21 Facts About Ronan Lee

Ronan Oliver Lee was born on 4 January 1976 and is an Irish Australian former politician and research fellow in the at.

Ronan Lee was previously a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London's International State Crime Initiative.

Ronan Lee was formerly a political advisor and Labor and later Green Party member of the Queensland State Parliament.

Ronan Lee had a background in environmental activism and joined the Queensland Greens in 2008 citing the Bligh Government's inaction on climate change and environment protection.

Since leaving Parliament in 2009 Ronan Lee has run his communications and lobbying business and traveled extensively in Myanmar.

Ronan Lee grew up in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland and his family migrated to Brisbane, Australia when he was a teenager.

Ronan Lee 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.

Ronan Lee has a Master of International Relations from Monash University, writing a thesis titled A Politician, Not an Icon.

Ronan Lee is the author of Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech published by Bloomsbury Publishing's IB Tauris imprint.

Ronan Lee has traveled extensively in Asia and has a particular interest in the politics of Myanmar.

Ronan Lee was one of the few westerners to experience Myanmar's 2010 elections and met Aung San Suu Kyi shortly after her release from house arrest.

Ronan Lee is currently researching the situation involving the Muslim Rohingya people in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and tweeted the cover of his Masters of International Relations thesis 'A Politician, Not an Icon.

Ronan Lee is the author of "Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech" published by Bloomsbury Publishing's IB Tauris imprint.

Ronan Lee has been involved with environment causes since his youth and is best known for his involvement with The Wilderness Society who welcomed his decision to join the Greens.

Ronan Lee is opposed to nuclear power and campaigned against nuclear power and uranium mining in Queensland.

In 2001, Ronan Lee obtained preselection for the seat of Indooroopilly and surprised many by defeating former Queensland Liberal Leader Denver Beanland in the state elections that year.

In 2003, Ronan Lee made a parliamentary speech which noted Bengali language was spoken by hundreds of millions of people worldwide and advocated the teaching of Bengali language in Queensland schools.

In 2004, Ronan Lee was re-elected to his seat and during this term he campaigned against the Labor government's asset sales including the privatisation of parts of Queensland's electricity industry.

In 2008 Ronan Lee announced that he had resigned from the ALP and defected to the Greens, becoming their first Queensland MP.

Ronan Lee subsequently became one of the first MPs in Queensland to publicly support same-sex marriage.

Ronan Lee's main focus was on youth policy arguing for a greater role for young people in government decision making and in favour of improved public transport services at night and on weekends.