Lim Hui Ying

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Lim Hui Ying (Chinese: 林慧英; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Hūi-eng; born 1963) is a Malaysian politician who is serving as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2025 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong since November 2022. Previously, she served as the Deputy Minister of Finance along with Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan from December 2023 until December 2025. She served as the Deputy Minister of Education in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Fadhlina Sidek from December 2022 to December 2023. She served as a Senator from August 2018 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member and State Secretary of Penang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.[1][2] She is the daughter of DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and younger sister of Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng.

Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterNancy Shukri
Preceded byNoraini Ahmad
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Lim Hui Ying
林慧英
Lim Hui Ying in 2025
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Assumed office
17 December 2025
MonarchsIbrahim Iskandar
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterNancy Shukri
Preceded byNoraini Ahmad
ConstituencyTanjong
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
12 December 2023  16 December 2025
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023-2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
(Minister of Finance)
Amir Hamzah Azizan
(Minister of Finance II)
Preceded byAhmad Maslan
(Deputy Minister of Finance I)
Steven Sim Chee Keong (Deputy Minister of Finance II)
Succeeded byLiew Chin Tong
ConstituencyTanjong
Deputy Minister of Education
In office
10 December 2022  12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterFadhlina Sidek
Preceded byMah Hang Soon
(Deputy Minister of Education I)
Mohamad Alamin
(Deputy Minister of Education II)
Succeeded byWong Kah Woh
ConstituencyTanjong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanjong
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byChow Kon Yeow
(PHDAP)
Majority28,754 (2022)
Senator
Elected by the
Penang State Legislative Assembly
In office
27 August 2018  5 November 2022
Serving with
Yusmadi Yusoff (2018–2021)
Fadhlina Sidek (2021–2022)
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2022)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
(2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Personal details
BornLim Hui Ying
(1963-06-24) 24 June 1963 (age 63)
Party Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
SpouseTan Khong Chong
RelationsLim Guan Eng (elder brother)
Parent(s)Lim Kit Siang (father)
Neo Yoke Tee (mother)
EducationUniversity of Malaya (Bachelor of Arts)
OccupationPolitician
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Political career

In the 15th General Election, Lim contested for the first-time and won the Tanjong parliamentary seat under the Pakatan Harapan ticket.[3]

She was then appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Education, along with Fadhlina Sidek as the Minister of Education, on 9 December 2022.[4] On 12 December 2023, she was moved and appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Finance during a cabinet reshuffle.[5][6] She served on that role for two years until 16 December 2025, where in another cabinet reshuffle she was assigned to the post of Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, and Liew Chin Tong succeeded her as the new Deputy Minister of Finance.[7][8][9]

Controversy

On 27 March 2023, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Ramli Mohd Nor reprimanded Lim over the failure of not preparing an answer for the oral question-and-answer session.[10][11] Earlier, Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PN-Pengkalan Chepa) had asked about the education ministry's plans to ensure students received nutritious meals in school. However, Lim told the Dewan Rakyat that she had not prepared an answer, and asked to submit a written reply. She said:

May I answer it through a written reply?

Lim Hui Ying

An MP from Perikatan Nasional urged Lim to resign for failing to prepare an answer during the oral question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat.[12] Meanwhile, MCA Youth secretary-general Daniel Wa Wai How said Lim's salary should be docked by RM10, citing past DAP calls for the same type of punishment against ministers.[13] Shortly after the incident, her special aide issued an apology, saying that the situation was “out of the ordinary”.[14]

Election results

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Parliament of Malaysia[15][16]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P049 Tanjong Lim Hui Ying (DAP) 31,968 84.83% Tan Kim Nee (MCA) 3,214 8.53% 37,683 28,754 71.34%
H'ng Khoon Leng (Gerakan) 2,501 6.64%
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Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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References

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