Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang is a Malaysian politician. He was Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party and was its 3rd from 1969 to 1999 for three decades, its second National Chairman, and its first Parliamentary Leader as well as its Central Policy and Strategic Planning Commission Chairman since 2004, after he failed to obtain re-election as Chairman. DAP is currently a component party of the Pakatan Harapan opposition coalition. He served as the 4th, 7th and 10th Leader of the Opposition for three non-consecutive terms, which are from April 1973 to August 1974 for a year, from November 1975 to November 1999 for 24 years and lastly from March 2004 to March 2008 for 4 years. In total, he served in the position for almost three decades, making him the longest-serving officeholder of the nation.