Ean Yong Hian Wah | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Term Start: | 21 August 2023 |
Term Start1: | 18 May 2019 |
Term End1: | 1 April 2020 |
Minister1: | Anthony Loke Siew Fook Wee Ka Siong |
Successor1: | Chong Sin Woon |
Office2: | Member of the Selangor State Executive Council |
Term Start2: | 27 September 2014 |
Term End2: | 13 May 2018 |
Monarch2: | Sharafuddin |
1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
Predecessor2: | Himself |
Successor2: | Ng Sze Han Portfolio abolished |
Constituency2: | Seri Kembangan |
Term Start3: | 30 May 2013 |
Term End3: | 12 August 2014 |
Monarch3: | Sharafuddin |
1Blankname3: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata3: | Khalid Ibrahim |
Predecessor3: | Himself |
Successor3: | Himself |
Constituency3: | Seri Kembangan |
Term Start4: | 24 March 2008 |
Term End4: | 14 May 2013 |
Monarch4: | Sharafuddin |
1Blankname4: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata4: | Khalid Ibrahim |
Successor4: | Himself |
Constituency4: | Seri Kembangan |
Office5: | Executive Chairman of the Orgabio Holdings Berhad |
Term Start5: | 1 March 2024 |
Predecessor5: | Teh Chee Ghee |
Constituency Am6: | Seri Kembangan |
Assembly6: | Selangor State Legislative |
Predecessor6: | Liew Yuen Keong (BN–MCA) |
Successor6: | Wong Siew Ki (PH–DAP) |
Term Start6: | 8 March 2008 |
Term End6: | 12 August 2023 |
Majority6: | 7,244 (2008) 22,078 (2013) 31,145 (2018) |
Term Start7: | 10 November 2024 |
1Blankname7: | Secretary-General |
2Blankname7: | State Chairman |
Office8: | State Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Selangor |
Term Start8: | 9 December 2018 |
Term End8: | 10 November 2024 |
1Blankname8: | Secretary-General |
1Namedata8: | Lim Guan Eng Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
2Blankname8: | State Chairman |
Predecessor8: | Gobind Singh Deo |
Successor8: | Ganabatirau Veraman |
Birth Name: | Ean Yong Hian Wah |
Birth Place: | Malaysia |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Nationality: | Malaysia |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Alternatif Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Parents: | Ean Yong Tin Sin (father) |
Relations: | (siblings) |
Alma Mater: | University of Bradford (Bachelor's degree in business administration & diploma in administration and trade) |
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Ean Yong Hian Wah (; born 1980) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who has served as Chairman of the Port Klang Authority (PKA) since August 2023 and from May 2019 to his removal from the position in April 2020 and Executive Chairman of the Orgabio Holdings Berhad since March 2024.[1] He 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 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Seri Kembangan from March 2008 to August 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly PR as well as Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions. He has served as the State Vice Chairman of DAP of Selangor since November 2024. He served as the State Deputy Chairman from December 2018 to his demotion to the Vice Chairman in November 2024, he was the Secretary before his promotion to the Deputy Chairman in December 2018.[2] He is also the son of Ean Yong Tin Sin, the former MLA of Negeri Sembilan for Lukut.
Ean Yong was appointed as the Selangor EXCO Member in charge of Local Government, New Villages Development and Illegal Factories Legalisation by former Menteris Besar Khalid and Azmin.[3]
In the 2004 Selangor state election, Ean Yong made his electoral debut after being nominated by BA to contest for the Kampung Tunku state seat. He was not elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Kampung Tunku MLA after losing to defending MLA Wong Sai Hou of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 3,612 votes.
In the 2008 Selangor state election Ean Yong was renominated by PR to contest for the Seri Kembangan state seat. Ean Yong won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Seri Kembangan MLA for the first term after defeating defending MLA Liew Yuen Keong of BN and independent candidate Wong Kok Yew by a majority of 7,244 votes.
In the 2013 Selangor state election Ean Yong was renominated by PR to defend the Seri Kembangan seat. Ean Yong defended the seat and was reelected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Seri Kembangan MLA for the second term after defeating Chin Toong Kang of BN by a majority of 22,078 votes.
In the 2018 Selangor state election Ean Yong was renominated by PH to defend the Seri Kembangan seat. Ean Yong defended the seat and was reelected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Seri Kembangan MLA for the third term after defeating Chan Toong Woh of BN by a majority of 31,145 votes.[4]
In the 2023 Selangor state election Ean Yong was not nominated by PH to defend the Seri Kembangan seat and contest for other seats after he had decided against doing so.[5]
At about 12.10 am on 6 April 2012 Ean Yong was injured and punched by two men he knew after attending a discussion and having dinner at a restaurant in Jalan Sekolah, Kampung Baru, Seri Kembangan, Selangor. It was understood that the incident stemmed from the dissatisfaction with the action of the state government of Selangor and the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) to relocate the illegal traders and hawkers of the Seri Kembangan old market to the public market on Jalan SK 6/1.[6]
Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||||||
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2004 | N35 Kampung Tunku | Ean Yong Hian Wah (DAP) | 8,367 | 41.12% | (MCA) | 11,979 | 58.88% | 20,346 | 3,612 | 66.77% | ||||
2008 | N28 Seri Kembangan | (DAP) | 15,841 | 64.05% | Liew Yuen Keong (MCA) | 8,597 | 34.76% | 24,732 | 7,244 | 82.94% | ||||
Wong Kok Yew (IND) | 294 | 1.19% | ||||||||||||
2013 | Ean Yong Hian Wah (DAP) | 27,406 | 83.72% | Chan Toong Kang (MCA) | 5,328 | 16.28% | 32,734 | 22,078 | 89.54% | |||||
2018 | Ean Yong Hian Wah (DAP) | 34,659 | 90.79% | Chan Toong Woh (MCA) | 3,514 | 9.21% | 38,173 | 31,145 | 89.47% |