Khoo Poay Tiong

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Khoo Poay Tiong

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MP}}

| native_name = {{nobold|邱培栋}}

| native_name_lang = zh-my

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Khoo Poay Tiong

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malacca, Malaysia

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Chairman of the Secretariat of the Malaysian Chinese New Village Division

| term_start = 15 May 2024

| term_end =

| minister = Nga Kor Ming

| predecessor = Wong Kah Woh

| successor =

| constituency_MP1 = Kota Melaka

| parliament1 = Malaysian

| term_start1 = 9 May 2018

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Sim Tong Him
(PR–DAP)

| successor1 =

| majority1 = 49,175 (2018)
46,420 (2022)

| constituency_AM2 = Ayer Keroh

| assembly2 = Malacca State Legislative

| term_start2 = 8 March 2008

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor2 = Seah Kwi Tong
(BN–MCA)

| successor2 = Kerk Chee Yee
(PH–DAP)

| majority2 = 3,205 (2008)
7,943 (2013)

| office3 = State Leader of the Opposition of Malacca

| term_start3 = 1 July 2013

| term_end3 = 9 May 2018

| governor3 = Mohd Khalil Yaakob

| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata3 = Idris Haron

| predecessor3 = Goh Leong San

| successor3 = Idris Haron

| constituency3 = Ayer Keroh

| office4 = National Organising Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party

| term_start4 = 16 March 2025

| term_end4 =

| 1blankname4 = Assistant

| 1namedata4 = Lee Chin Chen
Tan Hong Pin

| 2blankname4 = Secretary-General

| 2namedata4 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| predecessor4 = Steven Sim Chee Keong

| successor4 =

| office5 = Assistant National Organising Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party

| term_start5 = 12 November 2017

| term_end5 = 16 March 2025

| alongside5 = Thomas Su Keong Siong {{small|(2017–2022)}} &
Ng Suee Lim {{small|(2022–2025)}}

| 1blankname5 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata5 = Lim Guan Eng
{{small|(2017–2022)}}
Anthony Loke Siew Fook
{{small|(2022–2025)}}

| 2blankname5 = National Organising Secretary

| 2namedata5 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook
{{small|(2017–2022)}}
Steven Sim Chee Keong
{{small|(2022–2025)}}

| predecessor5 = Vincent Wu Him Ven

| successor5 = Lee Chin Chen

| office6 = State Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party of Malacca

| term_start6 = 7 June 2024

| term_end6 =

| deputy6 = Saminathan Ganesan

| predecessor6 = Tey Kok Kiew

| successor6 =

| 1blankname6 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata6 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| citizenship = Malaysian

| nationality = {{MAS}}

| party = Democratic Action Party (DAP)
{{small|(since 1999)}}

| otherparty = Barisan Alternatif (BA)
{{small|(1999v2004)}}
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| occupation =

