Lee Khoon Choy

Lee Khoon Choy
李炯才
Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
12 February 1979 – 1 January 1985
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
16 September 1972 – 11 February 1979
MinisterS. Dhanabalan
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
16 April 1968 – 15 September 1972
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Minister of State for Culture
In office
18 September 1965 – 3 May 1968
Parliamentary Secretary for Culture
In office
12 July 1965 – 17 September 1965
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Braddell Heights SMC
In office
7 February 1977 – 4 December 1984
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byGoh Choon Kang
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Hong Lim SMC
In office
8 December 1965 – 6 December 1976
Preceded byOng Eng Guan
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Panjang SMC
In office
1 July 1959 – 3 September 1963
Preceded byGoh Tong Liang[1]
Succeeded byOng Lian Teng
Party Whip of the People's Action Party
In office
23 June 1959 – 16 October 1963
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChan Chee Seng
Personal details
Born(1924-01-24)24 January 1924
Butterworth, Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died27 February 2016(2016-02-27) (aged 92)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Spouse(s)Florence Khor Swee Hoon
Eng Ah Siam
Children7
Alma materRegent Street Polytechnic

Lee Khoon Choy DUBC (Chinese: 李炯才; pinyin: Lǐ Jǐongcái 24 January 1924 – 27 February 2016) was a Singaporean politician.[2] A member of the governing People's Action Party, he was the Member of Parliament for Braddell Heights SMC between 1977 and 1984, and Hong Lim SMC between 1965 and 1976.

  1. ^ "Singapore Legislative Assembly General Election 1955 > Bukit Panjang".
  2. ^ Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Singapore: Justin Corfield. 2010. p. 143. ISBN 978-0810873872.