Ngwe Hee Sem

Ngwe Hee Sem
Ngwe Hee Sem
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	魏喜森
Simplified Chinese	魏喜森
Hanyu Pinyin	Wèi Xǐ Sēn
Wade–Giles	Wei4 Hsi3 Sên
Jyutping	Ngai6 Hei2 Sam1
Hokkien POJ	Gūi Hí-sim
Tâi-lô	Guī Hí-sim

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Ngwe Hee Sem
DMSM KMN BCM MLA
Yang Berhormat Datuk Ngwe Hee Sem DMSM KMN BCM MLA
魏喜森
Member of the ; Malacca State Executive Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 April 2023 ; (Health, Human Resources and Unity)
Governor	Mohd Ali Rustam
Deputy	Siti Faizah Abdul Azis
Chief Minister	Ab Rauf Yusoh
Preceded by	Himself ; (Human Resources and Unity) ; Muhamad Akmal Saleh ; (Health)
Constituency	Machap Jaya
	In office; 26 November 2021 – 31 March 2023 ; (Unity, Human Resources, Community Relations and Consumer Affairs)
Governor	Mohd Ali Rustam
Chief Minister	Sulaiman Md Ali
Preceded by	Ismail Othman
Succeeded by	Himself ; (Human Resources and Unity) ; Allex Seah Shoo Chin ; (Consumer Affairs) ; Portfolio abolished ; (Community Relations)
Constituency	Machap Jaya
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly; for Machap Jaya
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 November 2021
Preceded by	Ginie Lim Siew Lin ; (PH–PKR)
Majority	938 (2021)
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2021–	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Ngwe Hee Sem; 2 January 1968 (age 56); Machap Jaya, Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Education	Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics
Alma mater	University of Tennessee at Martin
Occupation	Politician
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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 Malacca 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 Malacca 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 Malacca and Division Vice Chief of MCA of Alor Gajah. He is also the sole Malacca EXCO Member of MCA, one of the only two Malacca 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.

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

**Malacca State Legislative Assembly**^[2]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2021	N08 Machap Jaya	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%

Honours

Malaysia :
- Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2012)^[3]
Malacca :
- Recipient of the Distinguished Service Star (BCM) (2006)^[4]
- Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2024)^[5]