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Tan Chai Ho

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Tan Chai Ho
陈财和
MCA Treasurer-General
Assumed office
7 April 2010
Preceded byTee Hock Seng
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
29 March 2004 – 26 February 2008
Member of the Dewan Rakyat for Bandar Tun Razak
In office
1995–2008
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byAbdul Khalid Ibrahim
Personal details
Born (1949-02-07) 7 February 1949 (age 75)
Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
SpouseKok Mew Chan (霍妙珍)
Children4 ( 2 sons, 2 daughters)
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Tan Chai Ho (simplified Chinese: 陈财和; traditional Chinese: 陳財和; pinyin: Chén Chái Hé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Châi-hô; born 7 February 1959) was Deputy Minister of Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia) from 29 March 2004 to 26 February 2008. He was a Member of Parliament of (P124) Bandar Tun Razak in Wilayah Persekutuan (Federal Territory) of Malaysia) representing the National Front Coalition (Barisan Nasional) for 3 terms until he lost to Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in the twelfth General Election in Malaysia on 8 March 2008.

Education

Primary education at National Type Chinese School Kepong, Kuala Lumpur from 1956 to 1961. Secondary education till Senior Cambridge in 1967. Completed Form Six In 1969. Professional training : Company Secretary.

Political background

Position history

Positions held in private sector :
Family business in Company Secretarial Services. Director of Kojadi Cooperation

Positions held in Malaysian cabinet
  i) 11 May 1995 – 13 May 1999 – Appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs.
 ii) 14 December 1999 – Mac 2004 Appointed as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Energy, Communications & Multimedia.
iii) 29 March 2004 – 26 February 2008 Appointed as Deputy Minister of the Ministry Of Home Affairs .

Position Political party Year
Chairman of MCA Kepong Baru Division Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur 1976–1981
Chief of Kepong Division MCA Youth Wing Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur 1981–1985
Deputy Chairman of MCA Youth Wing Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur 1981–1985
State Chairman of MCA Youth Wing Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur 1985–1990
Deputy Chairman of MCA National Youth Wing National 1987–1990
MCA Youth Movement Vanguard Chief Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur 1987–1990
MCA Central Working Committee National 1990–Present
MCA Federal Territory, Kuala Lumpur State Chairman Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur 1990–Present
Head of the National MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau National 1990–Present
Head of the National MCA Religious Bureau National 2005–Present