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Majority
  
5,511 (9.5%) (2013)

Succeeded by
  
Lim Lip Eng (DAP–PR)

Citizenship
  
Malaysian

Preceded by
  
New constituency

Full Name
  
Tan Kee Kwong

Parents
  
Tan Chee Khoon

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Preceded by
  
Wee Choo Keong (PKR–PR)

Political party
  
PKR (2008–) Gerakan (1995–2008)

Party
  
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia

Alma mater
  
University of Malaya (M.B.B.S.)

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Dato' Dr. Tan Kee Kwong (陈记光) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese origin. He was the deputy minister of Land and Cooperative Development as a Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) Member of Parliament. He later joined People's Justice Party and currently sits on the disciplinary board of People's Justice Party (PKR). His father, Tan Sri Tan Chee Khoon is the founder of the Gerakan party and the official leader of opposition between 1964 and 1978.

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Professional career

A medical doctor by profession, Tan graduated from University of Malaya and worked in United Kingdom during 1977 and 1981. He later returned to Malaysia and started a private clinic on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur.

Politics

In 1995, he joined Gerakan two month before the general election and Tan Sri Dato' Alex Lee nominated him as a candidate in the new created parliamentary seat of Segambut. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Segambut in the 1995 election and was re-elected in 1999 and 2004 elections.

Tan joined PKR in August 2008, quitting Gerakan as an advisor. He did not contest in the 2008 election. In the 2013 election, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Wangsa Maju.

References

Tan Kee Kwong Wikipedia