- Fong Chan Onn
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honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Dr.
name = Fong Chan Onn
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birth_date = 1944
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office = Malaysian Minister of Human Resources
term_start = December 1999
term_end =March 18 2008
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predecessor = "Unknown"
successor = Datuk Dr Subramaniam Sathasivam
parliament2 = Malaysian
constituency_MP2 =Alor Gajah
term_start2 = December 1999
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majority2 = 12,884
predecessor2 = Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop
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party = flagicon|MalaysiaMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA) part ofBarisan Nasional
religion =Buddhist
occupation =Politician Electrical engineer
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children = 3 sons
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footnotes =Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn (1944 - ) is a
Malaysia n politician and the former Minister of Human Resources in the Malaysian federal cabinet. He is also one of the four vice-presidents of theMalaysian Chinese Association , a component party of the rulingBarisan Nasional coalition.Fong is the Member of Parliament for
Alor Gajah ,Melaka . He was theMalaysia n Minister ofHuman Resources since December 1999. He was not appointed minister after the 2008 general election as the MCA had a policy to limit any government posts among its leaders for a maximum of two parliamentary terms.Fong received his bachelor degree in electrical engineering from
Canterbury University ,New Zealand . Later, he went on to receive his MBA and Ph.D. fromUniversity of Rochester ,New York . Fong's Ph.D. (1974) dissertation title is "The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem: Exact and Heuristic Approaches".He is married with 3 sons. His official residence is in Sierramas,
Sungai Buloh inSelangor ,Malaysia .
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