Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Indooroopilly
In office 17 February 2001 – 21 March 2009
Preceded by
Denver Beanland
Succeeded by
Scott Emerson
Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Premier in Western Queensland
In office 24 April 2008 – 5 October 2008
Premier
Anna Bligh
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Main Roads and Local Government
In office 13 September 2007 – 24 April 2008
Premier
Anna Bligh
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communities, Minister for Disability Services Queensland, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, and Minister for Seniors and Youth
In office 30 January 2007 – 13 September 2007
Premier
Peter Beattie
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth
In office 21 September 2006 – 30 January 2007
Premier
Peter Beattie
Personal details
Born
Ronan Oliver Lee
4 January 1976 (1976-01-04) (age 48) Republic of Ireland
Nationality
Irish Australian
Political party
Greens (since 2008)
Labor (2001–2008)
Education
St Columban's College
St Patrick's College, Cavan
St Teresa's National School
Occupation
Writer
Academic
Politician
Website
www.ronanlee.com
Academic background
Alma mater
Deakin University (PhD)
Monash University
University of Queensland (BA)
Academic work
Institutions
Loughborough University
Main interests
Genocide Rohingya Hate Speech Myanmar Asia Politics
Notable works
Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech
Ronan Oliver Lee (born 4 January 1976) is an Irish Australian former politician and research fellow in the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at
Loughborough University London.[1] He was previously a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London's International State Crime Initiative. His research focusses on Myanmar, the Rohingya, genocide, and hate speech.[2] He was formerly a political advisor and Labor and later Green Party member of the Queensland State Parliament. Lee represented the seat of Indooroopilly since he was first elected as a Labor Party member in 2001.
Lee had a background in environmental activism and joined the Queensland Greens in 2008 citing the Bligh Government's inaction on climate change and environment protection.[3] Since leaving Parliament in 2009 Lee has run his communications and lobbying business and traveled extensively in Myanmar (Burma).
Lee grew up in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland and his family migrated to Brisbane, Australia when he was a teenager. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Cavan, St Columban's College, Caboolture, and the University of Queensland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[4] Lee has a Master of International Relations from Monash University, writing a thesis titled A Politician, Not an Icon. Aung San Suu Kyi's silence on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya.[5] Lee has a PhD from Deakin University. His PhD thesis was titled "Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Rohingya Perspectives of History and Identity" and addressed the identity, history, and politics of the Rohingya. Lee is the author of Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech published by Bloomsbury Publishing's IB Tauris imprint.[6]
^"Doctoral Prize Fellows Loughborough University". 5 January 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^"Ronan Lee".
^Lion, Patrick; Wardill, Steven (6 October 2008). "Blow to Anna Bligh as Ronan Lee quits Labor for Greens". News.com.au. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
^"Members of the 52nd Parliament" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2006–2009: The 52nd Parliament. Queensland Parliament. p. 43.
^Lee, Ronan (July 2014). "A Politician, Not an Icon: Aung San Suu Kyi's Silence on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 25, 2014 - Issue (3): 321–333. doi:10.1080/09596410.2014.913850. S2CID 144456661.
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