Howard Lee Chuan How Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan
Howard Lee Chuan How
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the
Perak State Executive Council
Term Start:19 May 2018
Term End:10 March 2020
1Blankname:Menteri Besar
1Namedata:Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Constituency:Pasir Pinji
Constituency Mp1:Ipoh Timor
Parliament1:Malaysian
Term Start1:19 November 2022
Majority1:43,888 (2022)
Predecessor1:Wong Kah Woh
(PHDAP)
Constituency Am2:Pasir Pinji
Assembly2:Perak State Legislative
Term Start2:5 May 2013
Term End2:19 November 2022
Predecessor2:Su Keong Siong
(PR–DAP)
Successor2:Goh See Hua
(PH–DAP)
Majority2:22,387 (2013)
26,010 (2018)
Office3:Youth Chief of the
Democratic Action Party
Term Start3:2 December 2018
Term End3:19 March 2022
1Blankname3:Secretary-General
1Namedata3:Loke Siew Fook
Deputy3:Chiong Yoke Kong
Predecessor3:Wong Kah Woh
Successor3:Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen
Office4:4th Youth Chief of the Pakatan Harapan
Term Start4:12 September 2021
Term End4:29 July 2022
2Blankname4:Chairman
2Namedata4:Anwar Ibrahim
President4:Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Predecessor4:Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin
Successor4:Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen
Office5:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm5:2022–
Suboffice5:Pakatan Harapan
Office6:Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
Subterm6:2013–2018
Suboffice6:Democratic Action Party
Subterm7:2018–2022
Suboffice7:Pakatan Harapan
Birth Name:Lee Chuan How
Birth Date:3 January 1983
Birth Place:Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Nationality:Malaysian
Party:DAP
Otherparty:Liberal Democrats (UK)

Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Pakatan Harapan (PH)

Barisan Nasional (BN)
Children:Bernice Lee E Qing
Spouse:Cherie Lai Cheau Yee
Occupation:Politician
Alma Mater:Great Yarmouth College
Website:howardlee.My
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Howard Lee Chuan How (; born 3 January 1983) is a Malaysian politician, activist and chef who has been serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipoh Timor since November 2022. He is also a member of the Malaysian Foreign Minister's Consultative Council for Foreign Policy, and the sole Member of Parliament to be appointed in the Council. He also serves in the Parliamentary Special Select Committee for Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He is also an Executive Board Member of the Perak State Government Investment Facilitation Agency- Invest Perak.

He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Pinji from May 2013 to November 2022.

He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. In DAP, he is a member of the highest leadership structure the Central Executive Committee at the federal level, and the State chapter Treasurer of DAP of Perak. He also served as Youth Chief or known as Chief of the DAP youth wing namely Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (DAPSY) from December 2018 to March 2022 while in PH, he served as its 4th Youth Chief from September 2021 to July 2022 and previously served as its Deputy Youth Chief. [1] He was the 24th President of International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).[2]

Early life

Lee was born in Ipoh in 1983 and was schooled at SRJK (C) Poi Lam until primary 6. He then continued his secondary education at Great Yarmouth High School & Technology College, United Kingdom, and completed a BTEC National Diploma in Science at Great Yarmouth FE College in the East of England.

Lee has been involved in politics & activism as early as the age of 16 when he was elected vice president of the local Student Union in the East of England. HE was the general manager of a Pizza Hut in Norwich UK Lee and a few of his counterparts founded a civil and society movement that revitalized a previously neglected section of Norwich City, into a heritage attraction and booming retail district. Active in local politics throughout his working life, he also contested as a candidate under the UK Liberal Democrats at a City Council by election.[3]

Lee returned to Malaysia at the end of 2007 saw the start of his involvement with DAP Malaysia. He was appointed campaign manager for the then first term candidate for the state assembly constituency of Canning, Sdr Wong Kah Woh.[4]

Since then, Lee has continued to play various key roles in DAP Malaysia and the then Malaysian main opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat. As State Secretary of DAPSY Perak, he works throughout the state, speaking in rural areas, as well as regularly working the Urban ceramah (rally) circuit. Lee also heads PROSPECT, an opposition linked, independently funded policy thinktank charged with the task of crafting policies for Perak state political leaders through public and stakeholder engagement. Lee is also the director of the Pakatan Rakyat Alternative Budget Task-force, and the leader of the Pakatan Rakyat Perak Manifesto Team.

Political career

United Kingdom

In 2010, Lee contested in United Kingdom for the Norwich City Council by-election on a Liberal Democrats ticket but lost to the Labour Party candidate by 247 majority.[5]

Malaysia

During the 13th General Elections of Malaysia, Lee won the Perak State Legislative Assembly constituency of Pasir Pinji polling 17,896 votes defeating Barisan National candidate with 13,632 majority.[6]

In 2015, he was elected as one of the DAPSY central committee member[7] and also Perak DAPSY Chief.[8]

In 2016, Lee was also elected as the new President of IUSY, the largest political youth organisation in the world during the congress in Albania.[9] He is the first Southeast Asian to be elected to the position, and this is the highest international position that DAPSY has achieved.[10] He was also appointed into the board of the Progressive Alliance, the highest forum of the global organisation in his capacity as the IUSY President. He is also standing member of SocDem Asia's Steering Committee, representing DAP at the regional level. He remains as instrumental player in global and regional progressive political party circles.

