Chow Kon Yeow
Introduction '''Chow Kon Yeow''' (; born 14 November 1958) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and journalist who has served as the 5th Chief Minister of Penang since May 2018, Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Kota since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for	Batu Kawan since November 2022.He served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng from March 2008 to his promotion to Chief Ministership in May 2018, MP for Tanjong from November 1999 to May 2013 and again from May 2018 to November 2022 and the MLA for Pengkalan Kota from October 1990 to April 1995.He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly PR coalitions. He has also served as the State Chairman of PH and DAP of Penang since May 2019 as well as the National Vice Chairman of DAP since September 2004.He is presently the only non-Muslim and Chinese head of state government among the 13 Malaysian states.
Appointment as National Vice Chairman On 20 March 2022, on the 17th DAP National Congress, Chow was re-elected into the Central Executive Committee with 1641 votes, the 2nd highest vote, after Gobind Singh. He was then re-appointed as the Vice National Chairman under Lim Guan Eng.
Personal life Chow was born on 14 November 1957 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.He tested positive for Covid-19 on 1 November 2022.
Election results + '''Penang State Legislative Assembly''' YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallotscastMajorityTurnout1990'''N23 Pengkalan Kota''' ('''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%	 Khoo Soo Hoe (PBS)131	0.77%1999'''N22 Padang Kota'''Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)5,21131.10% ('''GERAKAN''')'''6,851''''''40.88%'''16,758	 1,64077.01%	 2004'''N26 Padang Kota'''Chow Kon Yeow (DAP)4,58440.13% ('''GERAKAN''')'''6,838''''''59.87%'''11,6552,25463.66%2008 ('''DAP''')'''6,449''''''57.14%'''Teng Chang Yeow (GERAKAN)4,78842.42%11,5071,66168.89%2013 ('''DAP''')'''9,563''''''80.03%'''Oh Tong Keong (GERAKAN)2,36719.81%12,0787,19678.56%2018  ('''DAP''')'''9,278''''''85.75%'''H'ng Khoon Leng (GERAKAN)1,47013.59%10,9617,80875.72%Goh Saik Wei (MUP)710.66%2023 '''''' ('''DAP''')'''8,261''''''87.83%'''H'ng Khoon Leng (GERAKAN)1,14512.17%9,4067,11662.02%+ '''Parliament of Malaysia'''YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1999'''P048 ''' ('''DAP''')'''23,437''''''54.00%'''Cheang Chee Gooi (GERAKAN)18,960	43.68%43,403	 4,477	 70.85%2004'''P049 ''' ('''DAP''')'''21,652''''''55.41%'''Ooi Swee Hing (GERAKAN)17,42444.59%39,7934,22868.72%2008 ('''DAP''')'''28,248''''''74.14%'''Keow Veon Szu (GERAKAN)9,75925.61%38,73418,48972.82%2018 ('''DAP''')'''34,663''''''87.25%'''Ng Siew Lai (GERAKAN)5,06412.75%39,72729,59980.90%2022'''P046 Batu Kawan''''''Chow Kon Yeow''' ('''DAP''')'''50,744''''''73.72%''' Wong Chia Zhen (GERAKAN) 10,34415.03%88,81240,40077.50% Tan Lee Huat (MCA)7,14510.38% Ong Chin Wen (WARISAN) 4500.65% Lee Ah Liang (PRM) 1480.22%
References
External links * *  Profile on the Parliament website