Biography
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Chan Chun Sing

SG

Minister for Education

Editions

Successful People in Singapore (2nd Edition)

2023 February

Successful People in Singapore (1st Edition)

2022 February

E - EDUCATION

1982 - 1985 Raffles Institution; 1986 - 1987 Raffles Junior college; 1988 Degree in Economics (First Class Honours), Christ's College, University of Cambridge; 1998 US Army Command and General Staff College; 2005 Sloan Fellows Programme, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CA - CAREER

Singapore Army 1987 - 2011: Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment 1998 - 2000; Army Attaché in Jakarta 2001 - 2003; Commander of the 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade 2003 - 2004; Head of the Joint Plans and Transformation Department 2005 - 2007; Commander of the 9th Division / Chief Infantry Officer 2007 - 2009; Chief of Staff - Joint Staff 2009 - 2010; Chief of Army 2010 - 2011; Political career 2012 - present: Elected Member-of-Parliament, Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency 2011; Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports 2011 - 2012; Minister of State, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts 2011 - 2012; Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) 2012 - 2013; Second Minister for Defence 2013 - 2015; Minister for Social and Family Development 2013 - 2015; Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) 2015 - 2018; Deputy Chairman of the People’s Association 2015 - 2021; Minister for Trade and Industry (MTI) 2018 - 2021; Minister-in-Charge of the Public Service 2018 - present; Minister for Education 2021

CO - COMPANIES OWNERSHIP

Buona Vista (Tanjong Pagar GRC)

AW - AWARDS

Distinguished Master Strategist Award, US Army Command and General Staff College 1998

LS - LANGUAGE SKILLS

English

H - HOBBY

Reading; Jogging

B - BORN

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MS - MARITAL STATUS

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