Lee Chin Chen

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Lee (李)|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Lee Chin Chen

| native_name = {{nobold|李政贤}}

| native_name_lang = zh-my

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| office = Deputy Speaker of the
Pahang State Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 29 December 2022

| term_end =

| monarch = Abdullah

| 1blankname = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata = Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail

| 2blankname = Speaker

| 2namedata = Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin

| predecessor = Mohamed Jaafar

| successor =

| constituency = Bilut

| office1 = State Leader of the Opposition of Pahang

| term_start1 = 2 July 2018

| term_end1 = 14 October 2022

| monarch1 = Ahmad Shah
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2022)}}

| 1blankname1 = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata1 = Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail

| predecessor1 = Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji

| successor1 = Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man

| constituency1 = Bilut

| office2 = Assistant National Organising Secretary
of the Democratic Action Party

| term_start2 = 16 March 2025

| term_end2 =

| alongside2 = Tan Hong Pin

| 1blankname2 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata2 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| 2blankname2 = National Organising Secretary

| 2namedata2 = Khoo Poay Tiong

| predecessor2 = Khoo Poay Tiong

| successor2 =

| office3 = State Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party of Pahang

| term_start3 = 1 September 2024

| term_end3 =

| deputy3 = Manogaran Marimuthu

| 1blankname3 = Secretary-General

| 1namedata3 = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| predecessor3 = Leong Ngah Ngah

| successor3 =

| constituency_AM4 = Bilut

| assembly4 = Pahang State Legislative

| term_start4 = 9 May 2018

| term_end4 =

| predecessor4 = Chow Yu Hui
(PRDAP)

| successor4 =

| majority4 = 3,739 (2018)
3,111 (2022)

| constituency_AM5 = Ketari

| assembly5 = Pahang State Legislative

| term_start5 = 5 May 2013

| term_end5 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor5 = Ng Keong Chye
(BNGERAKAN)

| successor5 = Young Syefura Othman
(PH–DAP)

| majority5 = 2,140 (2013)

| birth_name = Lee Chin Chen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pahang, Malaysia

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| citizenship = Malaysian

| nationality = {{MAS}}

| party = Democratic Action Party (DAP)

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| alma_mater = New Era University College (Media Studies)
Chinese Culture University (Mass Communication)
National Taiwan University
(Master of Political Science)

| occupation = Politician

}}

{{Infobox person

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|hide=yes

| t = 李政賢

| s = 李政贤

| poj =

| tl =

| j =

| phfs =

| p = Lǐ Zhèngxián}}

}}

Lee Chin Chen ({{zh|s=李政贤|t=李政賢|p=Lǐ Zhèngxián}}; born 7 February 1984) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly since December 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bilut since May 2018. He served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Pahang from July 2018 to October 2022 and the MLA for Ketari from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member and Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the Assistant National Organising Secretary of DAP since March 2025 and State Chairman of DAP of Pahang since September 2024. He is the first Deputy Speaker of non-Malay ethnicity in the history of Pahang.{{cite news |title=Pahang appoints non-Malay deputy speaker for the first time |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/649691 |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=Malaysiakini |date=29 December 2022}}

Controversies and issues

In February 2023, a photo of Lee committing a traffic offence went viral on social media. The photo showed Lee's car violating a "No Entry" sign. Lee issued a statement that he was cooperating with the police investigation, and had received a summons which he would pay. The Bentong District Police Chief issued a statement confirming that a summons had been issued under Section 79(2) of the Road Transport Act (RTD) 1987.{{cite news |title=Pahang deputy speaker fined after traffic offence went viral |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/654280 |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=Malaysiakini |date=7 February 2023}}

Election results

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!Year

!Constituency

! colspan="2" |Candidate

!Votes

!Pct

! colspan="2" |Opponent(s)

!Votes

!Pct

!Ballots cast

!Majority

!Turnout

2013

|N34 Ketari

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|Lee Chin Chen (DAP)

| align=right|10,050

|55.96%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Woong Choo Yak (MCA)

| align=right|7,910

|44.04%

|18,276

|2,140

|84.30%

rowspan=2 |2018

|rowspan=5 |N33 Bilut

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PH}} |

|rowspan=2 | Lee Chin Chen (DAP)

|rowspan=2 align=right|8,798

|rowspan=2 | 55.68%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Poo Mun Hoong (MCA)

| align=right|5,059

|32.02%

|rowspan=2 |16,049

|rowspan=2 |3,739

|rowspan=2 |84.02%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Mohd Zamri Nong (PAS)

| align=right|1,944

|12.30%

rowspan=3 | 2022

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/PH}} |

|rowspan=3 | Lee Chin Chen (DAP)

|rowspan=3 align=right|8,895

|rowspan=3 | 47.56%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Wong Siew Mun (MCA)

| align=right|5,784

|30.93%

|rowspan=3 |18,929

|rowspan=3 |3,111

|rowspan=3 |77.94%

bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} |

|Chandra Baladedha (GERAKAN)

| align=right|3,363

|17.98%

bgcolor={{party color|Homeland Fighter's Party}} |

|Mohd Shokri Mahmood (PEJUANG)

|align=right |433

|align=right |2.32%

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