Hannah Yeoh

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Puan

| honorific-suffix = MP

| name = Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan

| native_name = {{nobold|杨巧双}}

| native_name_lang = zh-my

| image = Ambassador McFeeters Meets with YB Hannah Yeoh, Minister of Youth and Sports (cropped).jpg

| caption = Yeoh in 2023

| birth_name = Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Minister of Youth and Sports

| monarch = Abdullah
{{small|(2022–2024)}}
Ibrahim Iskandar
{{small|(since 2024)}}

| primeminister = Anwar Ibrahim

| deputy = Adam Adli

| term_start = 3 December 2022

| term_end =

| predecessor = Ahmad Faizal Azumu

| successor =

| constituency = Segambut

| office1 = Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development

| monarch1 = Muhammad V
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2020)}}

| primeminister1 = Mahathir Mohamad

| minister1 = Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

| term_start1 = 2 July 2018

| term_end1 = 24 February 2020

| predecessor1 = Azizah Mohd Dun
{{small|(Women and Family Development)}}
Chew Mei Fun
{{small|(Community Development)}}

| successor1 = Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff

| constituency1 = Segambut

| office2 = 10th Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly

| monarch2 = Sharafuddin

| 1blankname2 = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata2 = Khalid Ibrahim
{{small|(2013–2014)}}
Azmin Ali
{{small|(2014–2018)}}

| deputy2 = Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
{{small|(2013–2014)}}
Mohd Shafie Ngah
{{small|(2014–2018)}}

| term_start2 = 21 June 2013

| term_end2 = 9 April 2018

| predecessor2 = Teng Chang Khim

| successor2 = Ng Suee Lim

| constituency2 = Subang Jaya

| office3 = Deputy Secretary-General of the
Democratic Action Party

| term_start3 = 16 March 2025

| term_end3 =

| alongside3 = Steven Sim Chee Keong & Ramkarpal Singh

| 1blankname3 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata3 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| predecessor3 = Sivakumar Varatharaju

| successor3 =

| office4 = Assistant National Publicity Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party

| term_start4 = 20 March 2022

| term_end4 = 16 March 2025

| alongside4 = Ganabatirau Veraman

| 1blankname4 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata4 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| 2blankname4 = National Publicity Secretary

| 2namedata4 = Teo Nie Ching

| predecessor4 = Zairil Khir Johari

| successor4 = Young Syefura Othman

| constituency_MP5 = Segambut

| parliament5 = Malaysian

| term_start5 = 9 May 2018

| term_end5 =

| predecessor5 = Lim Lip Eng
(PR–DAP)

| successor5 =

| majority5 = 45,702 (2018)
59,684 (2022)

| constituency_AM6 = Subang Jaya

| assembly6 = Selangor State Legislative

| term_start6 = 8 March 2008

| term_end6 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor6 = Lee Hwa Beng
(BN–MCA)

| successor6 = Michelle Ng Mei Sze
(PH–DAP)

| majority6 = 13,851 (2008)
28,069 (2013)

| citizenship = Malaysian

| nationality = {{MAS}}

| party = Democratic Action Party (DAP)

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Lawyer

| relations =

| spouse = {{marriage|Ramachandran Muniandy|2008}}

| children = 2

| alma_mater = University of Tasmania

| website = {{URL|http://www.hannahyeoh.com/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan ({{zh|t=楊巧雙|s=杨巧双|p=Yáng Qiǎoshuāng|poj=Iôⁿ Khá-siang}}; born 9 January 1979) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Segambut since May 2018. She also served as 10th Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from June 2013 to April 2018 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Subang Jaya from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. She has served as the Deputy Secretary-General of DAP since March 2025. She served as the Assistant National Publicity Secretary of DAP from March 2022 to March 2025.

Background

Born in Subang Jaya, Yeoh studied at SK Sri Subang Jaya, SRK SS19 and SMK Subang Utama, after which she continued her studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia and obtained her law degree in 2001. She was recognized as a lawyer by the Malaysian Bar in January 2003 and was subsequently admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania after obtaining a Certificate of Legal Practice in Tasmania. Yeoh then served as a lawyer in Petaling Jaya for three years before moving to the ceremony management company in 2006.

