Chow Kon Yeow

Chow Kon Yeow is a Malaysian politician and journalist who has served as the 5th Chief Minister of Penang since May 2018, Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Kota since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Kawan since November 2022. He served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng from March 2008 to his promotion to Chief Ministership in May 2018, MP for Tanjong from November 1999 to May 2013 and again from May 2018 to November 2022 and the MLA for Pengkalan Kota from October 1990 to April 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly PR coalitions. He has also served as the State Chairman of PH of Penang since May 2019 and Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of DAP since March 2025. He also served as the National Vice Chairman of DAP from September 2004 to March 2025 and the State Chairman of DAP of Penang from 1999 to September 2024. He is presently the only Chinese head of state government among the 13 Malaysian states.