Kerk Choo Ting
Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (died 22 May 2018) was a former Taiping Member of Parliament and deputy president of the Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan). He was also the former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and a Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based on Malaysia and Agriculture Agro-Based Industry II before being replaced by Mah Siew Keong. His ministry was led by Muhyiddin Yassin at the time.
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting DGPN DPMP | |
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| 郭洙镇 | |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry II | |
| In office 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006 Serving with Mohd Shariff Omar | |
| Monarch | Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Mah Siew Keong |
| Constituency | Simpang Renggam |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Simpang Renggam, Johor | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Liang Teck Meng (Gerakan—BN) |
| Majority | 14,155 (2004) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Taiping, Perak | |
| In office 20 October 1990 – 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Leong Khee Seong (Gerakan—BN) |
| Succeeded by | M. Kayveas (PPP—BN) |
| Majority | 2,585 (1990) 16,767 (1995) 3,969 (1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1941 |
| Died | 22 May 2018 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Political party | BN-PGRM (-2018) |
In the 1970s, Kerk served as legal counsel of a Chinese independent high school association. In the 1982 Malaysian state election, Kerk stood as Gerakan candidate on a Chinese educationalist platform. In 1999, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
On May 22, 2018, Kerk Choo Ting died.