# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-boon-yang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:43.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-boon-yang"
name: "Lee Boon Yang"
slug: "lee-boon-yang"
description: "Lee Boon Yang is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2003 and 2009, Minister for Manpower between 1992 and 2003, and Minister for Defence in 1994 and 1995. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jalan Besar Constituency between 1984 and 1988, and the Jalan Besar division of Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 1988 and 2011."
tagline: "Singaporean politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Dr._Lee_Boon_Yang_in_New_Delhi_on_January_25%2C_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Dr._Lee_Boon_Yang_in_New_Delhi_on_January_25%2C_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.32
  momentum:             1.578947368421052
  historical:           5.479554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Boon_Yang"
    title: "Lee Boon Yang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "لى بون يانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Boon_Yang"
    title: "Lee Boon Yang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E6%96%87%E7%8C%AE"
    title: "李文献"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "لی بون یانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "لی بون یانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6513114"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump