Teng Boon Soon
Teng Boon Soon (simplified Chinese: 邓文村; traditional Chinese: 鄧文村; born 30 August 1941) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Tebrau constituency in Johor from 2004 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Teng Boon Soon | |
|---|---|
邓文村 | |
| Deputy Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Shafie Apdal |
| Preceded by | Wong Kam Hoong (Arts, Culture and Heritage) |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Constituency | Tebrau |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tebrau | |
| In office 2004–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Hassan (UMNO — BN) |
| Succeeded by | Khoo Soo Seang (MCA — BN) |
| Majority | 26,011 (2004) 14,851 (2008) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ling Ban San @ Teng Boon Soon 30 August 1941 Johor, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | mptebrau |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 鄧文村 |
| Simplified Chinese | 邓文村 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dèng Wéncūn |
| Hokkien POJ | Tēng Bûn-chhûn |
Teng was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general elections, succeeding United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) member Mohd Ali Hassan in the seat of Tebrau. After the 2008 general election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. His ministerial post came under threat in November 2008 after he was defeated for a position on the MCA's Central Committee, and he was subsequently left out of the ministry named by incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak in April 2009. His parliamentary career was also ended in 2013, when Khoo Soo Seang replaced him as the MCA's candidate and won the Tebrau seat in the 2013 general election.