Teng Boon Soon (; born 30 August 1941) is a

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. He was the

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for the Tebrau constituency in

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...

from 2004 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the

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) party in the then-governing

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(BN) coalition. Teng was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general elections, succeeding

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(UMNO) member Mohd Ali Hassan in the seat of Tebrau. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout. Includes results from the 2004 election. After the 2008 general election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. His ministerial post came under threat in November 2008 after he was defeated for a position on the MCA's Central Committee, and he was subsequently left out of the ministry named by incoming

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Najib Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

in April 2009. His parliamentary career was also ended in 2013, when Khoo Soo Seang replaced him as the MCA's candidate and won the Tebrau seat in the 2013 general election.

Election results

Honours

* : ** Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1998)

References

Living people 1941 births People from Johor Members of the Dewan Rakyat 21st-century Malaysian politicians Malaysian Chinese Association politicians Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Members of the Order of the Defender of the Realm {{Malaysia-politician-stub