Leong Yu Man
Leong Yu Man | |
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梁耀雯 | |
| Member of the Pahang State Executive Council | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Menteri Besar | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail |
| Portfolio | Unity, Tourism & Culture |
| Preceded by | Shahaniza Shamsuddin (Unity & Culture) Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (Tourism) |
| Constituency | Triang |
| Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly for Triang | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Leong Ngah Ngah (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 5,009 (2013) 6,454 (2018) 6,219 (2023) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leong Yu Man 22 June 1985 Triang, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Parent | Leong Ngah Ngah (father) |
| Education | Triang Chinese National Type School 1 (1992–1997) Triang National Secondary School (1998–2002) Temerloh National Secondary School (2003–2004) |
| Alma mater | University of Putra Malaysia (Bachelor of Science in nutrition and community health) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Nutritionist (2009–2013) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁耀雯 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梁耀雯 | ||||||
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Leong Yu Man (Chinese: 梁耀雯; pinyin: Liáng Yàowén; born 22 June 1985) is a Malaysian politician and former nutritionist who has served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail since December 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Triang since May 2013. She is a member, State Organising Secretary of Pahang and Division Women Chief of Bera of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. She is the youngest, the only female and the only Pahang EXCO Member of DAP and one of the only two Pahang EXCO Members of PH and Chinese ethnicity alongside Teruntum MLA Sim Chon Siang. She is also the daughter of Senator, State Advisor of DAP of Pahang, former Triang MLA and former State Chairman of DAP of Pahang Leong Ngah Ngah. She created history as the first ever female Chinese and DAP Pahang EXCO Member.