Chor Chee Heung

{{short description|Malaysian politician and lawyer}}

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{{family name hatnote|Chor (曹)|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri

| name = Chor Chee Heung

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|曹智雄}}}}

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PSM|DPMP (Perlis)|SPSK|SSDK|SSAP|DGSM|DGMK|DPMK (Kelantan)|DMSM|DSDK|JP}}

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| office = Minister of Housing and Local Government

| term_start = 4 June 2010

| term_end = 15 May 2013

| monarch = Mizan Zainal Abidin
{{small|(2010–2011)}}
Abdul Halim
{{small|(2011–2013)}}

| primeminister = Najib Razak

| deputy = Lajim Ukin
{{small|(2009–2012)}}

| predecessor = Kong Cho Ha

| successor = Abdul Rahman Dahlan
{{small|(Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government)}}

| constituency = Alor Setar

| office2 = Deputy Minister of Finance II

| term_start2 = 10 April 2009

| term_end2 = 4 June 2010

| alongside2 = Awang Adek Hussin {{small|(Deputy Minister of Finance I)}}

| monarch2 = Mizan Zainal Abidin

| primeminister2 = Najib Razak

| minister2 = Najib Razak
{{small|(Minister of Finance I)}}
Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
{{small|(Minister of Finance II)}}

| predecessor2 = Kong Cho Ha

| successor2 = Donald Lim Siang Chai

| constituency2 = Alor Setar

| office3 = Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II

| term_start3 = 19 March 2008

| term_end3 = 9 April 2009

| alongside3 = Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh {{small|(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)}}

| monarch3 = Mizan Zainal Abidin

| primeminister3 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

| minister3 = Syed Hamid Albar

| predecessor3 = Tan Chai Ho

| successor3 = Jelaing Mersat

| constituency3 = Alor Setar

| office4 = Parliamentary Secretary of the
Ministry of Transport

| term_start4 = 1995

| term_end4 = 1999

| monarch4 = Ja'afar
{{small|(1995–26 April 1999)}}
Salahuddin
{{small|(1999)}}

| primeminister4 = Mahathir Mohamad

| minister4 = Ling Liong Sik

| 1blankname4 = Deputy Minister

| 1namedata4 = Mohd Ali Rustam
{{small|(1995–1996)}}
Ibrahim Saad
{{small|(1996–1999)}}

| predecessor4 = Mohamed Ujang

| successor4 = Donald Lim Siang Chai

| constituency4 = Alor Setar

| constituency_MP5 = Alor Setar

| parliament5 = Malaysian

| term_start5 = 21 October 1990

| term_end5 = 5 May 2013

| predecessor5 = Oo Gin Sun
(BN–MCA)

| successor5 = Gooi Hsiao-Leung
(PR–PKR)

| majority5 = 5,135 (1990)
17,665 (1995)
14,589 (1999)
14,515 (2004)
184 (2008)

| office9 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm9 = 1990–2013

| suboffice9 = Barisan Nasional

| birth_name = Chor Chee Heung

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|3|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Alor Setar, Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)

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| death_date =

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| citizenship = Malaysian

| nationality = {{MAS}}

| party = Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Lawyer

| relations =

| spouse = Cheong Guek Mee

| children = 3

| alma_mater = City, University of London
(Master in Business Law)

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{{Infobox person

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|hide=no

| t = 曹智雄

| poj = Chô Tì-hiông

| tl = Tsô Tì-hiông

| j = Cou4 Zi3 Hung4

| y = Chòuh Ji-hùhng

| p = Cáo Zhìxióng}}

}}

Chor Chee Heung ({{zh|s=曹智雄|t=曹智雄|poj=Chô Tì-hiông|j=Cou4 Zi3 Hung4|cy=Chòuh Ji-hùhng|p=Cáo Zhìxióng}}; born 15 March 1955) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Housing and Local Government from June 2010 to May 2013, Deputy Minister of Finance II from April 2009 to June 2010, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II from March 2008 to April 2009, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Transport from 1995 to 1999 in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Najib, Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Syed Hamid Albar and Ling Liong Sik as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Setar from October 1990 to May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/index.php?modload=ahlidewan&uweb=dr&action=details&id=5|title=Chor Chee Heung, Y.B. Dato' Wira|publisher=Parliament of Malaysia|language=Malay|access-date=19 March 2010}}

Chor was elected to the Alor Setar constituency in 1990.{{Cite web

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| title = YB Dato' Chor Chee Heung

| publisher = MyKedah.com

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| url = http://www.mykedah2.com/e_20hall_fame/e202_9_01.htm

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090125100544/http://mykedah2.com/e_20hall_fame/e202_9_01.htm

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 25 January 2009

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| access-date = 20 December 2009

}} He retained the seat in the 2008 election by 184 votes, before being defeated in the 2013 election.{{Cite web

|title=Malaysia Decides 2008

|work=The Star (Malaysia)

|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/

|access-date=20 December 2009

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111075207/http://thestar.com.my/election/

|archive-date=11 January 2010

|df=dmy

}} In June 2010, he was promoted to Minister of Housing and Local Government. He had previously been a Deputy Minister,{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=joceline&file=/2010/6/2/columnists/joceline/6377055&sec=Joceline|title=Winds of change in Cabinet|last=Tan|first=Joceline|date=2 June 2010|work=The Star|publisher=Star Publications|access-date=4 June 2010}} and had served in various Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Minister positions since 1995.{{cite news|title=Chor Finally Makes It As Full Minister|date=1 June 2010|work=Bernama}}

Chor was a MCA Vice President.