# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koh-tsu-koon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:25:13.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koh-tsu-koon"
name: "Koh Tsu Koon"
slug: "koh-tsu-koon"
description: "Koh Tsu Koon is a Malaysian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Penang from 1990 to 2008, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong from 1982 to 1986 and was appointed as a Senator from 2009 to 2015. A year after resigning as Chief Minister of Penang, Koh was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Department by Prime Minister Najib Razak. He was famously known for contributing in the Sungai Pinang campaign where he took almost 10 years and failed to complete it."
tagline: "Former Chief Minister of Penang"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koh_Tsu_Koon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.377469333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A8%B1%E5%AD%90%E6%A0%B9"
    title: "許子根"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Tsu_Koon"
    title: "Koh Tsu Koon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Tsu_Koon"
    title: "Koh Tsu Koon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Tsu_Koon"
    title: "Koh Tsu Koon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Tsu_Koon"
    title: "Koh Tsu Koon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE_%D0%A6%D1%83_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Ко Цу Кун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கோ சு கூன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845722"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump