Tan Kiat How (; zh, s=陈杰豪, p=Chén Jiéháo; born 1977) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Health since 2025 and Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information concurrently since 2022. 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 has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kampong Chai Chee division of

East Coast GRC The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern area of Singapore. It consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi (in part), Simei, Siglap, Joo Chia ...

since 2020. A computer engineer by profession, Tan had worked at the

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(MCI) and was the

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of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). He made his political debut in the 2020 general election when he joined a five-member PAP team contesting in East Coast GRC, and they won with 53.39% of the vote. Tan was appointed Minister of State for National Development, after being elected from 2022 to 2025, and appointed to the Prime Minister's Office from 2020 to 2021. In 2022, Tan was promoted Senior Minister of State after a Cabinet reshuffle.

Education

Tan was educated at

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before he went to the

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to study

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and

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. He also completed a master's degree in management at

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and was a Mason Fellow at

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Career

A computer engineer by profession, Tan had worked at the

, where he served as Deputy Secretary (Cyber and Technology) and helped to develop the Intelligent Nation 2015 blueprint. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) from January 2017 to June 2020. During his tenure, the IMDA awarded spectrum for the deployment of fifth-generation mobile networks and established the SG Digital Office in May 2020.

Political career

Tan was announced as a PAP candidate contesting as part of a five-member PAP team in

during the 2020 general election. On 10 July 2020, the PAP team in East Coast GRC won with 53.39% of the vote against the

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so Tan became a Member of Parliament. On 27 July 2020, Tan was appointed

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at the Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of National Development. On 15 May 2021, he was transferred from the Prime Minister's Office to the

, while continuing to concurrently serve at the Ministry of National Development. Tan was promoted Senior Minister of State on 13 June 2022 while serving both portfolios of Communications and Information and National Development.

Personal life

Tan is married and has 2 children. On 3 February 2022, Tan revealed he tested positive for

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, along with his wife a day before.

References

External links

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on

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{{15th Parliament of Singapore Living people University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Stanford University alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni People's Action Party politicians 1977 births Members of the Parliament of Singapore Mason Fellows