Lim Keng Yaik

Lim Keng Yaik
林敬益
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications
In office
27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyShaziman Abu Mansor
Preceded byLeo Moggie Irok
Succeeded byShaziman Abu Mansor
ConstituencyBeruas
Minister of Primary Industries
In office
11 August 1986 – 26 March 2004
MonarchsIskandar
Azlan Shah
Ja'afar
Salahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyMohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Alias Ali
Tengku Mahmud Tengku Mansor
Siti Zainaboon Abu Bakar
Hishammuddin Hussein
Anifah Aman
Preceded byPaul Leong Khee Seong
Succeeded byPeter Chin Fah Kui (as Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities)
ConstituencyBeruas
3rd President of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
In office
1980 – 8 April 2007
DeputyKerk Choo Ting
Koh Tsu Koon
Preceded byLim Chong Eu
Succeeded byKoh Tsu Koon
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Beruas
In office
3 August 1986 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byMichael Chen Wing Sum (BNMCA)
Succeeded byNgeh Koo Ham
(DAP)
Majority1,015 (1986)
863 (1990)
11,254 (1995)
1,455 (1999)
4,564 (2004)
Personal details
Born
Lim Keng Yaik

(1939-04-08)8 April 1939
Tapah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died22 December 2012(2012-12-22) (aged 73)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMCA (1968–1973)
Gerakan (1973–2008)
Other political
affiliations
Alliance (1968–1973)
Barisan Nasional (1973–2008)
SpouseToh Puan Wong Yoon Chuan
ChildrenDatuk Lim Si Pin
Lim Si Ching
Lim Poi Giok
Lim Poi Jing
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
OccupationMedical doctor

Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik SSM (Chinese: 林敬益; pinyin: Lín Jìngyì; Jyutping: Lam4 Keng3 Yik4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Kèng-ek; 8 April 1939 – 22 December 2012) was a Malaysian politician and former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications in the Malaysian cabinet. He was the third president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) from 1980 until stepping down on 8 April 2007 to pave the way for Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon.[1] Just before his death, he was among the only four living Chinese with Tunship holders in Malaysia.

  1. ^ "Sdr Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik (President from 1980 – 2007)". Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). Retrieved 20 May 2008.