Lee Boon Yang
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| Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts | |
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| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong |
Second Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan (2006–2008) |
| Preceded by | David Lim |
| Succeeded by | Lui Tuck Yew |
| Minister for Defence | |
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| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | Yeo Ning Hong |
| Succeeded by | Tony Tan |
| Minister for Manpower | |
| In office Template:En dash range | |
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | Lee Yock Suan |
| Succeeded by | Ng Eng Hen |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
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| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
| Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
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| Preceded by | Lee Yiok Seng |
| Succeeded by | Lim Swee Say |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC | |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jalan Besar Constituency | |
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| Preceded by | Chan Chee Seng |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Party | People's Action Party (1984–2011) |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Yap Mee Mee |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Lee Boon Wang (brother) Chua Mia Tee (brother-in-law) |
| University of Queensland (BVSc) | |
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Lee Boon Yang[a] (born 1 October 1947) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2003 and 2009, Minister for Manpower between 1992 and 2003, and Minister for Defence in 1994 and 1995. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jalan Besar Constituency between 1984 and 1988, and the Jalan Besar division of Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 1988 and 2011.
Lee retired from politics in 2011, and served as Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings between 2011 and 2022.
Education
Lee was awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship to study veterinary science at the University of Queensland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree in 1971.[1]
In 2015, Lee was conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Queensland.[1]
Career
Lee began his career as a veterinary surgeon and worked as a research and development officer in the Singapore Government's Primary Production Department between 1972 and 1981.
Lee subsequently worked at the US Feed Grains Council as Assistant Regional Director and later Senior Project Manager for Primary Industries Enterprise between 1981 and 1984.[2]
Political career
Lee was first elected to Parliament in 1984.
He was subsequently appointed Parliamentary Secretary in 1985, and went on to hold positions in the Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Communications and Information, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Lee was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office in 1991. He served as Minister for Labour between 1992 and 2003. He simultaneously also served as Minister for Defence in 1994 and 1995. He was subsequently appointed Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts in 2003, where he served until 2009.
Lee resigned from the Cabinet in 2009 but remained as a Member of Parliament on the backbenches until his retirement from politics in 2011.[citation needed]
Post-political career
Lee was appointed Chairman of the Board of Keppel Corporation in 2009, after resigning from the Cabinet, where he served until 2021.[3][4][5]
He also served as Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings between 2011 and 2022, before he was succeeded by Christopher Lim.[6][7]
Personal life
Lee has an elder brother Lee Boon Wang, a landscape painter and a sister Lee Boon Ngan.[8]
Lee is married to Yap Mee Mee and they have a daughter.[9]
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UQ alumnus awarded honorary doctorate". alumni.uq.edu.au. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr Lee Boon Yang to helm SPH Board". Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Keppel Corporation - Dr Lee Boon Yang". Keppel Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Choo, Yun Ting (24 February 2021). "Keppel Corp chairman Lee Boon Yang to retire in April, handing over to Danny Teoh". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Auto, Hermes (2 August 2021). "SPH chairman Lee Boon Yang recused himself from talks on Keppel's privatisation offer | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About SPH - SPH Corporate Profile". SPH. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Singapore Press Holdings officially delisted, Gerald Yong to take over as CEO from Ng Yat Chung". The Straits Times. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.hermes (10 May 2016). "Cancer-stricken artist Lee Boon Wang misses show opening". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lim Chee Oon to step down as non-executive Chairman" (PDF).
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