Lee Cheuk-yan

The Honourable Lee Cheuk-yan
李卓人
Lee Cheuk-yan at an Alliance for True Democracy press conference.
Chairman of the Labour Party
In office 18 December 2011 – 13 December 2015
Succeeded by	Suzanne Wu
Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
In office 2 January 2011 – 15 December 2014
Deputy	Richard Tsoi Mak Hoi-wah
Preceded by	Szeto Wah
Succeeded by	Albert Ho
General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Incumbent
Assumed office 1990
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 1998
Preceded by	New parliament
Constituency	New Territories West
In office 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency	Manufacturing
In office 10 February 1995 – 31 July 1995
Preceded by	Lau Chin-shek
Succeeded by	Lau Chin-shek
Constituency	Kowloon Central
Personal details
Born	12 February 1957 Shanghai, China
Nationality	People's Republic of China
Political party	Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Tang
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong
Occupation	Legislative Councillor Trade unionists
Religion	Christianity
Chinese name
Chinese	李卓人
Yale Romanization	Léih Cheuk Yàhn

Lee Cheuk-yan (born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai,^[1] paternal ancestry from Chaoyang, Guangdong) is a pan-democracy member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency. He is a trade union leader and General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, as well as former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.

Background

Lee emigrated from Mainland China to Hong Kong in 1959. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in civil engineering in 1978.^[2] Since his university days, he has been a labour and pro-democracy activist.

During the student-led Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he collected donations from Hong Kong and travelled to Beijing to hand over the funds to student protesters in Tiananmen Square. He was detained by the authorities there and made to sign a confession letter before being allowed to return to Hong Kong. Since the events of 1989, Lee has remained a standing committee member of the pro-Chinese democracy group, The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.

Legislative Councillor

In 1995, Lee was elected unopposed in a by-election of the Legislative Council, replacing Lau Chin-shek, who had resigned. He has since been re-elected four times, continuously serving as a lawmaker, except for a brief period during 1997 and 1998, when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China, and the Legislative Council temporarily became a Provisional Legislative Council, composed of Beijing nominees.

Labour Party

In December 2011, he and three other Legislative Councillors Fernando Cheung, Cyd Ho and Cheung Kwok-che co-founded the Labour Party, becoming the third largest pan-democratic parties in the legislature. He served as chairman until December 2015 when he stepped down to give way to the youngsters and took the vice-chairmanship.^[3]

Family

He is married to Elizabeth Tang, the chairperson of the Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO. They have one daughter.^[2]

See also

• List of graduates of University of Hong Kong

References

1. 隔牆有耳：李卓人原來係富三代. Apple Daily. 23 March 2011.
2. "Hon LEE Cheuk-yan". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
3. "工黨換班 女將胡穗珊任主席". Ming Pao. 13 December 2015.

External links

• Hong Kong Legislative Council's website on Hon Lee Cheuk-yan
• Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions' election campaign website