Ronan Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ronan Lee

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1976

Place of Birth: Drogheda, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: politician

Nationality: Ireland, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dr Ronan Oliver Lee (born 4 January 1976) is an Irish Australian visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London’s International State Crime Initiative where his research focusses on Myanmar, the Rohingya, genocide, and hate speech.
He was formerly a political advisor and Labor and later Greens member of the Queensland State Parliament.
Lee represented the seat of Indooroopilly since he was first elected as a Labor Party member in 2001. Lee joined the Queensland Greens in 2008 citing the Bligh Government's inaction on climate change and environment protection.
Since leaving Parliament in 2009 Lee has lived in Tasmania and Melbourne, run his communications and lobbying business and traveled extensively in Myanmar (Burma). Lee grew up in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland and his family migrated to Brisbane, Australia when he was a teenager.
He was educated at St Patrick's College, Cavan, St Columban's College, Caboolture, and the University of Queensland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Lee has a Master of International Relations from Monash University, writing a thesis titled A Politician, Not an Icon.
Aung San Suu Kyi's silence on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya.
Lee has a PhD from Deakin University.
His PhD thesis was titled “Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Rohingya Perspectives of History and Identity” and addressed the identity, history, and politics of the Rohingya.