Английская Википедия:Anthony Loke

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Anthony Loke Siew FookШаблон:Efn (born 28 April 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Transport for the first term in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and previously in the Pakatan Harapan administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Seremban since May 2013, Rasah from March 2008 to May 2013 and Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Chennah since May 2013, Lobak from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the 6th Secretary-General of DAP since March 2022, 2nd Parliamentary Leader of DAP from July 2018 to March 2022 and previously as National Organising Secretary of DAP and Youth Chief of DAP or Chief of Socialist Youth (DAPSY). He was also the Leader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan and State Chairman of the PR of Negeri Sembilan.

Early life and education

Loke was born as Loke Siew Fook in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He was educated at St. Paul's Institution and Seri Ampangan High School. He graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2000 with a Bachelor Degree of Science (BSc) in development science.

Political career

In 1994, Loke joined DAP at the age of 17, the minimum age requirement of a DAP member. In 2004 Loke was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for the seat of Lobak, and retained his seat in the 2008 election, when he also won election to the federal parliament for the constituency of Rasah. In the 2013 election he switched seats at both state and federal levels, contesting and winning Chennah in the legislative assembly and Seremban in the federal parliament.

Loke apologised to Pakatan Harapan Chairman Mahathir Mohamad after over 40 billboards featured the leader have to be covered after directed by Election Commission of Malaysia.

Loke defended both his Parliament (Seremban) and State (Chennah) seats in 2018 election (GE14) by defeating MCA's candidates, Chong Sin Woon (Parliament) and Seet Tee Gee (State) with a majority of 30,694 votes and 1,115 votes respectively.

In the first Pakatan Harapan Cabinet following victory in GE14, Loke was announced as the new Minister of Transport by Prime Minister Mahathir. He was among the first of 14 Cabinet ministers. He was sworn in on 21 May at Istana Negara.

On 20 March 2022, on the 17th DAP National Congress, Loke was re-elected into the Central Executive Committee with 1625 votes, the 3rd highest vote, after Gobind Singh and Chow Kon Yeow. He was then appointed as DAP's 6th Secretary-general after Lim Guan Eng had stepped down from the role after 17 years.

Controversies and issues

In February 2019, Loke's wife sat next to him during an official meeting with his Chinese counterpart, sparking controversy. Tee Ching Seng, the head of MCA's international communication and diplomacy bureau, questioned why Loke's wife was present at the official meeting.

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N11 Lobak	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	5,991	59.08%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Khoo Seng Hock (MCA)	4,149	40.98%	10,338	1,842	70.87%
2008		Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	9,244	80.00%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Siow Koi Loon (MCA)	2,316	20.00%	11,714	6,928	77.26%
2013	N01 Chennah	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	5,128	55.99%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Siow Foo Wen (MCA)	4,030	44.01%	9,372	1,098	83.75%
2018		rowspan="2" Шаблон:Party shading/Keadilan |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	5,031	50.91%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Seet Tee Gee (MCA)	3,876	39.22%	10,051	1,155	82.94%
		Шаблон:Party shading/PAS |				Jamalus Mansor (PAS)	975	9.87%
2023		Шаблон:Party shading/PH |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	5,888	61.49%	bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color | |	Rosmadi Arif (BERSATU)	3,688	38.51%	9,576	2,200	65.80%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	P130 Rasah	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	34,271	61.87%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA)	21,120	38.13%	56,654	13,151	78.56%
2013	P128 Seremban	rowspan=4 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	45,628	53.12%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA)	33,075	38.52%	87,617	12,553	85.64%
		Шаблон:Party shading/Anti-Administration |				Abd Halim Abdullah (Berjasa)	6,866	8.00%
		Шаблон:Party shading/Independent |				John Fernandez (IND)	221	0.26%
		Шаблон:Party shading/Independent |				Bujang Abu (IND)	83	0.10%
2018		rowspan=2 Шаблон:Party shading/Keadilan |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	55,503	60.45%	Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Chong Sin Woon (MCA)	24,809	27.02%	93,254	30,694	84.65%
		Шаблон:Party shading/PAS |				Shariffuddin Ahmad (PAS)	11,506	12.53%
2022		rowspan=4 Шаблон:Party shading/PH |	Шаблон:Nowrap (DAP)	63,920	51.85%	Шаблон:Party shading/Perikatan Nasional |	Mohd Fadli Che Me (PAS)	33,076	26.83%	124,729	30,844	79.32%
		Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |				Wong Yin Ting (MCA)	24,584	19.94%
		bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color |				Mohamad Jani Ismail (PEJUANG)	1,336	1.08%
		Шаблон:Party shading/Independent |				Izat Lesly (IND)	373	0.30%

See also

• Rasah (federal constituency)
• Seremban (federal constituency)
• Chennah (state constituency)

External links

• Loke's official blog
• Шаблон:Facebook
• Шаблон:Instagram