then-Deputy President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Liew was narrowly defeated by 303 votes in the 2018 general election which then-Opposition coalition PH coalition claimed victory and ousted the then-ruling BN coalition from the administration for the first time. Deputy Defence Minister Liew was appointed as Deputy Defence Minister on 17 July 2018 until 24 February 2020, being the first Malaysian not of Malay descent to hold this office. During his tenure, together with then-Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu, the Ministry of Defence unveiled the inaugural Defence White Paper (DWP), a blueprint on building a national policy on defence and security. The DWP is an open document containing the direction and priorities of defence for a period of 10 years, from 2021 to 2030, spanning the 12th and 13th Malaysia Plans. Deputy Secretary-General of DAP On 20 March 2022, on the 17th DAP National Congress, Liew was re-elected into the Central Executive Committee with 1008 votes, the 22nd highest vote. He was then appointed as Deputy Secretary-General in the 17th DAP CEC under current Secretary-General, Anthony Loke. Bibliography Books Liew Chin Tong (2021), Lim Kit Siang: Patriot. Leader. Fighter Liew Chin Tong (2020), The Great Reset: 100 Days of Malaysia's Triple Crisis Liew Chin Tong (2013), Putrajaya Milik Siapa?: Genta Media Liew Chin Tong (2013), Middle Malaysia: Centre Ground Is Battle Ground: Genta Media Liew Chin Tong (2009), Speaking for the reformasi generation Kuala Lumpur: Research for Social Advancement (REFSA) Journals Liew Chin Tong and Francis Hutchison (2010), “Implementing Pro-Employment Policies at the Sub-national Level” in Ooi Kee Beng and Goh Ban Lee (eds) Pilot Studies for a New Penang, Penang: Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI), pp. 111–128. Liew Chin Tong (2007), “PAS’ Leadership: New Faces and Old Constraints" in Lorraine C. Salazar and Daljit Singh (eds) Southeast Asian Affairs 2007, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 201–213 Liew Chin Tong (2007), “PAS politics: defining an Islamic State” in Edmund Terence Gomez Politics in Malaysia: the Malay dimension Oxon: Routledge, pp. 107–137. William F. Case and Liew Chin Tong (2006) How Committed Is PAS to Democracy and How Do We Know It? Contemporary Southeast Asia, Volume 28, Number 3, December 2006, pp. 385–406 Chinese Books 《追寻理想国家：马来西亚政治史上的林吉祥》(2021) 吉隆坡：义腾研究中心 《大复兴：马来西亚三重危机下的百日反思》(2020)吉隆坡：义腾研究中心 《决战在中间：共创马来西亚2.0》(2013) 吉隆坡：众意出版 《小市民的政治经济学》（2011）吉隆坡：众意出版 《华教运动，动或不动》（2011）吉隆坡：新纪元学院校友会 《亮剑—踢爆马来政治》（2007）吉隆坡：义腾研究中心 Election results References Living people 1977 births People from Selangor Malaysian people of Hakka descent Malaysian