Blog KM PP-ditaja oleh Homestay Pak Lang Temerloh: October 2009

Name:
Lim Guan Eng

Date of Birth:
8th December 1960

Marital Status:
Married to Betty Chew Gek Cheng

Education:
Early primary education in PJ La Salle Primary English School, Batu Pahat Montfort Primary English School.
Secondary education in Batu Pahat High School and Melaka High School.
Tertiary education in Monash University, Australia. Graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and a qualified professional accountant in 1983.

Career Prior To Politics:
Bank senior executive

Political Career:

First elected as a Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka in 1986 defeating ex-Malaysian football captain Soh Chin Aun with a majority of 17,606 votes.
Re-elected in the 1990 general elections with a majority of 14,586 and re-elected for a consecutive third term in the 1995 general elections with a majority of 4,981 votes. First person to be elected for three consecutive terms in Kota Melaka as well as the first Melaka High School old boy to represent his school in his own constituency.
Detained without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA) on 27.10.1987 and released 18 months later on 19.04.1989. First to be detained under Operation Lalang and last to be released.
Appointed as the DAP Socialist Youth Chairman in 1989 and was elected to the post in 1992. Also elected as DAP Deputy Secretary-General in 1995.
Charged under the Sedition Act and Printing Presses & Publications Act in connection with the moral scandal of former UMNO Youth President and Melaka Chief Minister Tan Sri Rahim Tamby Chik. Convicted and sentenced to two concurrent 18-month jail terms from 25 August 1998.
Elected as DAP Secretary-General in 2004.

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