18 Facts About Anthony Loke

Anthony Loke is a member of the Democratic Action Party, a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat coalitions.

Anthony Loke has served as the 6th Secretary-General of DAP since March 2022,2nd Parliamentary Leader of DAP from July 2018 to March 2022 and previously as National Organising Secretary of DAP and Youth Chief of DAP or Chief of Socialist Youth.

Anthony Loke was the Leader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan and State Chairman of the PR of Negeri Sembilan.

Anthony Loke was educated at St Paul's Institution and Seri Ampangan High School.

Anthony Loke graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2000 with a Bachelor Degree of Science in development science.

Anthony Loke presented a history book on the dish in an audience with the Yamtuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz on January 31st 2020.

In 1994, Anthony Loke joined DAP at the age of 17, the minimum age requirement of a DAP member.

Anthony Loke won the seat and was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly as the Lobak MLA for the first term.

Anthony Loke retained his seat and was reelected to a second term in the 2008 state election.

Anthony Loke apologised to Mahathir after over 40 billboards featuring the latter have to be covered under orders from Election Commission of Malaysia.

Anthony Loke defended both his Parliament and State seats in 2018 election by defeating MCA's candidates, Chong Sin Woon and Seet Tee Gee with a majority of 30,694 votes and 1,115 votes respectively.

On 21 May 2018, Anthony Loke was named as the Minister of Transport by Prime Minister Mahathir.

On 24 February 2020, Anthony Loke was removed as the Minister of Transport after the PH was ousted from power in the 2020 political crisis.

On 20 March 2022 in the 17th DAP National Congress, Anthony Loke was reelected into the Central Executive Committee with 1625 votes, the 3rd highest vote, after Gobind Singh Deo who was reappointed the National Deputy Chairman and Chow Kon Yeow who was reappointed the National Vice Chairman.

Anthony Loke was then appointed as the 6th Secretary-General of the party, replacing Lim Guan Eng who held the office for 17 years.

Anthony Loke again defended his Seremban federal seat in the 2022 general election.

In February 2019, Anthony Loke's wife sat next to him during an official meeting with his Chinese counterpart, sparking controversy.

Tee Ching Seng, the head of MCA's international communication and diplomacy bureau, questioned why Anthony Loke's wife was present at the official meeting.