Daniel Gooi Zi Sen

Daniel Gooi Zi Sen (born on 11 June 1987) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Lalang since August 2023. He served as the MLA for Pengkalan Kota from May 2018 to August 2023. He is a member and Branch Chief of Chemor Lane of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was also the youngest candidate in the 2018 Penang state election.

Background
Gooi was born on 11 June 1987 in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. His father is Gooi Seong Sin and mother is Hong Lai Chan. His uncle, Gooi Seong Kin, currently special coordinator for the Chief Minister of Penang, represented DAP to contest in the 1995 Malaysian general election for the Berapit state seat. He studied in SJK (C) Kim Sen and Jit Sin High School. He has also studied Tourism Management in Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Political career
Gooi's uncle, Gooi Seong Kin had used their house as his campaign center in the 1995 Malaysian general election and Gooi admires Lim Kit Siang since he was young. After he graduated from Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2009, he joined DAP in 2010 and served as by-then Penang State Executive Councilor for Tourism, Law Heng Kiang's office. He was the project planner for DAP Penang from 2012 to 2013. After the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was the special officer for the Penang State Executive Councilor for Housing, Jagdeep Singh Deo.

In 2018 Malaysian general election, he was filled to contest the Pengkalan Kota seat as DAP's youngest candidate in the general election under the flag of PKR. He successfully defeated the other candidates and became the Member of Penang State Legislative Assembly for Pengkalan Kota.