Choong Shiau Yoon
Steven Choong Shiau Yoon (simplified Chinese: 锺少云; traditional Chinese: 鍾少雲; born 7 December 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tebrau from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the Deputy President of PBM since February 2023. He served as the Senior Vice President I of PBM from January 2022 to his promotion to the party deputy presidency in February 2023. He also served as the Division Chief of PKR of Tebrau from 2014 to his resignation from the party in February 2021 and the Division Chief of PKR of Ayer Hitam from 2012 to 2013 as well as the Deputy Secretary-General of PKR from 2011 to 2014. During the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis and in February 2021, Choong resigned from PKR and became an independent MP supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition along with Julau MP Larry Sng Wei Shien.
Steven Choong Shiau Yoon | |
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锺少云 | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tebrau | |
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Khoo Soo Seang (BN–MCA) |
Succeeded by | Jimmy Puah Wee Tse (PH–PKR) |
Majority | 30,720 (2018) |
Deputy President of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia | |
Assumed office 14 February 2023 Serving with Wong Judat | |
President | Larry Sng Wei Shien |
Preceded by | Haniza Mohamed Talha |
Senior Vice President I of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia | |
In office 8 January 2022 – 14 February 2023 | |
President | Larry Sng Wei Shien |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Paul Yong Choo Kiong (Senior Vice President) |
Division Chief of the People's Justice Party of Tebrau | |
In office 2014 – 28 February 2021 | |
President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2014–2018) Anwar Ibrahim (2018–2021) |
Preceded by | Selva Kumaran |
Succeeded by | Yuneswaran Ramaraj |
Division Chief of the People's Justice Party of Ayer Hitam | |
In office 2012–2013 | |
President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Willham Siau |
Deputy Secretary-General of the People's Justice Party | |
In office 2011–2014 | |
President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
Secretary-General | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2018–2021 | Pakatan Harapan |
2021 | Independent |
2021–2022 | Parti Bangsa Malaysia |
Personal details | |
Born | Steven Choong Shiau Yoon 7 December 1957 Beruas, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) (2007–2021) Independent (2021) Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) (since 2021) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2021) |
Alma mater | Brunel University London |
Occupation | Politician, accountant |
Chinese name | |
Traditional Chinese | 鍾少雲 |
Simplified Chinese | 锺少云 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōng Shǎoyún |
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