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Chor Chee Heung
曹智雄 |
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Malaysian
Minister of Housing and Local Government
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Assumed
office
4 June 2010 |
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Preceded by
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Member
of the Malaysian Parliament
for Alor Setar, Kedah
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Assumed
office
1990 |
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Personal
details
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Born
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15 March 1955
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Political party
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Children
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3
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Occupation
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Religion
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Dato' Chor Chee Heung (Chinese: 曹智雄; pinyin: Cáo Zhìxióng; Cantonese Yale: Chòuh Ji-hùhng); is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Alor Setar constituency in Kedah, Malaysia. He is a member of the MCA in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition and is the Minister for Housing and Local Government.[1]
Chor has held
the Alor Setar constituency since 1990,[2] retaining the seat in the 2008 election
by 184 votes.[3] In June 2010, he was promoted to
Minister for Housing and Local Government. He had previously been a Deputy
Minister,[4] and had served in various Parliamentary
Secretary and Deputy Minister positions since 1995.[5]
Chor was born
in Alor Setar. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer.[5]
