Chan Foong Hin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chan (陈).

Chan Foong Hin (simplified Chinese: 陈泓缣; traditional Chinese: 陳泓縑; pinyin: Chén Hóngjiān; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Fên-kiâm; born 25 December 1978) is a Malaysian politician and chemical engineer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Johari Abdul Ghani since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Kinabalu since May 2018. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security prior to the 2023 cabinet reshuffle under Minister Mohamad Sabu from December 2022 to December 2023 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sri Tanjong from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has also served as the National Policy Director of DAP since March 2025 and State Deputy Chairman of DAP of Sabah since October 2024.^[2][3][4]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Chan Foong Hin PGDK ASDK MP
陈泓缣
Chan Foong Hin in 2024
Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2023
Monarchs	Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Johari Abdul Ghani
Preceded by	Siti Aminah Aching
Constituency	Kota Kinabalu
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Mohamad Sabu
Preceded by	Ahmad Hamzah (Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I) Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II)
Succeeded by	Arthur Joseph Kurup
Constituency	Kota Kinabalu
National Policy Director of the Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2025
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Preceded by	Position established
State Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Sabah
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 October 2024
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
State Chairman	Phoong Jin Zhe
Preceded by	Peter Dhoms Saili
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Kinabalu
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PH–DAP)
Majority	24,086 (2018) 23,783 (2022)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sri Tanjong
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PR–DAP)
Succeeded by	Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PH–DAP)
Majority	5,927 (2013)
Personal details
Born	Chan Foong Hin (1978-12-25) 25 December 1978 (age 46) Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia[1]
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 2008)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Spouse	Koh Chen Yean
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Chemical engineer
Chan Foong Hin on Parliament of Malaysia

Election

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, Democratic Action Party (DAP) fielded Chan to defend the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat, facing Joseph Lee Han Kyun from the United Sabah Party (PBS), who was a former DAP candidate. Chan subsequently won with a large majority.^[5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[6][7]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots Cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	P190 Tawau		Chan Foong Hin (DAP)	9,076	34.51%		Chua Soon Bui (SAPP)	13,943	53.02%	27,071	4,867	63.61%
							Berhan @ Birhan Ruslan (PKR)	3,278	12.47%
2018	P172 Kota Kinabalu		Chan Foong Hin (DAP)	31,632	74.76%		Joseph Lee Han Kyun (PBS)	7,546	17.84%	42,873	24,086	76.26%
							Yong Teck Lee (SAPP)	3,132	7.40%
2022			Chan Foong Hin (DAP)	31,359	71.08%		Amanda Yeo Yan Yin (WARISAN)	7,576	17.17%	44,663	23,783	59.57%
							Yee Tsai Yiew (PBS)	4,592	10.41%
							Winston Liaw Kit Siong (KDM)	456	1.03%
							Marcel Jude (IND)	137	0.31%

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N69 Sri Tanjong		Chan Foong Hin (DAP)	10,948	65.90%		Fung Len Fui (PBS)	5,021	30.23%	16,357	5,927	74.91%
							Yong Ah Poh (SAPP)	260	1.57%
							Olivia Chong Oi Yun (STAR)	128	0.77%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal
• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2023)^[8][9]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2018)^[10]