Lee Yock Suan

李玉全Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeIn office
23 November 2001 – 11 August 2004Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongSucceeded byLim Boon Heng
Lim Swee SaySecond Minister for Foreign AffairsIn office
23 November 2001 – 11 August 2004Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongMinisterS. JayakumarPreceded byLim Hng KiangMinister for Information and the ArtsIn office
3 June 1999 – 22 November 2001Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongPreceded byGeorge YeoSucceeded byDavid Lim Tik En (acting)Minister for the EnvironmentIn office
3 June 1999 – 30 September 2000Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongPreceded byYeo Cheow TongSucceeded byLim Swee Say (acting)Minister for Trade and IndustryIn office
25 January 1997 – 2 June 1999Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongPreceded byYeo Cheow TongSucceeded byGeorge YeoSecond Minister for FinanceIn office
25 January 1997 – 31 March 1998Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongMinisterRichard HuSucceeded byLim Hng KiangMinister for EducationIn office
2 January 1992 – 24 January 1997Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongPreceded byTony TanSucceeded byTeo Chee HeanMinister for Labour
In office
1 January 1987 – 1 January 1992
Acting: 2 January 1985 – 31 December 1986Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Goh Chok TongPreceded byS. JayakumarSucceeded byLee Boon YangSecond Minister for EducationIn office
7 September 1991 – 1 January 1992Prime MinisterGoh Chok TongMinisterTony TanSenior Minister of State for LabourIn office
2 January 1985 – 1 January 1986Prime MinisterLee Kuan YewMinisterHimself (acting)Minister of State for FinanceIn office
24 October 1983 – 1 January 1985Prime MinisterLee Kuan YewMinisterTony TanMinister of State for National DevelopmentIn office
21 September 1981 – 23 October 1983Prime MinisterLee Kuan YewMinisterTeh Cheang WanMember of the Singapore Parliament
for East Coast GRC
(Changi–Simei)In office
3 November 2001 – 5 May 2006Preceded byDavid Lim (Aljunied GRC)Succeeded byJessica TanMember of the Singapore Parliament
for Cheng San GRC
Cheng San SMC (1980–1998)In office
23 December 1980 – 18 October 2001Preceded byConstituency establishedSucceeded byConstituency abolished Personal detailsBorn (1946-09-30) 30 September 1946 (age 77)
Singapore, Straits SettlementsPolitical partyPeople's Action PartyChildren2 (including Desmond Lee)Alma materImperial College London (BS)

Lee Yock Suan (Chinese: 李玉全; pinyin: Lǐ Yùquán; born 30 September 1946) is a Singaporean former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served in the Cabinet between 1987 and 2004, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1980 and 2006. He is the father of Desmond Lee, the current Minister for National Development.

Career

Lee worked at Singapore's Economic Development Board from 1969 to 1980, initially as a projects officer before becoming Divisional Director (Industry). From 1980 to 1981, he served as Deputy Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Singapore.^[1]

Political career

Lee was first elected to Parliament at the 1980 general election. He served as an MP representing the Cheng San Single Member Constituency (1980–88), the Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (1988-2001) and the East Coast Group Representation Constituency (2001–06).

After serving as a Minister of State at the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of Finance from 1983 to 1984, Lee was made the Acting Minister for Labour in 1985.

He became a full member of the Cabinet in 1987, and served as the Minister for Labour (1987–91), Minister for Education (1992–97), Second Minister for Finance (1997–98), Minister for Trade and Industry (1997–99), Minister for Information and the Arts (1999–2001), Minister for the Environment (1999–2001), Second Minister for Foreign Affairs (2001–04) and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (2001–04).

Lee also served as the Deputy Chairman of the People's Association from 1984 to 1991, and as Chairman of the Singapore Labour Foundation from 1997 to 2002.

Lee stepped down from the Cabinet in 2004. He remained an MP until 2006, before retiring from politics at the 2006 general election.^[2]

Education

Lee was educated at Queenstown Secondary Technical School and Raffles Institution, before being awarded a President's Scholarship to study at Imperial College London, where he completed a BSc (Hons) degree in chemical engineering. He subsequently completed a Diploma in Business Administration at the University of Singapore.^[3]

Personal life

Lee is an Hokkien Chinese^[4] and is married to Adeline Oh Choon Neo and has one son and one daughter. His son, Desmond Lee,^[5] is a politician who is currently a Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC and Minister for National Development.

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