Yang Amat Berhormat Tuan Lim Guan Eng MP, MLA |
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林冠英 | |
Lim Guan Eng campaigning during 2013 general elections.
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4th Chief Minister of Penang | |
Assumed office 11 March 2008 |
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Governor | Abdul Rahman Abbas |
Deputy | Ramasamy Palanisamy |
Preceded by | Koh Tsu Koon |
Constituency | Air Putih |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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Preceded by | Lim Hock Seng |
Majority | 22,070 (2008) 34,159 (2013) |
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Air Putih |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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Preceded by | Lye Siew Weng |
Majority | 4,061 (2008) 7,744 (2013) |
5th Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party | |
Assumed office 2004 |
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Preceded by | Kerk Kim Hock |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Melaka |
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In office 1986–1999 |
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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 8 December 1960 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 |
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Chinese | 林冠英 | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Guānyīng |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Lîm Kuan-ing |
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.