Ginie Lim Siew Lin (林秀凌) is a Malaysian woman politician. Ginie Lim is a member of People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...

(PH) coalition. Lim served as a one-term Member of the

Malacca State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Ele ...

(MLA) for Machap Jaya from May 2018 to November 2021 and during which she also appointed a

Malacca State Executive Council The Malacca State Executive Council is the State Executive Council (or EXCO) as executive authority of the Government of Malacca, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Chief Minister, appointed by the Governor on the basis that he is able to command ...

(EXCO) member as Chairman of the Women, Welfare and Rural Development from 2018 until the 2020 political crisis. Lim was a progressive student leader during her years in Universiti Sains Malaysia. After graduated, she held National Secretary position in Malaysian Youth and Student Democratic Movement (DEMA) and Secretary of Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) before she joined PKR in 2005. Lim, who is trilingual in Malay, Chinese and English, served as media coordinator under the party's Information Bureau. Lim first participated in the

2008 Malaysian general election A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant ...

as one of the youngest women candidates at age 27 years old. She stood in Machap (former name of Machap Jaya), her mother's hometown where she grew up. She lost by 1,639 votes to the MCA candidate but she stood again in 2013 and lost by 152 votes. In her third attempt in 2018, after consistent groundwork over 10 years in rural area, Lim made a breakthrough in Machap Jaya for the first time and won against the former Alor Gajah Parliamentarian and MCA leader Koh Nai Kwang with 1,336 votes. Before being elected, Lim worked as a Researcher in the party's think tank Institut Rakyat. She then joined the office of Selangor's Menteri Besar Azmin Ali as Media and Research Officer. Lim is currently the Chief of Alor Gajah Division and Central Committee Member of the party's Women Wing. Previously she was the Youth and Women Chief of PKR Malacca, and Deputy Chief of National Information Bureau. Lim has worked on women empowerment, gender inclusivity, sustainable development, and enhancement of

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and special needs children. Lim was dropped from Machap Jaya candidacy for the

2021 Malacca state election The 2021 Malacca state election, formally the 15th Malacca state election, took place on 20 November 2021. This election was to elect 28 members of the 15th Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 2021 ...

. The decision was received with some protest from grassroots party members. Lim continued to campaign for Pakatan Harapan in the state election.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Ginie Siew Lin 1981 births Living people People from Malacca Malaysian people of Chinese descent People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Malacca state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians