Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk |
Liang Teck Meng | |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1971 |
Birth Place: | Johor, Malaysia |
Office1: | Secretary-General of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia |
Term Start1: | 2013 |
Term End1: | 2018 |
1Blankname1: | President |
1Namedata1: | Mah Siew Keong |
Predecessor1: | Mah Siew Keong (Acting) |
Successor1: | Mak Kah Keong |
Constituency Mp: | Simpang Renggam, Johor |
Parliament: | Malaysian |
Term Start: | 8 March 2008 |
Term End: | 9 May 2018 |
Predecessor: | Kerk Choo Ting (BN–Gerakan) |
Successor: | Maszlee Malik (PH–BERSATU) |
Majority: | 7,853 (2008) 5,706 (2013) |
Party: | Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) |
Profession: | Engineer |
Occupation: | Politician |
Children: | 2 sons |
Alma Mater: | Tohoku University |
Datuk Liang Teck Meng (; born 24 July 1971) is a Malaysian politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Simpang Renggam constituency in the State of Johor (2008 - 2018). He was Secretary General for the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), previously a component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition (2013 - 2018).
Liang Teck Meng obtain his secondary education from Foon Yew High School (1984 to 1989). He received a distinction in his SPM and after that he went to the Federal Institute of Technology to study Electrical Engineering (1989 to 1992). Later, he went to study at the Japanese language from the prestigious Asia Student Cultural Association[1] He later went to the Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan to continue in the field of Electrical Engineering.
Liang is an engineer by profession, and is married with two sons.[2]
Liang was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election, succeeding fellow Gerakan member Kerk Choo Ting in the seat of Simpang Renggam.[3] [4] Liang's victory was one of only two for Gerakan in the 12 federal seats it contested.[5] He was reelected to Parliament in the 2013 election as the only successful GERAKAN candidate, and remained the only Gerakan MP until Mah Siew Keong won the 2014 Telok Intan by-election.[6] However Liang have lost in the 2018 election. 23 June 2018, Liang, Mah Siew Keong and among all leaders have unanimously decided GERAKAN to officially withdraw from BN and now independent party as opposition.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2008 | P151 Simpang Renggam, Johor | (Gerakan) | 16,450 | 65.68% | Atan Gombang (PAS) | 8,597 | 34.32% | 25,998 | 7,853 | 74.58% | ||||
2013 | (Gerakan) | 19,754 | 58.44% | Suhaizan Kayat (PAS) | 14,048 | 41.56% | 34,754 | 5,706 | 86.58% | |||||
2018 | (Gerakan) | 14,682 | 40.99% | (BERSATU) | 18,157 | 50.69% | 43,998 | 3,475 | 83.40% | |||||
Mohd Jubri Selamat (PAS) | 2,983 | 8.32% |