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Ip Kin-yuen, born in Hong Kong in 1961, is an educator and politician who served as the Legislative Council member for the education functional constituency. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in Chinese language and Chinese history, a postgraduate diploma in education and a master's degree in education. As a student he was active in student affairs, serving as vice-president of the University of Hong Kong Students' Union in 1983, and he took part in the student movement and public debate of the time. After graduating he entered the education field, taught in a secondary school and then served for many years in the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union. He was a member of the Democratic Party until he left it in 2006, after which he built his public profile as an education professional. In 1995 he moved to the Hong Kong Institute of Education, now the Education University of Hong Kong, working on education research and teacher training. He held senior posts in the teachers' union including vice-president and general secretary, and the controversy in 2007 involving the institute's senior management and government officials, in which he was involved, became widely known and marked his rise to public prominence. In 2012 he was elected to the Legislative Council for the education functional constituency, succeeding Cheung Man-kwong, who did not seek re-election, and was returned again, serving two terms until 2020. During his time in the council he spoke on education policy, teachers' rights, early childhood education and special education, and was deputy chairman of the council's education affairs panel in the 2015 to 2016 session, offering views on curriculum reform, teacher establishment and school resources. After he left the council the education seat passed to Chu Kwok-keung.