{{Short description|Malaysian politician}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan | name = Steven Sim Chee Keong | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MP}} | native_name = {{nobold|沈志强}} | native_name_lang = zh-my | image = File:Steven Sim.jpg | caption = | office = Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development | term_start = 17 December 2025 | term_end = | monarch = Ibrahim Iskandar | prime_minister = Anwar Ibrahim | deputy = Mohamad Alamin | predecessor = Ewon Benedick | successor = | constituency = Bukit Mertajam | office1 = Minister of Human Resources | term_start1 = 12 December 2023 | term_end1 = 17 December 2025 | monarch1 = Abdullah <br /> {{small|(2022–2024)}} <br /> Ibrahim Iskandar <br /> {{small|(2024–2025)}} | prime_minister1 = Anwar Ibrahim | deputy1 = Abdul Rahman Mohamad | predecessor1 = Sivakumar Varatharaju | successor1 = Ramanan Ramakrishnan | constituency1 = Bukit Mertajam | office2 = Deputy Minister of Finance II | term_start2 = 10 December 2022 | term_end2 = 12 December 2023 | alongside2 = Ahmad Maslan {{small|(Deputy Minister of Finance I)}} | monarch2 = Abdullah | prime_minister2 = Anwar Ibrahim | minister2 = Anwar Ibrahim | predecessor2 = Yamani Hafez Musa | successor2 = Lim Hui Ying <br /> {{small|(Deputy Minister of Finance)}} | constituency2 = Bukit Mertajam | office3 = Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports | term_start3 = 2 July 2018 | term_end3 = 24 February 2020 | monarch3 = Muhammad V <br /> {{small|(2018–2019)}} <br /> Abdullah <br /> {{small|(2019–2020)}} | prime_minister3 = Mahathir Mohamad | minister3 = Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman | predecessor3 = Saravanan Murugan | successor3 = Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal | constituency3 = Bukit Mertajam | office4 = Deputy Secretary-General of the <br /> Democratic Action Party | term_start4 = 16 March 2025 | term_end4 = | alongside4 = Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan & Ramkarpal Singh | 1blankname4 = Secretary-General | 1namedata4 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook | predecessor4 = Liew Chin Tong | successor4 = | office5 = National Organising Secretary of the <br /> Democratic Action Party | term_start5 = 20 March 2022 | term_end5 = 16 March 2025 | 1blankname5 = Assistant | 1namedata5 = Khoo Poay Tiong <br /> Ng Suee Lim | 2blankname5 = Secretary-General | 2namedata5 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook | predecessor5 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook | successor5 = Khoo Poay Tiong | office6 = State Chairman of the <br /> Democratic Action Party of Penang | term_start6 = 22 September 2024 | term_end6 = | deputy6 = Ramkarpal Singh | predecessor6 = Chow Kon Yeow | successor6 = | 1blankname6 = Secretary-General | 1namedata6 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook | constituency_MP7 = Bukit Mertajam | parliament7 = Malaysian | term_start7 = 5 May 2013 | term_end7 = | majority7 = 43,063 (2013) <br /> 52,877 (2018) <br /> 57,685 (2022) | predecessor7 = Chong Eng <br /> (PR–DAP) | successor7 = | birth_name = Steven Sim Chee Keong | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = Malaysian | party = Democratic Action Party (DAP) | other_party = Pakatan Rakyat (PR) <br /> {{small|(2008–2015)}} <br /> Pakatan Harapan (PH) <br /> {{small|(since 2015)}} | alma_mater = University of Malaya (BS) <br /> Sunway University (MSD) | occupation = Politician | relations = | spouse = Chan Jo Rin | children = | website = {{URL|https://stevensim.com/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Steven Sim Chee Keong'''{{efn|{{lang-zh|s=沈志强|t=沈志強|poj=Sím Chì-kiông|p=Shěn Zhìqiáng}}. In this Chinese name, the family name is Sim (沈). In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Steven Sim and the Chinese-style name is Sim Chee Keong.}} (born 13 May 1982) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2025 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Mertajam since May 2013. He served as the Minister of Human Resources in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar under Prime Minister and Minister Anwar from December 2023 to December 2025 and the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the PH administration from December 2022 to December 2023 and the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Syed Saddiq from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the Deputy Secretary-General of DAP since March 2025 and State Chairman of DAP of Penang since September 2024. He also served as the National Organising Secretary of DAP from March 2022 to March 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/07/05/age-no-longer-a-factor-in-the-new-malaysia-says-deputy-minister/|title=Age no longer a factor, says deputy to youngest minister|date=5 July 2018|work=Free Malaysian Today|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/09/22/steven-sim-is-new-penang-dap-chairman|title=Steven Sim is new Penang DAP chairman|website=The Star|date=22 September 2024|accessdate=22 September 2024}}</ref> He is presently the fourth youngest Cabinet minister in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet, after Minister of Youth and Sports Mohammed Taufiq Johari, Minister of Economy Akmal Nasir and Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Arthur Joseph Kurup at the age of {{age in years and days|1982|5|13}}.
==Early life and education== Steven Sim Chee Keong was born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia on 13 May 1982. His early education started at SK Stowell and Bukit Mertajam High School (HSBM). He graduated from University of Malaya in Computer Science in 2004. He later pursued a Masters in Sustainable Development at the Jeffrey Sachs Centre on Sustainable Development in Sunway University and graduated in 2020.
