Politician comparison

1. DAP

1. DAP

• 2000Graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Development Science.
• 1977Born in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. Later educated at St. Paul's Institution and Seri Ampangan High School.

• Late 1970s–Early 1980sGraduated with a Bachelor of Economics (BEc) from Monash University, Australia. Also served as president of the Monash University International Student Society…
• 1960s–1970sAttended La Salle Primary English School in Petaling Jaya and Batu Pahat Montfort Primary English School. Completed secondary education at Batu Pahat High…

• 16 March 2025Re-elected to the DAP Central Executive Committee with 2,508 votes (5th highest) and reappointed Secretary-General at the 18th DAP National Congress.
• 29 September 2024Re-elected as Negeri Sembilan DAP chairman for the 2024–2027 term at the state party convention, topping the polls with 571 out of 658 delegate votes.
• 12 August 2023Retained the Chennah state seat in the 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, defeating a Perikatan Nasional candidate, for a third consecutive term.
• 20 March 2022Elected as the 6th Secretary-General of DAP at the party's 17th National Congress in Shah Alam, succeeding Lim Guan Eng who had held the post for 17 years.…
• 19 November 2022Retained the Seremban parliamentary seat in GE15 with 63,916 votes and a majority of 30,841 votes in a five-way contest.
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• 2025Transitioned to the role of DAP's second advisor following the party's national congress.
• March 2022Stepped down as DAP Secretary-General after three terms (the maximum under party rules) and was elected DAP National Chairman.
• 19 November 2022Re-elected as MP for Bagan in the 15th general election (GE15) with a majority of 49,648 votes.
• February 2020Ceased to serve as Finance Minister following the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government during the Sheraton Move political crisis.
• 9 May 2018Re-elected as MP for Bagan. Pakatan Harapan won the 14th general election; appointed Minister of Finance of Malaysia — the first person of Malaysian Chinese…
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• When more than 80% of global commerce relies on maritime transport, safeguarding freedom of commerce is not just an idealised goal but an absolute economic imperative.

  2026 · Loke delivered a keynote address at the Global Maritime Economics Conference…

• We are not forcing anyone to go to TBS or TBG... but you must operate from a safe area, a licensed area, as a terminal.

  2025 · Loke addressed reporters at the launch of the Transport Expo Asia (TXA)…

• My approach is to continue with our tradition of a collective and inclusive leadership so that every DAP leader, whether they are in the CEC or not, will have a role to play

  2022 · Loke spoke to journalists after being announced as DAP Secretary-General at the…

• Austerity measures should be accompanied by a moratorium on increased taxes, regulatory and compliance costs as well as targeted subsidies for Micro Small and Medium enterprises or MSMEs affected by…

  2026 · Statement on the government's austerity package, calling for regulatory and tax…

• This was done by me three times during my tenure as finance minister (2018-2020) in securing Cabinet approval over and above the strident objections of then prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

  2023 · Statement on Twitter responding to Dr Mahathir's claim that Lim required his…

• Despite such unfriendly acts, DAP is still willing to seek cooperation and work with genuine Opposition parties such as Warisan for the larger national interest to prevent a BN victory or BN…

  2022 · Statement to Malay Mail on DAP's willingness to cooperate with Warisan ahead of…

1987 ISA Detention (Finalized): Lim was detained for 60 days under the Internal Security Act during Operation Lalang on 27 October 1987, and was the last of the 106 political detainees from that operation to be released, in April 1989 (Source:…