Political career

Driven by Edward Ling, her schoolmate, to join the world of politics, both Yeoh and Ling joined the Damansara DAP Branch in the late 2006. Yeoh opted to join the DAP even though the party was an opposition party as she felt that the stand of the political party is the most consistent, though its leaders are often threatened by the Internal Security Act (ISA) which allowed arrests and imprisonments without any trial.

Inspired by Damansara DAP Branch Chief Tony Pua who resigned to join DAP full-time, Yeoh followed Pua's footsteps and resigned shortly before the March 2008 general election to become a full-time politician.

Yeoh was elected as the MLA for Subang Jaya in the 2008 Selangor state election.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2008/03/10/billi-takes-defeat-in-his-stride/|title=Billi takes defeat in his stride|date=10 March 2008|work=The Star|publisher=Star Publications|access-date=27 May 2010}}Lourdes, Mark. [http://hwabeng.org.my/node/960 "'Handyman' wants to move."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070808080510/http://hwabeng.org.my/node/960 |date=8 August 2007 }}, New Straits Times (Hosted on Lee Hwa Beng's Blog), 13 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-06-27. In the 2013 Selangor state election, Yeoh was reelected as Subang Jaya MLA. After her reelection, she was also elected as the first ever female Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.{{cite news|url=http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/81182-hannah-yeoh-sworn-in-as-countrys-first-woman-state-speaker.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423103643/http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/81182-hannah-yeoh-sworn-in-as-countrys-first-woman-state-speaker.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=23 April 2018|title=Hannah Yeoh Sworn In As Country's First Woman State Speaker|date=21 June 2013|work=Malaysian Digest|publisher=malaysiandigest.com|access-date=22 Jun 2013}} At the age of 34, she became the youngest speaker of any state legislative assembly in Malaysia.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/06/22/yeoh-is-malaysias-youngest-and-first-female-state-speaker/|title=Yeoh is Malaysia's youngest and first female state Speaker|date=22 June 2013|work=The Star|publisher=Star Publications|access-date=22 Jun 2013}}

In the 2018 general election, Yeoh was nominated by her party to contest for the Segambut federal seat and was elected. When PH took over the federal government, she was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development by Prime Minister Mahathir.

In the 2022 general election, Yeoh was renominated by her party to contest for the same seat and was reelected.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/19/ge15-hannah-yeo-claims-victory-in-segambut|title=Hannah claims victory in Segambut|website=The Star|date=19 November 2022|accessdate=8 April 2023}} After PH formed the coalition government with BN and other political coalitions and parties, Yeoh was appointed as Minister of Youth and Sports by Prime Minister Anwar on 3 December 2022. As the minister, Yeoh introduced the "Road to Gold" (RTG) high performance training programme in an effort to train athletes and olympians on becoming first ever gold medalists of the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Malaysian history. The programme listed 15 badminton players, divers and cyclists ranging from Aaron Chia, Soh Wooi Yik, Pandelela Rinong, Azizulhasni Awang to others.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2023/04/07/zii-jia-and-azizul-in-the-road-to-gold-programme|title=Zii Jia and Azizul in the Road to Gold programme|website=The Star|date=7 April 2023|accessdate=8 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/others/2023/01/01/hannah-hopes-road-to-gold-plan-will-help-malaysia-realise-olympic-dream|title=Hannah hopes 'Road to Gold' plan will help Malaysia realise Olympic dream|website=The Star|date=1 January 2023|accessdate=8 April 2023}}

Personal life

Yeoh has 4 siblings. She is a former lawyer and event manager.{{cite web|url=http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/1772123/|title=貌似慕尤丁- ‧- 欣赏郭素沁——杨巧双父亲是文青|date=2018-07-08|publisher=Sin Chew Daily|access-date=8 July 2018|archive-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605094850/http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/1772123/|url-status=dead}} She is married to Ramachandran Muniandy (born 1979) with whom she has two daughters, Shay Adora Ram and Kayleigh Imani Ram.{{cite web |url=http://www.hannahyeoh.blogspot.hk/p/my-profile.html |title=Hannah Yeaoh:My Profile |author= |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121924/http://www.hannahyeoh.blogspot.hk/p/my-profile.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Election results

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|+ Selangor State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|access-date=27 May 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-date=14 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314141057/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|url-status=dead}}Results only available for the 2013 election.{{cite web|url=http://undi.info/#|title=Malaysian Election Data|publisher=Malaysiakini|access-date=12 May 2013}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913134822/https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|url-status=dead}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

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2008