Liow Tiong Lai
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Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai MP |
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| 廖中莱 | |
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| Minister of Transport | |
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Assumed office 27 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Aziz Kaprawi |
| Preceded by | Hishammuddin Hussein (Acting) |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 18 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by |
Chua Soi Lek Ong Ka Ting (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Subramaniam Sathasivam (MIC) |
| President of Malaysian Chinese Association | |
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Assumed office 21 December 2013 |
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| Deputy | Wee Ka Siong |
| Preceded by | Chua Soi Lek |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bentong, Pahang |
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Assumed office 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Lim Ah Lek |
| Majority | 379 (2013) 12,549 (2008) 16,839 (2004) 10,715 (1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 October 1961 Jasin, Malacca, Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Malayan Chinese Association |
| Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Sun Loo (李善如) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
National University of Malaysia University of Malaya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Buddhist |
| Website | www |
Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai (Chinese: 廖中莱; pinyin: Liào Zhōnglái; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liāu Tiong-lâi; born 13 October 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served in the Cabinet of Malaysia as Minister of Transport since 2014. Previously he was Minister of Health from 18 March 2008 to 5 May 2013. He has been President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the Barisan Nasional ruling coalition, since 2013, and the Member of Parliament for Bentong, Pahang, since 1999.
Born in Jasin, Malacca in 1961, Liow had ambitions of being a doctor but graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia instead. He later obtained his MBA from the University of Malaya.
He is married to Datin Sri Lee Sun Loo and has three children. He is a strong advocate of healthy eating, especially eating organic food.
Liow officially joined the Malaysian Chinese Association in 1981. Soon after graduating from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1986, he joined MCA as a research assistant with a monthly salary of RM700. He became press secretary and later political secretary to MCA deputy president Lim Ah Lek from 1989 to 1999. After two decades of steady rise in the party, he was elected as MCA Youth Chief in 2005 and was elected as a Vice-President in 2008.
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