Succeeded by Suzanne Wu Preceded by New parliament Spouse Elizabeth Tang | Succeeded by Albert Ho Role Legislator Preceded by Szeto Wah Name Lee Cheuk-yan Children Justina Lee | |
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Deputy Richard Tsoi
Mak Hoi-wah Political party Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Labour Party | ||
Constituency New Territories West Education University of Hong Kong | ||
Hong Kong politician: "We will fight on"
Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: 李卓人; born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai, paternal ancestry from Chaoyang, Guangdong) is a former 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.
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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. 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.
He received an unexpected loss in the 2016 Legislative Council election, departing the legislature after more than 20 years of service.
Family
He is married to Elizabeth Tang, the chairperson of the Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO. They have one daughter.