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 (1968-01-02)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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ngwe (魏).
Yang Berhormat Tuan
Ngwe Hee Sem
MLA
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
GovernorMohd Ali Rustam
DeputySiti Faizah Abdul Azis
Chief MinisterAb Rauf Yusoh
Preceded byHimself
(Human Resources and Unity)
Muhamad Akmal Saleh
(Health)
ConstituencyMachap Jaya
In office
26 November 2021 – 31 March 2023
GovernorMohd Ali Rustam
Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali
Preceded byIsmail Othman
Succeeded byHimself
(Human Resources and Unity)
Allex Seah Shoo Chin
(Consumer Affairs)
Portfolio abolished
(Community Relations)
ConstituencyMachap Jaya
Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly
for Machap Jaya
Assumed office
20 November 2021
Preceded byGinie Lim Siew Lin
(PH–PKR)
Majority938 (2021)
Faction represented in Melaka State Legislative Assembly
2021–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1968-01-02) 2 January 1968
Machap Jaya, Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
EducationBachelor of Business Administration in Economics
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee at Martin
OccupationPolitician
Ngwe Hee Sem on Facebook
Ngwe Hee Sem
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese魏喜森
Simplified Chinese魏喜森
Hanyu PinyinWèi Xǐ Sēn
Wade–GilesWei4 Hsi3 Sên
JyutpingNgai6 Hei2 Sam1
Hokkien POJGūi Hí-sim
Tâi-lôGuī 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
Melaka State Legislative Assembly[2]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
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%

See also

References
  1. "MCA buat kejutan di Machap Jaya". Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. "N.15 MACHAP JAYA". SPR Dashboard. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.


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