Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping

Wong Keat Ping (born 9 March 1970), known professionally as Elizabeth Wong, is a Malaysian politician and activist who served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Menteris Besar Khalid Ibrahim and Azmin Ali from March 2008 to May 2018 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Lanjan from March 2008 to August 2023. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly coalition.

Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping
黄洁冰
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
(Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment :
25 March 2008–26 September 2014,
Tourism, Environment, Green Technology and Consumer Affairs :
27 September 2014–13 May 2018)
In office
25 March 2008  13 May 2018
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarKhalid Ibrahim
(2008–2014)
Azmin Ali
(2014–2018)
Preceded byLim Thuang Seng
(Tourism and Consumer Affairs)
Ch'ng Toh Eng
(Environment)
Succeeded byAbdul Rashid Asari
(Tourism)
Hee Loy Sian
(Environment, Green Technology and Consumer Affairs)
ConstituencyBukit Lanjan
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Lanjan
In office
8 March 2008  12 August 2023
Preceded byYong Dai Ying
(BN–GERAKAN)
Succeeded byPua Pei Ling
(PH–PKR)
Majority5,155 (2008)
17,200 (2013)
40,233 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping

(1970-03-09) 9 March 1970
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
OccupationPolitician, activist
Websiteelizabethwong.wordpress.com
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping on Facebook
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃潔冰
Simplified Chinese黄洁冰
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Jié Bīng
Pha̍k-fa-sṳVòng Ke̍t-pên
JyutpingWong4 Git3 Bing1
Hokkien POJN̂g Kiat-peng
Tâi-lôN̂g Kiat-ping

Wong is also a human rights activist and was involved in activist environmental campaigns.

Wong entered the electoral arena as a PKR candidate during the 12th general election. On 8 March 2008, Wong defeated the incumbent and was elected as the new Selangor State Assemblywoman for Bukit Lanjan with a majority of over 5000 votes.

After serving 15 years, Wong did not defend her seat in the 2023 Selangor state election and was replaced by party colleague Phua Pei Ling.

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