Simon Ooi Tze Min (; born 2 July 1984), better known as Simon Ooi, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Political Secretary to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Chang Lih Kang since December 2022 or January 2023. He has twice served as a Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Bakar Arang state constituency since May 2013. He is a member of the People’s Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. After Pakatan Harapan won in the 14th General Election, he also served as a Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) from May 2018 to May 2020. Currently, he holds several positions in PKR, as a Central Leadership Council Member (MPP), Vice Chairman of Kedah state, and also Chairman of Sungai Petani division. General Introduction Ooi Tze Min (simplified Chinese: 黄思敏; born 2 July 1984), better known as Simon Ooi, is a Malaysian politician who has twice served as a Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Bakar Arang state constituency since May 2013. He is a member of the People’s Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. After Pakatan Harapan won in the 14th General Election, he also served as a Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) from May 2018 to May 2020. Currently, he holds several positions in PKR, as a Central Leadership Council Member (MPP), Vice Chairman of Kedah state, and also Chairman of Sungai Petani division. Educational Background Simon received his primary education in SJKC Chung Hwa Sungai Lalang. He then continued his secondary education in SMK Amanjaya. Subsequently after completing secondary school, he furthered his academic education in University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) and obtained his first Bachelor Degree of Computer and Communication System Engineering in 2008. In 2014, he started to pursue his second Bachelor Degree of Jurisprudence in University of Malaya (UM). In the next few years, he had been travelling back and forth between Sungai Petani and Kuala Lumpur weekly to attend lectures in the university. Once, he was forced to defer his study after being appointed as a Member of Kedah State Executive Council in 2018. After the PH government was overthrown, he resumed his study in 2020 and eventually completed the degree in July 2021. Political career Student Activist Simon had been actively involved in student activism