Ellen Lee

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Ellen Lee
Member of the
Singapore Parliament
for Sembawang GRC
(Woodlands)
In office
27 April 2006 – 11 September 2015
Preceded byChin Tet Yung
Succeeded byAmrin Amin
Personal details
Born
Ellen Lee Geck Hoon

(1957-04-13) 13 April 1957 (age 67)
Singapore
NationalitySingapore Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party

Ellen Lee Geck Hoon (

MP for Sembawang GRC on 27 April 2006 and was succeeded by Amrin Amin
on 11 September 2015.

Early life and education

Lee was born in Singapore on 13 April 1957.

GCE Advanced Level examinations, Lee went on to study at the National University of Singapore, graduated in 1980 with a Bachelor of Laws degree.[2]

Career

Lee began her professional law career at law firm Messrs Lim Kiap Khee & Co, starting out as a legal assistant in January 1981. Rising up the ranks, she was promoted to Sole Proprietor in October 1984. Lee left the company in September 2005. Since October 2005, she has been working at Ramdas & Wong as a law consultant, her area of expertise being, among others, family law, adoption and custody of children, bankruptcy and insolvency law, corporate and commercial law, conveyancing and property law, and immigration law.[3] Lee enjoyed a decade's stint as chairperson of the Singapore Law Society's Family Law Practice Committee.[1]

In 1997, the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Malay for Public Service Medal) was bestowed upon Lee.[2] A member of the ruling People's Action Party, Lee served as an MP for the Sembawang GRC. She has held this position since May 2006.[2] She was also appointed as the Deputy Chairman of both the Singapore-Turkey parliamentary Friendship Group and the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs.[1]

Personal life

Lee is married. Her religion is Taoism.[2]

See also

  • List of Singapore MPs
  • List of current Singapore MPs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ellen Lee". People's Action Party. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ms Ellen Lee". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Ellen Lee". Ramdas & Wong Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.