Tang Guan Seng () is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing

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 Singap ...

(PAP), he was a Member of the Parliament representing Khe Bong SMC from 1984 to 1988,

Hougang SMC The Hougang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament is Dennis Tan from the Workers' Party (WP). History The constituency was first for ...

from 1988 to 1991 and

Ang Mo Kio GRC The Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the North-East Region, Singapore, North-East Region of Singapore. It has 5 wards: Teck Ghee, Buangkok–Fernvale South, Seletar–Ser ...

representing Ang Mo Kio division from 1997 to 2001.

Political career

At the

1984 Singaporean general election Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southe ...

, Tang contested Khe Bong SMC and won the election over Sim Say Chuan of the

Barisan Sosialis Barisan Sosialis (BS), also known as the Socialist Front, is a defunct left-wing political party in Singapore. It was formed on 29 July 1961 and was officially registered on 13 August 1961 by the leftist faction of the People's Action Party (PA ...

with 62.53% of the vote. At the

1988 Singaporean general election General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988. President Wee Kim Wee dissolved parliament on 17 August 1988 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 80 of the ...

, Khe Boon SMC was absorbed in to Toa Payoh GRC and Tang contested the newly created Hougang SMC. He won the election over Lim Chiu Liang of the

Workers' Party Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism ...

(WP) with 58.96% of the vote. At the

1991 Singaporean general election The 1991 Singaporean general election was held on 31 August 1991 to elect all 81 members of the Parliament of Singapore across 36 constituencies. Parliament was dissolved by President Wee Kim Wee on 14 August 1991, upon the advice of Prime Min ...

, Tang lost the election to

Low Thia Khiang Low Thia Khiang (; born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean former politician and the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) betw ...

of WP with 47.18% of the vote. In 1993, when

Ong Teng Cheong Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean statesman, architect and union leader who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999. Born when Singapore was a part of the Singapore in the Straits ...

resigned from PAP to run in the

1993 Singaporean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Singapore on 28 August 1993. Following amendments to the Constitution in 1991, presidential elections since then are to be directly elected by citizens for a six year term. Incumbent president Wee Kim Wee, wh ...

, Tang replaced Ong as the chairman of PAP's Kim Keat branch, as well as the Kim Keat grassroots adviser. Tang did not re-contest Hougang SMC in the 1997 Singaporean general election but joined the PAP team in

where the team won the election unopposed. In 2004, Tang was appointed to be the political secretary to Senior Minister

Goh Chok Tong Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as the second prime minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004 and as a senior minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2011. He served as the secretary-general of the Peo ...

Personal life

Tang is married to Tan Soh Nee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Guan Seng Living people Singaporean people of Chinese descent 1948 births