Khee Liang Phoa (

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: 潘科良; born May 1955, Rotterdam) is a Dutch former politician, who served as undersecretary for emancipation and family affairs in the

first Balkenende cabinet The first Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Netherlands government from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the nationalistic Pim Fortuyn List (L ...

from September 2002 to May 2003. Phoa was born in Rotterdam to

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have ...

parents who had moved to the Netherlands from the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

. He worked in

physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

and ran his own practice prior to working for Foundation for the Responsible Use of Alcohol as a managing director. He was elected to the Dutch Member of the House of Representatives during the 2002 general election as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF), making him the first Dutch MP of Chinese descent to be elected to the House. He succeeded

Philomena Bijlhout Philomena Bijlhout (born 13 November 1957) is a Surinamese-born Dutch former politician and television presenter. She served as an MP in the Member of the House of Representatives as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List and was briefly State Secret ...

(who had to resign a few hours after her designation following revelations about her past as a militia member in

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

), on behalf of the LPF as minister for family affairs. He was not included in the second Balkenende cabinet in May 2003, and received a public allowance for two-and-a-half years that related to less than nine months' time as a government minister. He used this money to explore his Chinese roots and study

at the

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications The Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) () is a key national university distinguished by the teaching and research in the field of cable communications, wireless communications, computer, and electronic engineering. BUP ...

from 2004 to 2005. He has lived and worked in Beijing since then, after obtaining a position with the freight company Vincent International. From 2006 to 2017 Phoa was also a lecturer in business at the

Capital University of Economics and Business Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) () is a modern, multi-disciplinary financial and economic public university in Beijing, China. Founded in 1956 when the Ministry of Education founded the Beijing Economics Institute. In 1995, ...

in China.https://cn.linkedin.com/in/khee-liang-phoa-%E6%BD%98%E7%A7%91%E8%89%AF-3b53462

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1955 births Living people Politicians from Rotterdam Pim Fortuyn List politicians 21st-century Dutch politicians Dutch politicians of Chinese descent Dutch people of Chinese descent Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch expatriates in China State Secretaries for Social Affairs of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-politician-stub

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