Phua Bah Lee

Phua Bah Lee
潘峇厘
Phua in the 1970s
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tampines
In office
6 May 1968 – 17 August 1988
Personal details
Born1932 (1932)
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died (aged 89)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNanyang University
Phua Bah Lee
Chinese潘峇厘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPān Bālí
Southern Min
Hokkien POJPhoaⁿ Bâ-lî

Phua Bah Lee (Chinese: 潘峇厘; 1932 – 26 December 2021) was a Singaporean politician who was a member of the People's Action Party. He was Member of Parliament for Tampines constituency from 1968 to 1988. During his political career spanning twenty years, Phua was first appointed parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Communications and later became senior parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Defence. He was also the first president of the Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association (SAFRA) from 1972 to 1989.