Michael Teo Yu Keng () is a

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and gynaecologist who served as the

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(MP) for

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from May 2013 to November 2022. 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) and formerly

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(PR) coalitions. He also served as the Vice President of PKR from June 2020 to July 2022. He is also a practicing gynaecologist at Teo's Clinic and Maternity Centre.

Political career

Teo entered the political arena as one of the pioneering members of PKR's

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branch in 1999. He went on to contest in his maiden election at the 2001 Sarawak state election in September that year for the seat of Senadin against the incumbent,

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from the

Sarawak United People's Party The Sarawak United Peoples' Party, or SUPP (; ms, Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak; Iban: ''Gerempong Sa'ati Rayat Sarawak'') is a multiracial centre-right local political party of Malaysia based in Sarawak. The SUPP president is Dr. Sim Kui Hi ...

(SUPP) in a losing effort. In March 2008, Teo contested in the

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, making his first attempt for the newly-created parliamentary seat of Sibuti. He was unsuccessful in his campaign against Ahmad Lai Bujang from the United Bumiputera Heritage Party (PBB). A decade after first contesting for the Senadin state seat, Teo entered the

2011 Sarawak state election The tenth Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 16 April 2011 after nomination for candidates on Wednesday, 6 April 2011. The purpose of the election was to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly. The ninth state assembly ...

as a candidate for the same seat, once again running against SUPP's three-term incumbent, Lee. Teo again lost out to Lee, but with a razor thin majority of just 58 votes. Teo registered to contest for the

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parliamentary seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election on April 20, 2013. Teo defeated SUPP's secretary-general, Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew, in a three-corner fight to become a first-time MP. Teo was announced as PKR's and the

Alliance of Hope 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 ...

's (PH) candidate to defend the Miri parliamentary seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election on April 14, 2018. Despite Miri being one of the targeted seats for SUPP to re-capture, Teo emphatically retained his seat with an increased majority. Later in July 2018, Teo was re-elected unopposed as chairperson of PKR's Miri branch. In March 2020, Teo ran unsuccessfully for the chairman-ship of PKR's Sarawak state liaison committee. The new chairperson,

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MP,

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, appointed Teo as one of three vice-chairmen instead. In June 2020, Teo was appointed by

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MP and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as a PKR vice-president (representing

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and Sarawak) to replace

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MP Jugah Muyang (who himself was appointed to replace another defector,

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) who defected from the party during the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.

Election results

References

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