Lim Ban Hong

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Deputy Minister of MITI Senator Lim Ban Hong (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk Wira

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DCSM|DMSM|BKT|MLA (Malacca)}}

| name = Lim Ban Hong

| native_name = {{nobold|林萬鋒}}

| native_name_lang = zh

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|03|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Malacca, Malaysia

| citizenship = Malaysian

| office = Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry

| monarch = Abdullah

| primeminister = Ismail Sabri Yaakob

| minister = Azmin Ali

| term_start = 30 August 2021

| term_end = 24 November 2022

| predecessor = Himself

| successor = Liew Chin Tong

| constituency = Senator

| monarch1 = Abdullah

| primeminister1 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| minister1 = Azmin Ali

| term_start1 = 10 March 2020

| term_end1 = 16 August 2021

| predecessor1 = Ong Kian Ming

| successor1 = Himself

| constituency1 = Senator

| office2 = Senator
{{small|Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong}}

| monarch2 = Abdullah

| primeminister2 = Muhyiddin Yassin
{{small|(2020–2021)}}
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
{{small|(2021–2022)}}

| term_start2 = 10 March 2020

| term_end2 = 5 November 2022

| office3 = Member of the
Malacca State Executive Council
{{small|(Transport, Project Rehabilitation
and International Trade)}}

| governor3 = Mohd Khalil Yaakob

| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata3 = Idris Haron

| term_start3 = 1 July 2014

| term_end3 = 11 May 2018

| constituency3 = Kelebang

| constituency_AM4 = Kelebang

| assembly4 = Malacca State Legislative

| term_start4 = 20 November 2021

| term_end4 =

| predecessor4 = Gue Teck
(PH–PKR)

| successor4 =

| majority4 = 876 (2021)

| term_start5 = 5 May 2013

| term_end5 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor5 = Seet Har Cheow
(BN–MCA)

| successor5 = Gue Teck
(PH–PKR)

| majority5 = 2,097 (2013)

| office6 = Vice President of the
Malaysian Chinese Association

| alongside6 =
Tan Teik Cheng &
Ti Lian Ker {{small|(2018–2023)}} &
Yew Teong Look {{small|(2018–2023)}} &
Wee Jeck Seng {{small|(since 2023)}} &
Lawrance Low Ah Keong {{small|(since 2023)}}

| term_start6 = 4 November 2018

| term_end6 =

| president6 = Wee Ka Siong

| predecessor6 = Lee Chee Leong

| successor6 =

| office7 = Faction represented in Dewan Negara

| subterm7 = 2020–2022

| suboffice7 = Barisan Nasional

| office8 = Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly

| subterm8 = 2013–2018,
2021–

| suboffice8 = Barisan Nasional

| subterm9 =

| suboffice9 =

| party = Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)

| alma_mater = University of London

| occupation = Politician

| profession =

| education =

| spouse =

| children =

| website =

| footnotes = {{facebook|limbanhong}}

}}

Lim Ban Hong ({{zh|t=林萬鋒|s=林万锋|poj=Lîm Bān-hong}}; born 22 March 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kelebang from May 2013 to May 2018 and again since November 2021. He served as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Azmin Ali from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Azmin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Senator from March 2020 to his resignation in November 2022 as well as Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in BN state administration under former Chief Minister Idris Haron from July 2014 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018. He is a member and State Chairman of Malacca of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as a Vice President of MCA since November 2018.{{cite news|url=https://pru.sinarharian.com.my/calon/1588/lim-ban-hong|title=Lim Ban Hong|language=ms|work=PRU Di Sinar |publisher=Sinar Harian|access-date=10 November 2021}}