Tan Kok Wai

Tan Kok Wai
陈国伟
Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to China
In office
1 August 2018  1 March 2020
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Preceded byOng Ka Ting
Succeeded byTiong King Sing
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Cheras
Assumed office
25 April 1995
Preceded byPosition established
Majority14,375 (1995)
8,992 (1999)
10,970 (2004)
28,300 (2008)
37,409 (2013)
49,665 (2018)
54,448 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sungai Besi
In office
3 August 1986  25 April 1995
Preceded byChan Kok Kit
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Majority1,526 (1986)
8,856 (1990)
1st Advisor of the
Democratic Action Party
In office
20 March 2022  16 March 2025
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Loke Siew Fook
National ChairmanLim Guan Eng
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLim Guan Eng
4th National Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party
In office
29 March 2014  20 March 2022
DeputyGobind Singh Deo
Secretary-GeneralLim Guan Eng
Preceded byKarpal Singh
Succeeded byLim Guan Eng
1st Chairman of the
Pakatan Harapan of Federal Territories
Assumed office
30 August 2017
National ChairmanMahathir Mohamad
(2017–2020)
Anwar Ibrahim
(since 2020)
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Tan Kok Wai

(1957-10-07) 7 October 1957
Sepang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
(since 1979)
Other political
affiliations
Gagasan Rakyat (GR)
(1990–1995)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Children
  • 1 daughter
  • 1 son
OccupationPolitician
Websitetankokwai.blogspot.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳國偉
Simplified Chinese陈国伟
Hanyu PinyinChén Guówěi
Hokkien POJTân Kok-uí

Tan Kok Wai (simplified Chinese: 陈国伟; traditional Chinese: 陳國偉; pinyin: Chén Guówěi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kok-uí) (born 7 October 1957) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheras since April 1995. He served as the Special Envoy of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to China from August 2018 to March 2020 as well as the MP for Sungai Besi from August 1986 to April 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, and served as its 1st Advisor from March 2020 to March 2025, and previously as its 4th National Chairman from March 2014 to March 2022. He also serves as the 1st Chairman of the Federal Territories Pakatan Harapan. He is currently the longest-serving active MP after Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah lost the reelection in 2022.