# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lim-kit-siang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:12:39.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lim-kit-siang"
name: "Lim Kit Siang"
slug: "lim-kit-siang"
description: "Lim Kit Siang is a retired Malaysian politician. Having held the position for a total of 29 years on three occasions, he is the longest-serving leader of the opposition, as well the second longest-serving member of parliament in Malaysia. He was also the former secretary-general and national chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, leading it through eight general elections."
tagline: "Malaysian politician (born 1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lim_Kit_Siang_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             4.65590484282073
  historical:           8.857533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://limkitsiang.com"
sources:
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    title: "林吉祥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليم كيت سيانغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليم كيت سيانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kit_Siang"
    title: "Lim Kit Siang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kit_Siang"
    title: "Lim Kit Siang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kit_Siang"
    title: "Lim Kit Siang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "لیم کیت سیانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kit_Siang"
    title: "Lim Kit Siang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Kit_Siang"
    title: "Lim Kit Siang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "லிம் கிட் சியாங்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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