4th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
In office August 1975 – 25 March 1983
Preceded by
Tan Siew Sin
Succeeded by
Tan Koon Swan
Ministerial roles
1964–1969
Parliamentary Secretary of Labour
1969–1971
Deputy Minister with Special Functions
1971–1973
Assistant Minister of Labour
1973–1974
Minister of Technology, Research and Coordination of New Villages
1974–1978
Minister of Labour and Manpower
1978–1979
Minister of Works and Public Amenities
1979–1983
Minister of Transport
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1959–1974
Alliance Party
1974–1983
Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Lee Soon Seng
(1935-03-24)24 March 1935 Pekan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died
3 March 2023(2023-03-03) (aged 87) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political party
Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) (1957 – 2023)
Other political affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse
Mok Thye Yuen
(m. 1962)
Children
2
Occupation
Businessman
politician
Lee San Choon (Chinese: 李三春; pinyin: Lǐ Sānchūn; 24 March 1935 – 3 March 2023) was a Malaysian politician and businessman. He was the fourth president of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) from 1975 to 1983. He led the party in three general elections in Malaysia, most successfully in the 1982 general election. He held various ministerial posts in the cabinet of the Malaysian government from 1969 to 1983, such as Labour and Manpower Minister, Works and Public Utilities Minister, as well as Transport Minister.
LeeSanChoon (Chinese: 李三春; pinyin: Lǐ Sānchūn; 24 March 1935 – 3 March 2023) was a Malaysian politician and businessman. He was the fourth president...
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Hong Choon (Chinese: 宏船法師; 1907–1990) was the second president of the Singapore Buddhist Federation and the second abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See...
needed more young leaders in the party. Faced with, amongst other things Lee Kuan Yew's considerable oratorical skills, Razak wanted young Malay leaders...
President of MCA Lee Siok Yew with Chong Hon Nyan, and managed to defeat Chong for the position. He moved to challenge LeeSanChoon for the MCA presidency...
June 16, 2007. "About Us". Koperasi Serbaguna Malaysia Berhad. Ting Hui Lee (2011). Chinese Schools in Peninsular Malaysia: The Struggle for Survival...
On Lee Kuan Yew's death in March 2015, Mahathir wrote an entry on his blog, expressing grief at the news. Although he often disagreed with Lee, Mahathir...
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Loh (Setapak), Devan Nair (Secretary-General, later Singapore President), Lee Ming Chang and Goh Hock Guan . Other leaders include Lai Teo Kuan, Mahdevan...
interviewer Jim Middleton suggested that Anwar Ibrahim was going to be the Lee Kuan Yew of the Malaysian opposition. Anwar answered that he was not at that...
finally removed MCA president Dato’ (as he then was, later Tan Sri) LeeSanChoon, also a Cabinet Minister. This was despite Ho, who had earlier married...
of Singapore. Lee is an Hokkien Chinese and is married to Adeline Oh Choon Neo and has one son and one daughter. His son, Desmond Lee, is a politician...
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Minister Mahathir Mohamad. In 1978, Daim met Mahathir in Los Angeles and San Francisco, when Mahathir urged Daim to return to Malaysia and contest in...
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