James Wong (politician)
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Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min |
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| 黄金明 | |
| Leader of the Opposition of Malaysia | |
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In office 24 August 1974 – 30 October 1974 |
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| Monarch | Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Razak |
| Preceded by | Lim Kit Siang |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Langgu Saga |
| Constituency | Miri-Lubis |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak | |
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In office 1963–1966 |
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| Preceded by | Post created |
| 3rd President of Sarawak National Party | |
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In office 1981–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Dunstan Endawie Enchana |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Dundang Bugak |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bintulu |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Miri-Lubis |
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In office 1970–1974 |
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| Member of the Sarawak State Assembly for Limbang |
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In office 1963–2001 |
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| Succeeded by | Richard Wong Shoan Fook |
| Personal details | |
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6 August 1922 Limbang, Kingdom of Sarawak |
| Died | 18 July 2011 (aged 88) Kuching, Sarawak |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Sarawak National Party (SNAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Bong |
| Children | 5 daughters, 3 sons |
| Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min (Chinese: 黄金明; pinyin: huáng jīn míng) (6 August 1922 – 18 July 2011) was a Malaysian politician active in the politics of Sarawak for decades. Wong holds the record as the longest serving assemblyman in the history of the state of Sarawak, holding the office for nearly fifty years. Wong served as the first Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak and the president of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP). He held several other ministries of Sarawak politics until his retirement in 2001.
Wong was born in Limbang, Kingdom of Sarawak, on 6 August 1922. Sarawak was a British protectorate at the time.
He began his political career in 1951, when he was elected to the Limbang District Council.
In 1956, Wong was elected to Sarawak's legislature, the Council Negri, which is now known as the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly. He continued to hold office in the Legislative Assembly until his retirement in 2001.
Malaysia became an independent country in 1963. Wong had been a member of the Malaysia Solidarity Consultative Committee's Sarawak delegation in 1962, which negotiated the formation of the new nation.Stephen Kalong Ningkan, the then president of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP), became the first Chief Minister of Sarawak, while Wong became the state's first deputy Chief Minister.
SNAP pulled out of the national coalition government, led by the Alliance Party, and became an opposition party. Wong, a member of the SNAP, won a seat in the Parliament of Malaysia in the 1969 general election, representing the Miri-Subis constituency. Wong became the leader of the Malaysian Opposition in August 1974. Wong would later be arrested under the Internal Security Act on 30 October 1974 and held at the Kamunting Detention Centre for several years. In 1981, Wong became the third president of the Sarawak National Party.
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