# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yong-teck-lee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:47:54.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yong-teck-lee"
name: "Yong Teck Lee"
slug: "yong-teck-lee"
description: "Yong Teck Lee, also known by his initials, YTL, is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as a Nominated Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) from October 2020 until October 2025 in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor 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."
tagline: "Malaysian politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             0.2102803738317757
  historical:           6.149065333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A5%8A%E5%BE%B7%E5%88%A9"
    title: "楊德利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ياونج تيك لى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Teck_Lee"
    title: "Yong Teck Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Teck_Lee"
    title: "Yong Teck Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Teck_Lee"
    title: "Yong Teck Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Teck_Lee"
    title: "Yong Teck Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%80"
    title: "யோங் தெக் லீ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2542272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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