| profession =

| relations =

| spouse = Lee Wei Cheng

| children = 3

| website = www.kotamelaka.com

| footnotes =

| education =

| alma_mater = B.A. (Honours) Economics, University of Malaya

}}

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| t = 邱培棟

| s = 邱培栋

| poj = Khu Pôe-tòng

| tl =

| j =

| phfs =

| p = Qiū Péidòng}}

}}

Khoo Poay Tiong ({{zh|s=邱培栋|t=邱培棟|p=Qiū Péidòng|poj=Khu Pôe-tòng}}; born 13 December 1970){{cite web|url=https://calon.ubah.my/?page=candidate_profile&state=MELAKA&code=P138|title=P138 Kota Melaka|publisher=Democratic Action Party|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190217083245/https://calon.ubah.my/?page=candidate_profile&state=MELAKA&code=P138|url-status=live}} is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Secretariat of the Malaysian Chinese New Village Division since May 2024 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Melaka since May 2018. He served as Leader of the Opposition of Malacca from July 2013 to May 2018 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ayer Keroh from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the National Organising Secretary of DAP since March 2025 and State Chairman of DAP of Malacca since June 2024. He served as the Assistant National Organising Secretary of DAP from November 2017 to his promotion in March 2025. He was the State Vice Chairman prior to his promotion to the state chairmanship. He is presently the sole Malacca DAP MP.{{cite web|title=Profile at the official portal of Parliament of Malaysia|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?uweb=dr&id=3662&lang=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190217083713/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?uweb=dr&id=3662&lang=en|archive-date=17 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019|publisher=Parliament of Malaysia}}{{Cite web|last=portalmaster|title=Central Executive Committee|url=https://dapmalaysia.org/en/about-us/leadership/national/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=DAP Malaysia|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/06/08/melaka-dap-selects-khoo-poay-tiong-as-new-chairman|title=Melaka DAP selects Khoo Poay Tiong as new chairman|website=The Star|date=8 June 2024|accessdate=1 November 2024}}

Personal life

Khoo is the eldest son of Khoo Nian Koon, a tailor in Malacca town. He is married to Lee Wei Cheng (李慧贞) with three daughters.

Education

Khoo Poay Tiong graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics from University of Malaya.

Political career

Prior to his political life, Khoo was a senior manager at Maybank before quitting his job to pursue full time in a life as a politician in year 2008. He was first elected as a State Assemblyman for Ayer Keroh, by successfully crushing a long held stronghold of Barisan Nasional of Ayer Keroh state seat by beating Chiew Hong Lan in the 12th General Election.

In year 2013, during the 13th General Election, Khoo retained his state assembly seat and was elected as the Opposition Leader for the state of Malacca.

In 2018, he moved from Malacca state politics to the federal politics. In the 2018 general election, he won Kota Melaka federal seat and was elected to Parliament as the Kota Melaka MP for the first term after defeating Choo Wei Sern of Barisan Nasional (BN) and independent candidate Goh Leong San by a majority of 49,175 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/politik/bn-melaka-silap-percaturan-1.670477|title=BN Melaka silap percaturan|work=Utusan Malaysia|date=11 May 2018|author=Suffian Abu Bakar|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-date=17 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217085636/http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/politik/bn-melaka-silap-percaturan-1.670477|language=ms}}{{cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180530_P.U.%20%28B%29%20317.pdf|title=Federal Government Gazette: Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes – Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca|date=28 May 2018|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229000311/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180530_P.U.%20%28B%29%20317.pdf|url-status=dead}}

In the 2022 general election, Khoo defended the Kota Melaka seat and was reelected to the Parliament as the Kota Melaka MP for the second term after defeating Suhaime Borhan of Perikatan Nasional (PN), Kon Qi Yao of BN and independent candidate Norazlanshah Hazali by a majority of 46,420 votes.

On 7 June 2024, after the resignation of Malacca DAP Chairman Tey Kok Kiew, Vice Chairman Khoo was unanimously promoted to Chairman by the state committee members in a meeting.

Election results

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|+ Malacca 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|language=ms|access-date=11 July 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{Cite web

| title = Malaysia General Election

| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data

| publisher = Malaysiakini

| url = http://undi.info/#

| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the 2004 election.{{Cite web

|title=Malaysia Decides 2008

|work=The Star (Malaysia)

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

|access-date=25 January 2010

|url-status=dead

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

|archive-date=11 January 2010

|df=dmy

}} Includes results from the 2004 election. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2008

|rowspan=2|N16 Ayer Keroh

| {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|{{nowrap|Khoo Poay Tiong}} (DAP)

|align="right" |11,309

|58.25%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Chiew Hong Lan}} (MCA)

|align="right" |8,104

|41.75%

|19,953

|3,205

|81.43%

2013

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|{{nowrap|Khoo Poay Tiong}} (DAP)

|align="right" |18,934

|63.27%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yong Fun Juan (MCA)

|align="right" |10,991

|36.73%

|30,402

|7,943

|88.83%

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum 13|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=8 May 2016}}{{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.{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan=2|2018