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Lim Guan Eng
MP, MLA
林冠英
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Lim Guan Eng campaigning during 2013 general elections.
4th Chief Minister of Penang
Assumed office
11 March 2008
Governor Abdul Rahman Abbas
Deputy Ramasamy Palanisamy
Preceded by Koh Tsu Koon
Constituency Air Putih
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bagan
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded by Lim Hock Seng
Majority 22,070 (2008)
34,159 (2013)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Air Putih
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded by Lye Siew Weng
Majority 4,061 (2008)
7,744 (2013)
5th Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party
Assumed office
2004
Preceded by Kerk Kim Hock
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kota Melaka
In office
1986–1999
Preceded by Lim Kit Siang
Succeeded by Kerk Kim Hock
Majority 17,606 (1986)
14,468 (1990)
4,639 (1995)
Personal details
Born Lim Guan Eng
(1960-12-08) 8 December 1960 (age 56)
Johor Bahru, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party Democratic Action Party
Spouse(s) Betty Chew Gek Cheng
Children 4 (3 sons & 1 daughter)
Parents Lim Kit Siang
Neo Yoke Tee
Alma mater Monash University
Occupation Politician
Website www.limguaneng.com
cm.penang.gov.my
Lim Guan Eng
Chinese 林冠英

Lim Guan Eng (born 8 December 1960) is a Malaysian politician who has been Chief Minister of Penang since 2008 and Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) since 2004. He is the son of Lim Kit Siang, Leader of the Opposition in the Dewan Rakyat from 1973 to 1999 and 2004 to 2008.

He is married to Betty Chew Gek Cheng, a member of the DAP and a state assemblywoman in Malacca.

Lim is married to Betty Chew Gek Cheng (周玉清), who is also the State Assemblywoman for Kota Laksamana in Melaka. She is the first serving assemblywoman to be married to a Chief Minister. They have four children.

Lim Guan Eng attended La Salle Primary English School in Petaling Jaya, and later the Batu Pahat Montfort Primary English School. For his secondary education, he attended Batu Pahat High School and Malacca High School. He graduated from Monash University in Australia with a bachelor's in economics and was a qualified professional accountant by 1983. He also served as the president of MUISS (Monash University International Student Society) during his university years.

Prior to his political career, Lim was a senior executive at a bank. He was first elected as a member of parliament for Kota Melaka in 1986, after defeating Soh Chin Aun with a majority of 17,606 votes. He was re-elected in the subsequent 1990 and 1995 general elections, albeit with reduced majority votes. He thus became the first person to be elected for three consecutive terms in Kota Melaka. He was also the first Malacca High School alumnus to achieve this.

In October 1987, he was detained under the Internal Security Act in Operation Lalang, along with another 106 politicians and activists. He was released after 12 months on April 1989. He was the first to be detained and last to be released on this Operation Lalang.


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