Frankie Poon Ming Fung

Frankie Poon Ming Fung (Chinese: 潘明丰; pinyin: Pān Míngfēng; Jyutping: Pun1 Meng4 Fung1; born 30 March 1959) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Chairman of the Sabah Development Berhad (SDB) since January 2023^[1] and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjong Papat since May 2018. He served as the State Minister of People's Health and Wellbeing of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration from May 2019 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020 and the State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah from May 2018 to May 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has served as the State Chairman of DAP of Sabah from March 2019 to October 2024 (in acting capacity from March 2019 to November 2021).

Yang Berhormat Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung PGDK MLA
潘明丰
Chairman of the Sabah Development Bank Berhad
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 January 2023
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Preceded by	Hajiji Noor
State Minister of People's Health and Wellbeing of Sabah
In office 21 May 2019 – 29 September 2020
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Shafie Apdal
Assistant	Norazlinah Arif
Preceded by	Stephen Wong Tien Fatt
Succeeded by	Shahelmey Yahya
Constituency	Tanjong Papat
State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah
In office 16 May 2018 – 21 May 2019
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Shafie Apdal
Assistant Minister	Arunarsin Taib
Preceded by	Masiung Banah
Succeeded by	Phoong Jin Zhe
Constituency	Tanjong Papat
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Tanjong Papat
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Raymond Tan Shu Kiah (BN–GERAKAN)
Majority	1,816 (2018) 3,743 (2020)
State Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Sabah
In office 28 March 2019 – 27 October 2024 (Acting: 28 March 2019 – 22 November 2021)
Deputy	Peter Dhoms Saili
Secretary-General	Lim Guan Eng (2019–2022) Anthony Loke Siew Fook (2022–2024)
National Chairman	Tan Kok Wai (2019–2022) Lim Guan Eng (2022–2024)
Preceded by	Stephen Wong Tien Fatt
Succeeded by	Phoong Jin Zhe
Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Frankie Poon Ming Fung (1959-03-30) 30 March 1959 (age 66) Sandakan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Spouse	Ales Chan Ket Lei
Alma mater	University of Glamorgan
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[2][3][4][5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N46 Tanjong Papat		Frankie Poon Ming Fung (DAP)	4,631	42.20%		Raymond Tan Shu Kiah (Gerakan)	6,153	56.06%	11,181	1,522	75.90%
							Yong Chie Man (SAPP)	191	1.74%
2018			Frankie Poon Ming Fung (DAP)	5,818	56.19%		Raymond Tan Shu Kiah (Gerakan)	4,002	38.66%	10,567	1,816	72.90%
							Jufazli Shi Ahmad (IND)	533	5.15%
2020	N56 Tanjong Papat		Frankie Poon Ming Fung (DAP)	5,900	68.00%		Yong Chie Man (SAPP)	2,157	24.87%	8,676	3,743	60.73%
							Mohd Yunus Apil (USNO Baru)	345	3.98%
							Noraini Sulong (IND)	98	1.13%
							Chung Yu Seng (PCS)	79	0.91%
							Lam Jin Dak (LDP)	62	0.71%
							Jamal Ali (PPRS)	35	0.40%

Honours

• Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2018)