== Early career == Steven served in a multinational corporation for three years before joining the Penang state government in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Penang MPs lying low until official Cabinet announcement|author=Arnold Loh|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/26/three-penang-mps-lying-low-until-official-cabinet-announcement/|access-date=17 July 2018|newspaper=The Star|date=26 June 2018}}</ref> He also sits on the governing board of the Penang Institute, a leading public policy think tank based in Penang, Malaysia.
Steven was formerly the executive secretary of the Network of Social Democracy in Asia, a regional dialogue of political parties, scholars and NGOs of the social democratic persuasion.
== Political career == === Early political career === In January 2011, Steven was appointed as a member of the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP), one of the largest local governments of Malaysia.
In 2012, he was named as a Young Global Leader of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.<ref>{{cite news|title=Penang Institute's Steven Sim awarded Young Global Leader by WEF|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/316774|access-date=23 September 2012|newspaper=The Sun Daily|date=8 March 2012}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Penang Institute, a public policy think-tank based in Penang.
Steven writes regularly for Penang Monthly (formerly Penang Economic Monthly) as well as contributing opinion pieces to prominent Malaysian online news portals such as Malaysiakini and the Malaysian Insider. He has authored 4 books, including "''A contemporary socio-political critique of the Malay classic Hikayat Hang Tuah, Hang Tuah: Adiwira Bangsa''" in 2021.
Steven was elected into the DAP central executive committee (CEC) in 2022.
=== Minister of Human Resources (since 2023) === In a cabinet reshuffle on 12 December 2023, Steven was promoted to a Cabinet minister and assigned a new portfolio. He was appointed as the Minister of Human Resources to replace V. Sivakumar, who was the only Cabinet minister to be dropped in the reshuffle and whose aides were facing corruption charges.
=== State Chairman of DAP Penang (since 2024) === In the 2024 DAP Penang state party elections, Steven was appointed as the Penang DAP chairman for the 2024 - 2027 term.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Steven Sim new Penang DAP chief, Ramkarpal is deputy {{!}} FMT | url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/22/steven-sim-new-penang-dap-chief-ramkarpal-as-deputy/ | access-date=2025-07-28 | website=www.freemalaysiatoday.com}}</ref>
== Personal life == Steven is married to Chan Jo Rin.
He speaks English, Malay, Hokkien, and Mandarin.<ref>http://www.guangming.com.my/node/450761/terms {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
==Election results== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ Parliament of Malaysia<ref>{{Cite web| title =Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen 2013| language =ms| url =http://keputusan.pru13.gov.my/5_KeputusanDR.php?kod=04500}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} Results only available from the 2004 election.</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web | title = Malaysia General Election | work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data | publisher = Malaysiakini | url = http://undi.info/# | access-date = 5 May 2014}} Results only available from the 2004 election.</ref><ref name="PRU13">{{cite web |url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php |title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=24 March 2017}}Results only available for the 2013 election.</ref><ref name ="myundi pru 13">{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Utusan PRU 13 results">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=Utusan Malaysia|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321134049/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref> !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |- |2013 | rowspan=4|'''P045 Bukit Mertajam''' |{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} | |{{nowrap|'''Steven Sim Chee Keong'''}} ('''DAP''') |align="right" | '''55,877''' |'''80.29%''' |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Gui Guat Lye (MCA) |align="right" | 12,814 |18.41% | 69,588 | 43,063 | 88.09% |- |2018 |{{Party shading/Keadilan}} | |{{nowrap|'''Steven Sim Chee Keong'''}} ('''DAP''') |align="right" |'''63,784''' |'''85.40%''' |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Gui Guat Lye (MCA) |align="right" | 10,907 |14.60% | 75,977 | 52,877 | 85.37% |- | rowspan="3" |2022 | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/PH}} | | rowspan="3" |{{nowrap|'''Steven Sim Chee Keong'''}} ('''DAP''') | rowspan="3" align="right" |'''71,722''' | rowspan="3" |'''77.33%''' | bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} | | Steven Koh Tien Yew (PAS) | align="right" |14,037 | 15.14% | rowspan="3" |93,695 | rowspan="3" |57,685 | rowspan="3" |77.34% |- | {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | | Tan Yang Pang (MCA) | align="right" |6,986 | align=right|7.53% |}
== Honours == ===Honours of Malaysia=== * {{flag|Malaysia}} ** 50px Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
=== Award === *Young Global Leader (2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=Penang Institute's Steven Sim awarded Young Global Leader by WEF|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/316774|access-date=23 September 2012|newspaper=The Sun Daily|date=8 March 2012}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>
==Bibliography== ===Books=== *''The Audacity to Think: An Invitation to Rethink Politics'' (2012) *''Being Malaysia'' (2018) *''An anthology of Malay poems, Dalam Salju Ada Bunga'' (2018) *''A contemporary socio-political critique of the Malay classic Hikayat Hang Tuah, Hang Tuah: Adiwira Bangsa'' (2021).
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.StevenSim.com}} * {{commons category-inline}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130808152729/http://audacitytothink.com/ The Audacity to Think]
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