Dato' Lee Chee Leong (; born 22 October 1957) is a

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politician from the

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(MCA). He served as one-term

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(MP) of

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for Kampar constituency in Perak, Malaysia from March 2008 to May 2013. As MP, he was twice appointed a deputy minister, first at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 2008 to June 2010 and later at the

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from June 2010 to May 2013. He is currently serving as the treasurer-general of MCA, having previously been in office as one of four MCA vice-presidents between 2013 and 2018. He is also chairperson of the Kedah MCA state liaison committee and MCA Kampar division.

Early life and education

Lee was born in Ipoh, Perak and completed his

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at England's

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in 1978. He graduated from

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with a

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(BA) majoring in accounting and finance in 1981. He is married to Karen Lee Sieng Shuen and has four daughters.

Political career

Lee was elected to the

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in 1990, holding the seat of Tanjung Tualang and was a Perak state executive council (EXCO) member. Lee was successful in his candidacy for the parliamentary seat of Kampar in the 12th Malaysian general election and was appointed

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under the cabinet of

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Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak Malay styles and titles#Dato' Sri, Dato' Sri Hajj, Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian peop ...

, in April 2009. He was then appointed as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in a minor cabinet reshuffle in June 2010. After failing to retain the Kampar parliamentary seat in the 13th Malaysian general election held in 2013, Lee was nominated as one of two senators from Perak in 2014. Soon thereafter, he was sworn-in as Second

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on 27 June 2014. In June 2016, prime minister Najib reshuffled his cabinet and Lee was made Deputy Minister of Finance II. He would serve in this capacity until May 2018 when the National Front (BN), together with its component parties including the MCA, was sensationally defeated in the 14th Malaysian general election. Lee failed to regain the Kampar parliamentary seat whilst suffering a decreased share of votes.

Election results

Honours

* : **

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Knight Commander of the

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(DPMP) - Dato' (1998)

References

Living people Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Dewan Negara Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Malaysian people of Hakka descent Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Malaysian Chinese Association politicians Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol 1957 births People from Perak {{Malaysia-politician-stub

Early life and education

Political career

Election results

Honours

See also

References