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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Dr.
Lee Lam Thye
PSM JMN SPDK SMW DPMS DPMP
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bukit Bintang
In office
3 August 1986 – 20 October 1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byWee Choo Keong
Majority30,145 (1986)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kuala Lumpur Bandar
In office
15 September 1974 – 2 August 1986
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Majority8,622 (1974)
21,714 (1978)
18,831 (1982)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Serdang
In office
22 July 1978 – 22 April 1982
Preceded byYap Pian Hon
Succeeded byYap Pian Hon
Majority741 (1978)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Nanas
In office
10 May 1969 – 24 August 1974
Personal details
Born (1946-12-10) 10 December 1946 (age 77)
Ipoh, Perak, Malayan Union (now Malaysia)
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP) (until 1990)
Independent (1990–present)
OccupationSocial activist
Politician (until 1990)

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Lee Lam Thye (Chinese: 李霖泰; pinyin: Lǐ Líntài) is a Malaysian politician and social activist. He is the Chairman of the Alliance for a Safe Community.

He is a former member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP).

Early life

Lee was born on 30 December 1946 in Ipoh, Perak.[1] He completed his secondary education at St Michael's Institution in Ipoh, Perak where he obtained his Senior Cambridge Certificate in 1965.

Career

He was the elected state legislative assemblyman for Bukit Nanas, Selangor from 1969 to 1974. Between 1974 and 1990, Lee served as the three-term and only Member of Parliament for Kuala Lumpur Bandar before it was abolished. Concurrently, he served a single term as state assemblyman between 1978 and 1982 for Serdang. His last political office prior to retirement in 1990 was as the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang.[2]

Between 2000 and 2001, Lee was appointed as a member of the Malaysian National Economic Consultative Council (MPEN) and chairman of Mapen II National Unity Committee. He was also elected a member of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia from 2000 to 2002. Following that, Lee served as a member of the Improvement, Transportation and Management Royal Commission of the Royal Malaysian Police from 2004 to 2005.

For almost 12 years, Lee was a member of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall Advisory Board. He served on the board from 1996 to February 2008. From 2005 to June 2008, he was also chairman of the National Service Training Programme Council.

Other offices or posts that he has held during his decorated career includes:

Awards

Honours

Literature

References

  1. ^ "BIODATA SUMMARY". Scribd.
  2. ^ Lam Thye: Kim Sai first to haul gauntlet
  3. ^ "YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk S.,i Panglima Lee Lam Thye" (PDF). Malaysian University of Sabah. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ "YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk S.,i Panglima Lee Lam Thye" (PDF). Malaysian University of Sabah. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  6. ^ "DPMP 1995". pingat.perak.gov.my.
  7. ^ "The Sultan of Selangor's Birthday Honours List". The Star. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Pandikar Amin heads FT Day awards, 282 conferred". Bernama. The Star. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Five ministers among those honoured in Sabah". Muguntan Vanar. The Star. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

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