Woo Kah Leong

Woo Kah Leong ; born 1991) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Bedamar since November 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is also presently the youngest Perak EXCO Member and the Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP or known as the Publicity Secretary of the Youth Wing of DAP namely the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY).

Background
Woo was born in the Kampong Baru Pasir Bedamar, Teluk Intan, Perak in year 1991. He attended his secondary school in SMJK San Min, Teluk Intan, and continued his tertiary study at the University of Malaya for the course of Bachelor of Law (LLB.). Upon the completion of his study, Woo worked as a Legal Associate at the A M Ong & Partners before stepping into the political arena.

Member of the Perak State Executive Council (since 2022)
The 2022 Perak state election elected a hung assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) later returned to power by forming a coalition state government with PH. Following that, Kota Tampan MLA Saarani of BN was reappointed as the Menteri Besar. Woo was appointed as the Perak EXCO Member in charge of Domestic Trade, Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Chinese New Villages by Menteri Besar Saarani.

2022 Perak state election
In the 2022 Perak state election, Woo made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Pasir Bedamar state seat. Woo won the seat and was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly as the Pasir Bedamar MLA after defeating Kong Sun Chin of BN and Suriyanarayanan Sannasy Naidu of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a majority of 17,446 votes.