Steven Sim Chee Keong
Steven Sim Chee Keong (simplified Chinese: 沈志强; traditional Chinese: 沈志強; pinyin: Shěn Zhìqiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sím Chì-kiông; born 13 May 1982) is a Malaysian politician who is serving as the Minister of Human Resources in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Mertajam since May 2013. He served as the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the PH administration under Prime Minister and Minister Anwar from December 2022 to December 2023 and the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Syed Saddiq from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the National Organising Secretary of DAP since March 2022. He is presently the youngest Cabinet minister at the age of 42.
Steven Sim Chee Keong | |
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沈志强 | |
| Minister of Human Resources | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Abdul Rahman Mohamad |
| Preceded by | V. Sivakumar |
| Constituency | Bukit Mertajam |
| Deputy Minister of Finance II | |
| In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Yamani Hafez Musa |
| Succeeded by | Lim Hui Ying (Deputy Minister of Finance) |
| Constituency | Bukit Mertajam |
| Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman |
| Preceded by | Saravanan Murugan |
| Succeeded by | Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal |
| Constituency | Bukit Mertajam |
| National Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action Party | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2022 | |
| Assistant | Ng Suee Lim Khoo Poay Tiong |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| National Chairman | Lim Guan Eng |
| Preceded by | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Mertajam | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Chong Eng (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 43,063 (2013) 52,877 (2018) 57,685 (2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Steven Sim Chee Keong 13 May 1982 Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Chan Jo Rin |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya (BS) Sunway University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | stevensim |
He was elected into the DAP central executive committee (CEC) in 2022.
In January 2011, he was appointed as a member of the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP), one of the largest local governments of Malaysia.
He writes regularly for Penang Monthly (formerly Penang Economic Monthly) as well as contributing opinion pieces to prominent Malaysian online news portals such as Malaysiakini and the Malaysian Insider. He has authored 4 books, including a contemporary socio-political critique of the Malay classic Hikayat Hang Tuah, Hang Tuah: Adiwira Bangsa in 2021.
In 2012, he was named as a Young Global Leader of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Penang Institute, a public policy think-tank based in Penang.
He speaks fluently in English, Malay, Hokkien, and Mandarin.