Yang Berbahagia Dato' Lee Boon Chye DPMP
李文材
Deputy Minister of Health
In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Dzulkefly Ahmad
Preceded by	Hilmi Yahaya
Succeeded by	Noor Azmi Ghazali (Deputy Minister of Health I) Aaron Ago Dagang (Deputy Minister of Health II)
Constituency	Gopeng
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gopeng
In office 8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Ting Chew Peh (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Tan Kar Hing (PH–PKR)
Majority	7,768 (2008) 15,309 (2013) 29,778 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–2022	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Lee Boon Chye (1959-09-26) 26 September 1959 (age 66) Segamat, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Spouse	Lo Lee Hong
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Cardiologist
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Lee Boon Chye (Chinese: 李文材; pinyin: Lǐ Wéncái; born 26 September 1959) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Health in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gopeng from March 2008 to November 2022.^[1] He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.^[2][3][4]

Background

Lee is a doctor and a certified Cardiologist. He graduated from medical school in 1985 from the University of Malaya. He also holds 2 post graduate degrees, a Master's of Medicine from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.^[5]

Politics career

After losing in his debut in the 2004 general election (GE11), Lee was elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election (GE12),^[6] defeating Ling Hee Leong, son of former Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president, Ling Liong Sik to wrest the Gopeng seat away from the then governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.^[7] He successfully retained the seat the subsequent 2013 (GE13) and 2018 (GE14) general elections.

After the GE14 which saw PH forming the new federal government, Lee had initially turned down the new seventh Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's offer to appoint him Deputy Health Minister.^[8] He however relented and accepted the post at last after much persuasions and considerations.^[9]

Election results

Honours

• Perak
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (2023)^[17]

See also

• Gopeng (federal constituency)

References

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