Ngwe Hee Sem
Ngwe Hee Sem (Chinese: 魏喜森; pinyin: Wèi Xǐ Sēn; Wade–Giles: Wei4 Hsi3 Sên; Jyutping: Ngai6 Hei2 Sam1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gūi Hí-sim or Ah Sem, born 2 January 1968) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh since April 2023 for the second term and under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023 for the first term as well as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Machap Jaya since November 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is Member of the Central Committee, Organising Secretary of MCA of Melaka and Division Vice Chief of MCA of Alor Gajah. He is also the sole Melaka EXCO Member of MCA, one of the only two Melaka EXCO Members of Chinese descent along with Allex Seah Shoo Chin and one of the only two MLAs of MCA along with Kelebang MLA Lim Ban Hong.
Ngwe Hee Sem | |
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| 魏喜森 | |
| Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (Unity, Human Resources, Community Relations and Consumer Affairs: 26 November 2021–31 March 2023 & Health, Human Resources and Unity: since 5 April 2023) | |
| Assumed office 5 April 2023 | |
| Governor | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Deputy | Siti Faizah Abdul Azis |
| Chief Minister | Ab Rauf Yusoh |
| Preceded by | Himself (Human Resources and Unity) Muhamad Akmal Saleh (Health) |
| Constituency | Machap Jaya |
| In office 26 November 2021 – 31 March 2023 | |
| Governor | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Chief Minister | Sulaiman Md Ali |
| Preceded by | Ismail Othman |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Human Resources and Unity) Allex Seah Shoo Chin (Consumer Affairs) Portfolio abolished (Community Relations) |
| Constituency | Machap Jaya |
| Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly for Machap Jaya | |
| Assumed office 20 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 938 (2021) |
| Faction represented in Melaka State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2021– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1968 Machap Jaya, Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia |
| Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Education | Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee at Martin |
| Occupation | Politician |
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 魏喜森 |
| Simplified Chinese | 魏喜森 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wèi Xǐ Sēn |
| Wade–Giles | Wei4 Hsi3 Sên |
| Jyutping | Ngai6 Hei2 Sam1 |
| Hokkien POJ | Gūi Hí-sim |
| Tâi-lô | Guī Hí-sim |
Political career
Ngwe was elected to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly in the 2021 state election, winning the seat of Machap Jaya from incumbent Ginie Lim Siew Lin of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition who did not recontest.[1] In addition, he was also appointed as Member of the Melaka State EXCO in charge of Unity, Human Resources, Community Relations and Consumer Affairs by 12th Chief Minister Sulaiman on 26 November 2021. He was reappointed as an EXCO Member in charge of Health, Human Resources and Unity by 13th Chief Minister Ab Rauf on 5 April 2023.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 2021 | N08 Machap Jaya, P135 Alor Gajah | Ngwe Hee Sem (MCA) | 3,732 | 46.67% | Law Bing Haw (PKR) | 2,794 | 34.94% | 7,996 | 938 | 64.04% | ||
| Tai Siong Jiul (BERSATU) | 1,202 | 15.03% | ||||||||||
| Abd Aziz Osani Kasim (IMAN) | 167 | 2.96% | ||||||||||
| Azlan Daud (IND) | 101 | 1.26% | ||||||||||