FORMER PKR strategy director Sim Tze Tzin has offered to contest the party's vice-president post for the first time since he joined PKR in 1998.
The political secretary to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is a Penang-born and based leader thinks that now is the time to seek a higher post.
The 49-year-old, who hails from a prominent family in Penang, is now the Bayan Baru MP and successfully retained his Bayan Baru division post.
The national leadership elections for PKR is slated for next month.
In a social media post, the former deputy agriculture and agro-based industry minister explained that he began his involvement in PKR since he was a student at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Likening himself to the reform generation of Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and Penang PKR liaison chairman Nurul Izzah Anwar, Sim said that he brings experience and vision to take the party forward.
He joins a crowded field vying for the number three position in PKR with Izzah also slated to defend her post, having won the Permatang Pauh division head post unopposed recently.
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Deputy Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan is also seeking for a post as vice-president.
Others in the race for the vice president post are incumbents Amirudin Shari, Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun, Natural Resources and Environment Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Science Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang. - April 27, 2025.