In 2017, Lee's loyalty towards Malaysia was questioned when it was revealed that he tried to obtain British naturalisation in 2002 and settlement visa in 2007 but were denied consecutively for both. He also had set up an online petition and a video plea seeking support to allow him to return to the United Kingdom upon coming back to Malaysia.[11]

During the 14th General Elections of Malaysia, Lee retained his state constituency of Pasir Pinji seat polling 23,282 votes, defeating Barisan Nasional candidate with 20,856 majority.

In May 2018, Lee was elected as one of the Perak State Executive Council. His current portfolio that he holds are Youth and Sports Development (PPBS). He is also a committee in Perak Investment Council of Advisory.

In December 2018, Lee won the National DAPSY Chief Election by defeating his opponent, Chow Hu Yui with 186 to 166 votes. Howard Lee succeeds Ipoh Timur MP, Wong Kah Woh. Subsequently, he was appointed as Deputy Chief for Pakatan Harapan Youth.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctMajority
2010Lakenham (Liberal Democrats)65225.9%Victoria MacDonald (Labour)89935.7%247
Kit Jones (Green)60824.2%
Christopher Benjamin (Conservative)2439.7%
Steve Emmens (UKIP)1134.5%
Perak State Legislative Assembly[12] [13] [14] [15]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013N27 Pasir Pinji (DAP)17,89680.76%Thong Fah Chong (MCA)4,26419.24%22,38713,63281.02%
2018Lee Chuan How (DAP)23,28290.56%Ng Kai Cheong (MCA)2,4269.44%26,01020,85678.30%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2022P064 Ipoh Timor, Perak (DAP)57,54972.14%bgcolor= Nor Afzainzam Salleh (BERSATU)13,66117.12%79,78043,88867.51%
Ng Kai Cheong (MCA)8,57010.74%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MEK / MEN Pemuda Sosialis DAP Malaysia (DAPSY). www.dapsy.org. 2016-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126200626/http://www.dapsy.org/mek_men/. 2016-11-26. live.
  2. Web site: Presidium – International Union Of Socialist Youth. iusy.org. 2016-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20161205051224/http://iusy.org/presidium-1-2/. 2016-12-05. dead.
  3. Web site: Lib Dems announce by-election candidates (Norwich Liberal Democrats) . Norwichlibdems.org.uk . 2010-08-16 . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126130834/https://norwichlibdems.org.uk/en/article/2010/0109658/lib-dems-announce-by-election-candidates . 2016-11-26 . live .
  4. Web site: kah woh's chamber: Mar 31, 2008 . Wongkahwoh-canning25.blogspot.my . 2008-03-31 . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126131300/http://wongkahwoh-canning25.blogspot.my/2008_03_31_archive.html . November 26, 2016 . live .
  5. Web site: Local Election Results 2010 - Norwich. Local Elections Archive Project. 27 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615142735/http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2010/279/. 15 June 2012. live.
  6. Web site: Undiinfo : Perak . Undi.info . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126071656/http://undi.info/perak/n/2013/P64-N27 . 2016-11-26 . live .
  7. Web site: Dyana Sofya squeezes on board DAP Youth committee, thanks to quota | Malaysia . Malay Mail Online . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126070508/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/dyana-sofya-squeezes-on-board-dap-youth-committee-thanks-to-quota . 2016-11-26 . live .
  8. Web site: 2015年8月29日 . 新霹社青团团长 李存孝率队迎战大选 - e南洋商报Nanyang Siang Pau | e手快讯 . Enanyang.my . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126131027/http://www.enanyang.my/news/20150829/%E6%96%B0%E9%9C%B9%E7%A4%BE%E9%9D%92%E5%9B%A2%E5%9B%A2%E9%95%BF-%E6%9D%8E%E5%AD%98%E5%AD%9D%E7%8E%87%E9%98%9F%E8%BF%8E%E6%88%98%E5%A4%A7%E9%80%89/ . 2016-11-26 . live .
  9. News: IUSY Congress, Kejdi Mehmetaj Elected as Deputy President. Albanian Daily News. sq-AL. 2016-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20161130035712/http://www.albaniannews.com/index.php?idm=4711&mod=2. 2016-11-30. live.
  10. News: Congratulate DAPSY International Secretary and State Assemblyman for Pasir Pinji Howard Lee, who on 28 February 2016 was elected as the new President of IUSY. 2016-03-10. DAP Malaysia. en-US. 2016-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126064724/https://dapmalaysia.org/en/statements/2016/03/10/22776/. 26 November 2016. live.
  11. Web site: Petition for Pasir Pinji rep to return to UK reaches its target. The Star. 28 May 2017. 26 June 2021.
  12. Web site: Malaysia General Election . undiinfo Malaysian Election Data . . 4 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511005210/http://www.undi.info/ . 11 May 2013 . dead . Results only available from the 2004 election.
  13. Web site: KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13. Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum. Election Commission of Malaysia. Malay. 5 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170501124349/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php. 1 May 2017. live. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  14. Web site: Maklumat Calon dan Kawasan Pilihan Raya N27 PASIR PINJI Perak. Utusan Online PRU-13. 2018-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807095121/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan%2FPerak_N27.htm. 2018-08-07. live.
  15. Web site: 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perak. election.thestar.com.my. 2018-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180514151257/https://election.thestar.com.my/perak.html. 2018-05-14. live.