P. G. Lim

Tan Sri Lim Phaik Gan, known as P. G. Lim, (; 29 June 1915 – 7 May 2013) was a British-born Malaysian lawyer and diplomat. She was one of the first female lawyers to practice in Malaysia. Lim also served as Malaysia's first female ambassador. She served as Malaysia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Yugoslavia, Austria, and the European Economic Community during her diplomatic career. Her father, Lim Cheng Ean , was a lawyer and legislative councillor (Jalan Lim Chin Guan, a street in George Town, Penang is named after her father).

Career Lim graduated from Convent Light Street in George Town, Penang. In 1968, she defended eleven young people who had been sentenced to death for collaborating with Indonesian forces during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.

The Malaysian Parliament was suspended in 1969 in the aftermath of the sectarian riots in the country. P. G. Lim was one of only two women to be appointed to the National Operations Council, which governed Malaysia from 1969 to 1971 in the aftermath of the riots. |Year |Constituency

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|Votes |Pct |Ballots cast |Majority |Turnout

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47,95%

K.V Thaver (PAP)

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