native_name_lang predecessor parliament birth_place constituency_mp party native_name birth_date term_start majority image article_title name occupation alma_mater
zh-my chew mei fun -lrb- mca -- bn -rrb- malaysian batu pahat , johor , malaysia petaling jaya utara democratic action party -- pakatan rakyat 潘俭伟 01 august 1972 8 march 2008 19,972 20110414tonypuathursday.jpg tony pua
 tony pua kiam wee politician financial advisor keble college , oxford
tony pua

tony pua kiam wee -lrb- ; born 1 august 1972 -rrb- is a malaysian politician , currently the member of parliament for petaling jaya utara .
pua was the former malaysian ceo of cyber village sdn bhd , a sesdaq -lrb- sgx secondary board -rrb- - listed company .
in early 2007 , he disposed of all his interests in the company and tendered his resignation to join the democratic action party -lrb- dap -rrb- .
pua graduated from keble college , oxford with a degree in philosophy , politics and economics under a scholarship from the mtc foundation in 1994 .
prior to that , he received asean and shaw foundation scholarships to pursue his o - and a-levels in raffles institution and raffles junior college , across the border .
in the 2008 general election , pua won the parliamentary constituency of petaling jaya utara on a dap ticket .
he ran against the incumbent , datin paduka chew mei fun , parliamentary secretary to the ministry for women , family & community affairs , and deputy chief of the malaysian chinese association women 's wing .
in 2009 , pua was appointed the dap member of the pakatan rakyat committee on the ministry of higher education , roughly equivalent to the shadow ministry in other countries .
