Yong Teck Lee
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Yong Teck Lee or also better known as Datuk Seri Panglima Mr. YTL (name abbreviation) (Template:Lang-zh; born 3 October 1958) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Nominated Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) since October 2020. He served as the 10th Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1996 to May 1998, Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah from July 1990 to December 1995, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaya from November 1999 and MLA for Likas from April 1985 to September 2002. He has served as Nominated MLA of Sabah since October 2020 and 1st and founding President of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and formerly Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions, since January 1994. He is the Deputy Chairman of GRS and was the Deputy Chairman of PN.
Political career
Yong became the Chief Minister of Sabah on 28 May 1996 to serve in a two-year rotation arranged by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in the state.[1] He had previously served as Deputy Chief Minister.[2] In 1994 he resigned from the United Sabah Party (PBS), citing dissatisfaction with its leadership, and established the SAPP; however, the new party became a member of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition led in Sabah by the PBS.[3] Lee led the SAPP in bolting from Barisan Nasional in 2008.
Before entering politics, Yong was a lawyer, having studied in London.[4]
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1985 | N28 Likas | Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | | Yong Teck Lee (PBS) | |||||||||
| 1986 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | | Yong Teck Lee (PBS) | 6,488 | 67.22% | bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Chin Kok Kong (BERJAYA) | 2,911 | 30.16% | 9,652 | 3,577 | 73.54% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Chu Yee Ming (PCS) | 140 | 1.45% | |||||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Kok Fung Chong (SCCP) | 38 | 0.39% | |||||||||
| 1990 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | | Yong Teck Lee (PBS) | 7,347 | 66.48% | bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Hussin Wahid Dally (USNO) | 2,219 | 20.08% | 11,052 | 5,128 | 71.52% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Yan Ngai Nen (BERJAYA) | 626 | 5.66% | |||||||||
| Template:Party shading/DAP | | Quek Yi Than (DAP) | 416 | 3.76% | |||||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Frankie Yapp Lai Sing (PRS) | 176 | 1.59% | |||||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Chin Nyuk Fatt (LDP) | 176 | 1.59% | |||||||||
| 1994 | Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | | Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) | 8,035 | 57.27% | Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 5,855 | 41.73% | 14,030 | 2,180 | 71.02% | |
| 1999 | N13 Likas | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | | Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) | 9,110 | 51.42% | Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | | Chong Eng Leong (PBS) | 4,148 | 23.41% | 17,717 | 4,962 | 68.21% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Harris Salleh (BERSEKUTU) | 3,576 | 20.18% | |||||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Gamparan Lajah (SETIA) | 318 | 1.79% | |||||||||
| Template:Party shading/PAS | | Yahya Kassim (PAS) | 200 | 1.13% | |||||||||
| Template:Party shading/Independent | | Saudin Kadis (IND) | 100 | 0.56% | |||||||||
| 2013 | N14 Likas | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Sabah Progressive Party | | Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) | 1,487 | 12.82% | Template:Party shading/DAP | | Wong Hong Jun (DAP) | 7,746 | 66.80% | 11,596 | 5,652 | 75.80% |
| Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | | Chin Shu Ying (LDP) | 2,094 | 18.06% | |||||||||
| Template:Party shading/Independent | | Ho Cheong Tshun (IND) | 155 | 1.34 | |||||||||
Honours
- File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia :
- File:MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN.svg Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (1996)
- File:Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah :
- File:MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - PGDK.svg Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (1990)
- File:MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - SPDK.svg Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2007)[6]
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- Living people
- 1958 births
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