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Lee Cheuk-yan

Lee Cheuk-yan
李卓人
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Chairman of the Labour Party
In office
18 December 2011 – 13 December 2015
Succeeded by Suzanne Wu
Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
In office
2 January 2011 – 15 December 2014
Deputy Richard Tsoi
Mak Hoi-wah
Preceded by Szeto Wah
Succeeded by Albert Ho
General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Assumed office
1990
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by New parliament
Succeeded by Cheng Chung-tai
Constituency New Territories West
In office
11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency Manufacturing
In office
10 February 1995 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by Lau Chin-shek
Succeeded by Lau Chin-shek
Constituency Kowloon Central
Personal details
Born (1957-02-12) 12 February 1957 (age 59)
Shanghai, China
Nationality People's Republic of China
Political party Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Labour Party
Other political
affiliations
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Tang
Alma mater University of Hong Kong
Occupation Legislative Councillor
Trade unionists
Religion Christianity
Lee Cheuk-yan
Chinese 李卓人

Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: 李卓人; born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai, paternal ancestry from Chaoyang, Guangdong) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency. He is a trade union leader and General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, as well as former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.

Lee emigrated from Mainland China to Hong Kong in 1959. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in civil engineering in 1978. Since his university days, he has been a labour and pro-democracy activist.

During the student-led Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he collected donations from Hong Kong and travelled to Beijing to hand over the funds to student protesters in Tiananmen Square. He was detained by the authorities there and made to sign a confession letter before being allowed to return to Hong Kong. Since the events of 1989, Lee has remained a standing committee member of the pro-Chinese democracy group, The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.

In 1995, Lee was elected unopposed in a by-election of the Legislative Council, replacing Lau Chin-shek, who had resigned. He has since been re-elected four times, continuously serving as a lawmaker, except for a brief period during 1997 and 1998, when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China, and the Legislative Council temporarily became a Provisional Legislative Council, composed of Beijing nominees.


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