Chua Jui Meng
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Yang Berbahagia Dato' Chua Jui Meng |
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| 蔡锐明 | |
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| Malaysian Minister of Health | |
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In office May 1995 – 23 March 2004 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mahathir Mohammed Abdullah Badawi |
| Preceded by | Lee Kim Sai |
| Succeeded by | Chua Soi Lek |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bakri |
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In office 3 August 1986 – 13 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Er Teck Hwa |
| Personal details | |
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22 October 1943 Muar, Johor, British Malaya |
| Political party |
PKR – Pakatan Rakyat (2009 – present) |
| Spouse(s) | Honey Hum Chim Pang |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | chuajuimeng123 |
PKR – Pakatan Rakyat (2009 – present)
Dato' Chua Jui Meng (simplified Chinese: 蔡锐明; traditional Chinese: 蔡銳明; pinyin: Cài Ruì Míng); born 22 October 1943) is a Malaysian politician from the state of Johor. He was the country's longest serving Minister of Health, holding that position from 1990 to 2004.
Chua is a lawyer called to the British Bar as a Barrister-at-law at the Inner Temple before entering politics through his involvement with the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). After 35 years with the party, he quit to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in 2009.
Prior to entering full-time politics, Chua was a student activist in the 1970s. He was president of the Malaysian and Singaporean Law Society in the United Kingdom and Ireland as well as Editor in Chief of the Federation of UK and Ireland Malaysian and Singaporean Student Associations.
Chua began his political career in 1976 when he became a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association, a component of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. In the 1986 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Bakri, a seat he retained for five consecutive terms.
His speech in Parliament in 1988 on the "Malaysian Chinese dilemma" as a result of the "deviations and misimplementation" of the New Economic Policy (NEP) sparked the formation of the National Economic Consultative Council (NECC). The NECC formulated the National Development Policy (1990–2000), which Chua credited as key to liberalising the economy, education and culture and turning Chinese voter in favour of Barisan Nasional from the 1990s to 2004.
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