Gan Ping Sieu

Gan Ping Sieu (, born April 18, 1966) is a Malaysian politician. He was elected as the Johor State Legislative Assemblyman for Mengkibol for one term from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. From 2010 to 2013, he served as a Senator and Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.

Background
Kluang-born Gan Ping Sieu comes from a family with a long tradition of serving the community in the town and its surrounding areas. One of his uncles had served as a Kluang Member of Parliament, while another had served as an Assemblyman for Paloh. Ping Sieu's late father was a pioneer MCA member and a well-respected figure within Kluang Chinese society circles. Many of his relatives are still active in community work, whether as local councilors, village committees, or non-governmental organizations.

Over the decades, Ping Sieu has carried on the family tradition of serving the Kluang community. Among others, he had served as Kluang Municipal councillor; Committee Member of the Kluang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chong Hwa High School, and Vice President of the Kluang Chinese Association. Trained as a lawyer, he had also acted as a legal advisor to over 100 NGOs in Kluang. He was appointed Special Officer to the Johor Menteri Besar for DUN Mengkibol in 2008, a post that allowed him to bridge the community and government agencies more effectively.

In MCA, Ping Sieu was elected party Vice-President in 2010, where he served until 2013. He's currently the chairman of the party's Syariah Law and Policy Implementation Taskforce.

Education
Ping Sieu graduated with a Bachelor's of Law degree from Queen Mary College, University of London. Having the knack for learning, he subsequently pursued a Diploma in Syariah Law at the International Islamic University and a Master's of Law from the University of Malaya.



Currently
He is currently the co-president of the Centre for a Better Tomorrow (CENBET), a pro-moderation and good governance civil society group. Its other co-president is former Malaysian Bar Council president Dato' Lim Chee Wee. Ping Sieu had also served as the Panel Advisory Member of the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) between 2005 and 2009.

Ping Sieu is now heading a law firm with seventy-eight offices across the country, dealing in diverse areas such as corporate restructuring, conveyancing, civil and criminal litigation, land matters, and retail banking, among others.