Editing Tan Cheng Lock (section)

{{Short description|Malaysian politician, 1st President of the Malaysian Chinese Association}}
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{{Distinguish|Tan Cheng Bock}}{{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Tan (陳)]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Amat Berbahagia]] [[Malay styles and titles#Tun|Tun]] [[Sir]]
| name                = Cheng Lock Tan
| native_name         = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|陳禎祿}}}}
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100|SMN|DPMJ}} {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|KBE|JP}}
| image               = Tan Cheng Lock.jpg
| caption             = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1883|4|5|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Malacca]], [[Straits Settlements]]
| residence           = 
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1960|12|13|1883|4|5|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Malacca City]], Malacca, [[Federation of Malaya]]
| office              = 1st President of the [[Malayan Chinese Association]]
| term_start          = 27 February 1949
| term_end            = 27 March 1958
| predecessor         = ''Position Established''
| successor           = [[Lim Chong Eu]]
| party               = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Malaysian Chinese Association.svg}} [[Malayan Chinese Association]] (MCA)
| occupation          = Businessman
| majority            = 
| relations           = 
| spouse              = Yeo Yeok Neo
| children            = [[Tan Siew Sin|Tun Tan Siew Sin]]<br>Tan Kim Tin<br>Wee Geok Kim<br>Alice Tan Kim Yoke<br>Agnes Tan Kim Lwi
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
}}

[[Malay styles and titles#Tun|Tun]] [[Sir]] '''Cheng Lock Tan''' [[Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Order of the Defender of the Realm|SMN]], DPMJ, [[Justice of the peace|JP]] ({{zh|s=陈祯禄|zh|t=陳禎祿|p=Chén Zhēnlù|poj=Tân Cheng-lo̍k|first=poj}}) (5 April 1883 &ndash; 13 December 1960) was a [[Malaysia|Malaysian]] [[Peranakans|Peranakan]] businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya. Tan was also the founder and the first president of the [[Malayan Chinese Association]] (MCA), which advocated his cause for the Malayan Chinese population.