Julian Tan

Malaysian politician

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陈国彬Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for StampinIn office
5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018Preceded byYong Khoon Seng
(BN–SUPP)Succeeded byChong Chieng Jen
(PH–DAP)Majority18,670 (2013) Personal detailsBorn1978 (age 45–46)
Kuching, Sarawak, MalaysiaPolitical partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)Other political
affiliationsPakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)OccupationPoliticianProfessionAerospace Engineer, Researcher, lecturerChinese nameTraditional Chinese陳國彬Simplified Chinese陈国彬Hanyu PinyinChén GuóbīnHokkien POJTân Kokpin

Julian Tan Kok Ping (陈国彬) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Stampin constituency in Sarawak,^[1] representing the Democratic Action Party (DAP) after winning the seat for the opposition party for the first time after the 2013 Malaysian general election, wresting the seat from long time MP Datuk Yong Khoon Seng. He has not contested in 2018 Malaysian general election, and the seat candidate was changed to the former Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen.

Before entering politics, he was an aerospace engineer and researcher, graduating with a Masters of Engineering Science (Scholarship) from the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Julian decided not to defend his parliamentary seat in the 14th Malaysian general election and instead retire from politics to focus on his research, science and technology career.^[2]^[3]^[4] He did his doctorate from Monash University under the Merit Scholarship and was conferred the award Doctor Of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering on 30 March 2022.^[5]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P196 Stampin, Sarawak		Julian Tan Kok Ping (DAP)	41,663	64.20%		Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP)	22,993	35.43%	65,515	18,670	77.32%
2013	P196 Stampin, Sarawak		Julian Tan Kok Ping (DAP)	41,663	64.20%		Soo Lina (STAR)	239	0.37%	65,515	18,670	77.32%

References

^ "MP puzzled by contradicting statements on SGH's multilevel car park". BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ "Julian not defending Stampin in parliamentary polls — Chong". 6 September 2017.
^ "Julian KP Tan". scholar.google.com.my. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ Tan, Julian Kok Ping (25 March 2022). Biologically Inspired Strategy for Searching a Moving Target in Intelligent Embodied Robots (thesis thesis). Monash University.