Chan Ming Kai (; born 7 October 1980) is a

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who has served as the

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Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. He served as the

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(MP) for Alor Setar from May 2018 to November 2022, Member of the

Perlis State Legislative Assembly The Perlis State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Perlis) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perlis. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 15 lawmakers representing single-member constituenci ...

(MLA) for Indera Kayangan from May 2013 to May 2018 and MLA of Perak for

Simpang Pulai Simpang Pulai ( Jawi: سيمڤڠ ڤولاي; ; Tamil: சிம்பாங் புலாய்) is a town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. Transportation Car As mentioned earlier, highway Federal Route 1, the premier north–south fed ...

from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

(PKR), a component party of the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) coalition.

Personal life

Chan attended

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, where he received Bachelor of Technology Management in 2002. He later received another bachelor's degree in law from

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in 2007 by self study.

Political career

Chan was first elected as people's representative in the 2008 general election winning the state constituency of Simpang Pulai, Perak. In the 2013 general election, Chan wrestled the Indera Kayangan state constituency seat in Perlis from the predecessor,

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

(MCA)'s Por Choo Chor. In the 2018 general election, Chan was elected as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Alor Setar in Kedah.

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Living people 1980 births Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Alumni of the University of London 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub