Julian TAN Kok Ping () is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the

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for the constituency in

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, representing the

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(DAP) after winning the seat for the opposition party for the first time after the 2013 Malaysian general election, wresting the seat from long time MP

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Yong Khoon Seng. He has not contested in 2018 Malaysian general election, and the seat candidate was changed to the former Bandar Kuching MP

Chong Chieng Jen Chong Chieng Jen (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông Khien-ìn, born 12 February 1971), is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under form ...

. Before entering politics, he was an aerospace engineer and researcher, graduating with a Masters of Engineering Science (Scholarship) from the

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. Julian decided not to defend his parliamentary seat in the 14th Malaysian general election and instead retire from politics to focus on his research, science and technology career. He did his doctorate from

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under the Merit Scholarship and was conferred the award Doctor Of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering on 30th March 2022.

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Living people Members of the Dewan Rakyat Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians People from Kuching Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent 1978 births Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman {{Malaysia-politician-stub