Goh Leong San
| Goh Leong San | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳良山 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 吴良山 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Goh Leong San (born 15 November 1967) is the Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman in Malacca, Malaysia and a state assemblyman from the electoral district of Duyong, Malacca. He is also a member of the DAP Central Executive Committee.
Biography
Goh was born on 15 November 1967. He ascended to the DAP chairmanship in Malacca in 2005, succeeding his mentor Sim Tong Him. Goh secured 85 votes in the hotly-contested internal election, which saw DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew get the lowest number of votes out of 15 candidates, thus causing Chew to lose her seat on the Malacca DAP committee entirely.[1]
Prior to 2008, Goh was an assemblyman from Bandar Hilir, Malacca. In the 2008 election at age 40, Goh ran for state assemblyman against incumbent Koh Nai Kwong in the electoral district of Kesidang, Malacca[2] and defeated him with margin of 1,399 votes. In the 2013 election, he faced off against Gan Tian Loo for the Duyong, Malacca seat and won again, though by a much smaller margin of just 205 votes.[3]
Personal life
Goh holds Malay title, "The Honourable" ("Yang Berhormat"). His name, Leong San, means "Hero of Mount Liang" in Chinese, a name that also was used in the famous Chinese classical novel Water Margin.
References
- ↑ "Guan Eng and wife voted out of Malacca DAP committee". The Star (Malaysia). 19 December 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "對壘古乃光‧吳良山有信心" [Facing off against Koh Nai Kwong; Goh Leong San feels confident]. Sin Chew Jit Poh. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "General Election 2013 Results: Melaka". Bernama. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2015.