Hannah Yeoh


Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party currently serving as the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for Segambut constituency in Kuala Lumpur.
Yeoh is also the former Speaker and a two-term assemblywoman of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Subang Jaya constituency. Yeoh is also the former Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development.

Background

Born in Subang Jaya, Yeoh studied at SK Sri Subang Jaya, SRK SS19 and SMK Subang Utama, after which she continued her studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia and obtained her law degree in 2001. She was recognized as a lawyer by the Malaysian Bar in January 2003 and was subsequently admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania after obtaining a Certificate of Legal Practice in Tasmania. Yeoh then served as a lawyer in Petaling Jaya for three years before moving to the ceremony management company in 2006.

Political career

Driven by Edward Ling, her schoolmate, to join the world of politics, both Yeoh and Ling joined the Damansara Democratic Action Party Branch in the late 2006. Yeoh opted to join the DAP even though the party was an opposition party as she felt that the stand of the political party is the most consistent, though its leaders are often threatened by the Internal Security Act which allows for arrest without any trial.
Inspired by Tony Pua, Damansara Branch Chairman, who resigned to join DAP full-time, Yeoh followed Pua's footsteps and resigned shortly before the March 2008 general election to devote her full-time as a politician.
Yeoh was elected as the Selangor state assemblyperson for the seat of Subang Jaya in the 2008 general election. In the 2013 general election, Yeoh was re-elected as Subang Jaya state assembly person for the second term. After her re-election, on 21 June 2013 she was sworn in as Malaysia's first woman speaker for Selangor State Assembly. At the age of 34 she is also the youngest speaker of any legislative Assembly in Malaysia.
In the 2018 general election, Yeoh was picked by DAP to run for the Segambut parliamentary seat and she successfully won it. When Pakatan Harapan took over the government, she was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development in the new Malaysian cabinet.

Personal life

Yeoh has 4 siblings, she is a former lawyer and event manager. She is married to Ramanchandran Muniandy with whom she has two daughters, Shay Adora Ram and Kayleigh Imani Ram.

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