18 Facts About Wong Chen

Wong Chen is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Non-executive Chairman of the Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad since May 2023, Chairman of the International Relations and Trade Select Committee from December 2019 to May 2020 and again since May 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament for Subang since May 2018.

Wong Chen served as the MP for Kelana Jaya from May 2013 to May 2018.

Wong Chen was a member of the Finance and Economy Select Committee.

Wong Chen is a member of the People's Justice Party, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan coalition and formerly Pakatan Rakyat coalitions.

Wong Chen was born in Assunta Hospital, Petaling Jaya in 1968 and spent his early childhood in Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

Wong Chen's father was a self-made businessman, whereas his mother was a homemaker.

Wong Chen has three siblings, two brothers and a sister.

Wong Chen continued his studies by attending United World College of South East Asia in Singapore.

Wong Chen was asked by a client to help the formation of Pakatan Rakyat and ended up joining the party as an ad-hoc advisor.

Wong Chen acted as a lawyer and drafted the Pakatan Rakyat constitution and submitted documents to the ROS.

Wong Chen started as an ad hoc advisor to the party and worked with Rafizi Ramli on GST.

Wong Chen was put in charge of creating economic and trade policies for the party.

Wong Chen was one of the first politicians to speak out against 1MDB and in particular in the issue of 1MDB bonds in 2013.

Wong Chen was first elected to parliament in the 13th Malaysian general election, winning the seat of Kelana Jaya by defeating National Front candidate Loh Seng Kok.

Internationally, Wong Chen represents the Parliament of Malaysia for the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, represents Asia-Pacific Group for Working Group on Science, Technology, Inter-Parliamentary Union and is a member of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights.

In 2022, Wong Chen contested in the Keadilan Party Elections or known as Pemilihan Keadilan 2022.

Wong Chen contested for the Central Leadership Council alongside 73 other candidates for that position consisting of other party members including Members of Parliaments and State Assemblymen.

Wong Chen was elected after securing 697 votes and making it to the Top 20 for the position.