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Choo Pei Ling
Choo Pei Ling (; born ) is a Singaporean neuroscientist and politician. A member of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), she is the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Tengah ward of Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025. Career Choo Pei Ling is a neuroscientist and Singapore Institute of Technology assistant professor. Political career Prior to entering politics, Choo was a neuroscientist. She first started her political career as a Second Grassroots Advisor for the Kembangan-Chai Chee ward in Marine Parade GRC after Tan Chuan-Jin resigned over a extramarital affair in 2023. Choo was later fielded in Chua Chu Kang GRC was elected into the Parliament of Singapore on 3 May 2025 as part of People's Action Party The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Singapore
The following are lists of members of parliament in Singapore: * , 1965 * , 1968 * , 1972 * , 1977 * , 1981 * , 1985 * , 1989 * , 1992 * , 1997 * 10th Parliament of Singapore, 2002 * 11th Parliament of Singapore, 2006 * List of members of the 12th Parliament of Singapore, 2011 * List of members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore, 2016 * 14th Parliament of Singapore, 2020 * 15th Parliament of Singapore, 2025 See also * Parliament of Singapore * Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore * Nominated Member of Parliament * Non-constituency Member of Parliament * Elections in Singapore * Constitution of Singapore The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law of Singapore. A written constitution, the text which took effect on 9 August 1965 is derived from the Constitution of the State of Singapore 1963, provisions of the Constitution ... {{Singapore Parliaments Lists of politicians lists Parliament of Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Yen Ling
Low Yen Ling ( zh, s=刘燕玲, p=Liú Yànlíng; born 17 August 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South West District since 2014, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry concurrently since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Bukit Gombak SMC since 2025, and previously the Bukit Gombak division of Chua Chu Kang GRC between 2011 and 2025. Prior to entering politics, Low had worked at financial institutions, a start-up venture, and the Economic Development Board (EDB). She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won with 61.2% of the vote. Education Low was educated at Dunman High School and Temasek Junior College before graduating from the Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Business wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gan Kim Yong
Gan Kim Yong (born 9 February 1959) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024 and Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Punggol North division of Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025, and previously the Chua Chu Kang division of Chua Chu Kang GRC from 2011 to 2025. Prior to entering politics, Gan worked in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He joined NatSteel in 1989 and became the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of NatSteel in 2005. Gan made his political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC and won by an uncontested walkover. Gan previously served as Minister for Manpower between 2008 and 2011, Minister for Health between 2011 and 2021, Chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wee
Don Wee Boon Hong ( zh, s=黄文鸿, p=Huáng Wénhóng; born 1976) is a Singaporean accountant and former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Brickland division of Choa Chu Kang GRC since 2020. Education Wee attended Nan Hua High School and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. After completing his National Service, Wee completed a Bachelor of Accountancy degree as a part-time student. He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at the Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Wee had also taken an executive education programme at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Career Wee joined a local bank as a non-executive staff after completing his full-time National Service as an officer in the Singapore Army's Armoured Regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
Zhulkarnain bin Abdul Rahim ( Jawi: ذو القرنين عبدالرحيم; born 23 November 1980) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Keat Hong division of Chua Chu Kang GRC since 2020. Early life and education Zhulkarnain grew up with five siblings while his father was the sole breadwinner of the family. He graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2005 and subsequently completed a Master of Laws degree in Islamic law and finance in 2013 at the Singapore Management University. Career Zhulkarnain is a partner at Dentons Rodyk and Davidson. He was named in the Asian Legal Business ALB 40 under 40 2016 List of the brightest young legal minds in the region and a shortlisted finalist in the 2017 Young Lawyer of the Year category of the ALB South East Asia Law Awards. In 2017, he won the JCI Singapore: Ten Outstanding Young Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaporean Women In Politics
Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-denominational, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent have made up the overwhelming majority of the population since the 19th century. The Singaporean diaspora is also far-reaching worldwide. In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups². Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural society. It is home to people of many different ethnic, racial, religious, denominational, and national origins -- the majority o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Action Party Politicians
People's, branded as ''People's ViennaLine'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH'', is an Austria, Austro-Switzerland, Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland. History Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight of the company took place on 27 March 2011. For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between its St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport, St. Gallen and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services. In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (and, after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes of flight over L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singapore, Workers' Party (WP). The PAP was established in 1954 as a conventional centre-left party. Following its initial electoral success in 1959 Singaporean general election, 1959, Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sought to reposition the party ideologically toward the centrism, centre. In pursuit of this objective, he expelled the party's Barisan Sosialis, leftist faction in 1961, during the period of Singapore in Malaysia, Singapore's merger with Malaysia. Over the course of the 1960s and since then, the PAP continued its ideological shift towards the centre-right. After Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, Singapore's separation from Malaysia and subsequent independence in 1965, the majority of opposition part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
