Francis Yuen Kin Pheng ( zh, s=阮健平, j= ) is a Singaporean politician. As a member of

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, he was appointed PSP Assistant Secretary-General from 2019 to 2021 and as Secretary-General of PSP from 2021 to 2023. Yuen had indicated that he would lead the PSP into the 2025 general election prior to leaving office.

Early life

Yuen is the oldest of eight siblings in his family and was raised in

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. Both his parents died within a year of each other during his

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examination. Yuen signed on with the

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(RSAF) after his

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Career

Military career

As part of his training to be a helicopter pilot, Yuen was part of the first batch of pilots to be sent to France for aviation training. As part of 120 Squadron, he assembled the first RSAF helicopter, and also flew on his first operational flight on the

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, where he also attained his master's degree. He topped his classes and won several academic awards. Yuen was then deployed to the United States

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before returning to the RSAF at the Air Force Systems Command for various leadership roles.

Political career

In the 2020 general election, Yuen joined the

and contested as part of a four member team in

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but lost to the ruling

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. After the 2020 general election, Yuen was appointed as the PSP's Assistant Secretary-General from 2019 to 2021. Yuen was appointed Secretary-General of

from 2021 to 2023. Yuen had indicated that he would lead party into the next general election when he was the Secretary-General. This did not happen as he stepped down as secretary-general before the next election.

References

Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Progress Singapore Party politicians 1950 births {{Singapore-bio-stub