Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (; born 9 January 1979) is a

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who has served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the

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(PH) administration under Prime Minister

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since December 2022. Previously, she served as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the

(PH) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Minister

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from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. She has served as the

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(MP) for

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since May 2018. She also served as 10th Speaker of the

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from June 2013 to April 2018 and Member of the

(MLA) for

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from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of the

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(DAP), a component party of the PH-led

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coalition. She has served as the Assistant National Publicity Secretary of DAP since March 2022.

Background

Born in Subang Jaya, Yeoh studied at SK Sri Subang Jaya, SRK SS19 and SMK Subang Utama, after which she continued her studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia and obtained her law degree in 2001. She was recognized as a lawyer by the

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in January 2003 and was subsequently admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania after obtaining a Certificate of Legal Practice in Tasmania. Yeoh then served as a lawyer in Petaling Jaya for three years before moving to the ceremony management company in 2006.

Political career

Driven by Edward Ling, her schoolmate, to join the world of politics, both Yeoh and Ling joined the Damansara

(DAP) Branch in the late 2006. Yeoh opted to join the DAP even though the party was an opposition party as she felt that the stand of the political party is the most consistent, though its leaders are often threatened by the

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which allows for arrest without any trial. Inspired by

Tony Pua Tony Pua Kiam Wee (; born 1 August 1972) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Damansara from May 2018 to November 2022, for Petaling Jaya Utara from March 2008 to May 2018 and Political Secretary to the ...

, Damansara Branch Chairman, who resigned to join DAP full-time, Yeoh followed Pua's footsteps and resigned shortly before the March 2008 general election to devote her full-time as a politician. Yeoh was elected as the Selangor state assemblyperson for the seat of Subang Jaya in the 2008 general election. In the 2013 general election, Yeoh was re-elected as Subang Jaya state assembly person for the second term. After her re-election, on 21 June 2013 she was sworn in as Malaysia's first woman speaker for Selangor State Assembly. At the age of 34 she is also the youngest speaker of any legislative Assembly in Malaysia. In the 2018 general election, Yeoh was picked by DAP to run for the

parliamentary seat and she successfully won it. When Pakatan Harapan took over the government, she was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development in the new Malaysian cabinet.

Personal life

Yeoh has 4 siblings. She is a former

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and event manager. She is married to Ramanchandran Muniandy with whom she has two daughters, Shay Adora Ram and Kayleigh Imani Ram.

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