Khee Liang Phoa
Khee Liang Phoa is a former Dutch politician, government minister and undersecretary for emancipation and family affairs in the first Balkenende cabinet from September 2002 to May 2003.
Phoa was born in Rotterdam. He worked in physiotherapy and ran his own practice prior to entering politics. He was elected to the Dutch Member of the House of Representatives during the 2002 general election as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List, making him the first Dutch MP of Chinese descent.
He succeeded Philomena Bijlhout, on behalf of the LPF as minister for family affairs. He was not included in the second Balkenende cabinet in May 2003 and got a public allowance for 2,5 year as former government member during less than 9 months. He used it to explore his Chinese roots and study Chinese at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications from 2004–2005. He has lived and worked in Beijing since then after obtaining a position with the freight company Vincent International.
