Chang Yeow (Gerakan)	4,788	42.42%	11,507	1,661	68.89%
2013		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	9,563	80.03%	Oh Tong Keong (Gerakan)	2,367	19.81%	12,078	7,196	78.56%
2018		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	9,278	85.75%	H'ng Khoon Leng (Gerakan)	1,470	13.59%	10,961	7,808	75.72%
2018		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	9,278	85.75%	Goh Saik Wei (MUP)	71	0.66%	10,961	7,808	75.72%

Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	P48 Tanjong, Penang	Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	23,437	54.00%	Cheang Chee Gooi (Gerakan)	18,960	43.68%	43,403	4,477	70.85%
2004	P49 Tanjong, Penang	Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	21,652	55.41%	Ooi Swee Hing (Gerakan)	17,424	44.59%	39,793	4,228	68.72%
2008		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	28,248	74.14%	Keow Veon Szu (Gerakan)	9,759	25.61%	38,734	18,489	72.82%
2018		Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)	34,663	87.25%	Ng Siew Lai (Gerakan)	5,064	12.75%	39,727	29,599	80.90%