Khee Liang Phoa (

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: 潘科良; born May 1955,

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

) is a Dutch former politician, who served as

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for emancipation and family affairs in the

first Balkenende cabinet The first Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Netherlands government from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the nationalistic Pim Fortuyn L ...

from September 2002 to May 2003.

Biography

Political work

Phoa was born in Rotterdam to

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians (), or simply ''Orang Tionghoa'' or ''Tionghoa'', are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in th ...

parents who had moved to the Netherlands from the

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. He worked in sports

physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

and ran his own practice prior to working for Foundation for the Responsible Use of Alcohol as a managing director. He was first introduced to the

Pim Fortuyn List The Pim Fortuyn List (, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands that existed from 2002 to 2008 at a national level and was named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was ...

(LPF) party through his daughter who had a relationship with fellow LPF member João Varela. He was elected to the Dutch Member of the House of Representatives during the 2002 general election as a member of the

(LPF), making him the first Dutch MP of Chinese descent to be elected to the House. He became a minister in the

for emancipation and family affairs by succeeding

Philomena Bijlhout Philomena Bijlhout (born 13 November 1957) is a Surinamese-born Dutch former politician and television presenter. She served as an MP in the Member of the House of Representatives as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List and was briefly State Secret ...

who had to resign a few hours after her designation following revelations about her past as a militia member in

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. Initially, philanthropist and LPF spokeswoman Fiona de Vilder was nominated by party vice-president

Ferry Hoogendijk Ferdinand Alexander "Ferry" Hoogendijk (23 November 1933 – 14 February 2014) was a Dutch journalist, political scientist and politician. He served as the editor-in-chief of ''Elsevier Weekblad'' and was elected as a member of the Dutch House of ...

to replace Bijlhout, however de Vilder later declined the position and Phoa was instead put forward. The fall of the Balkenende I cabinet resulted in the LPF leaving government and losing most of its representation in parliament. As a result, Phoa was not included in the

second Balkenende cabinet The second Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 27 May 2003 until 7 July 2006. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the conservative-liberal Peo ...

formed in May 2003 and received a public allowance for two-and-a-half years that related to less than nine months' time as a government minister. He used this money to explore his Chinese roots and study

at the

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

from 2004 to 2005. He has lived and worked in

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since then, after obtaining a position with the freight company Vincent International. From 2006 to 2017 Phoa was also a lecturer in business and English at the

Capital University of Economics and Business The Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB; ) is a municipal public university in Fengtai, Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 millio ...

in China.https://cn.linkedin.com/in/khee-liang-phoa-%E6%BD%98%E7%A7%91%E8%89%AF-3b53462

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1955 births Living people Politicians from Rotterdam Pim Fortuyn List politicians Dutch politicians of Chinese descent Dutch people of Chinese descent Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch expatriates in China State secretaries for social affairs of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-politician-stub

Biography

Political work

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