Melissa Lee

Melissa Lee
이지연
Lee in 2023
11th Minister for Economic Development
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byBarbara Edmonds
2nd Minister for Ethnic Communities
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byPriyanca Radhakrishnan
28th Minister for Media and Communications
In office
27 November 2023 – 24 April 2024
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byWillie Jackson
Succeeded byPaul Goldsmith
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for the National Party list
Assumed office
8 November 2008
Personal details
Born
Lee Ji-yeon
이지연

1966 (age 57–58)
South Korea
NationalitySouth Korea
New Zealand
Political partyNew Zealand National Party

Melissa Ji-Yun Lee (Korean: 이지연; born 1966[1]) is a New Zealand politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives as a list MP for the National Party in the 2008 election. She serves as the 11th Minister for Economic Development and 2nd Minister for Ethnic Communities. She also served as the 28th Minister for Media and Communications from November 2023 to April 2024.

  1. ^ "Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.