Gan Kim Yong | |
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颜金勇 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore | |
Assumed office 15 May 2024 Servingwith Heng Swee Keat | |
Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
Minister for Trade and Industry | |
Assumed office 15 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Second Minister | Tan See Leng |
Preceded by | Chan Chun Sing |
Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore | |
Assumed office 15 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
6th Chairman of the People's Action Party | |
In office 23 November 2018 –26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Khaw Boon Wan |
Succeeded by | Heng Swee Keat |
Minister for Health | |
In office 21 May 2011 –14 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Second Minister | Masagos Zulkifli (2020–2021) |
Preceded by | Khaw Boon Wan |
Succeeded by | Ong Ye Kung |
Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
In office 21 May 2011 –27 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Lim Swee Say |
Succeeded by | Chan Chun Sing |
Minister for Manpower | |
In office 1 April 2009 –20 May 2011 Acting:1 April 2008 –31 March 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen |
Succeeded by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC (Chua Chu Kang) | |
Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 17,520 (17.28%) |
Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang SMC | |
In office 6 May 2006 –7 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Low Seow Chay |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (Zhenghua) | |
In office 25 October 2001 –6 May 2006 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Liang Eng Hwa |
Personal details | |
Born | Gan Kim Yong 9 February 1959 [1] Singapore |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA) |
Gan Kim Yong [lower-alpha 1] (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, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Choa Chu Kang division of Choa Chu Kang GRC since 2011.
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 had also previously served as Minister for Manpower between 2008 and 2011, Minister for Health between 2011 and 2021, and Chairman of the People's Action Party between 2018 and 2022. On 3 July 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Gan will be appointed Deputy Chairman of the MAS on 8 July 2023 after Deputy Chairman Lawrence Wong succeeded Tharman Shanmugaratnam as Chairman, who stepped down to run for the 2023 presidential election, which he eventually won. Gan subsequently took over as Chairman of the MAS from Lawrence Wong on 15 May 2024 when he became Prime Minister, who subsequently made him a Deputy Prime Minister in his first Cabinet.
Gan was educated at Catholic High School and National Junior College before he received an Overseas Merit Scholarship from the Singapore Government to study at the University of Cambridge, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in electrical engineering in 1981. [2]
He subsequently received a Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge in 1985. [3]
Gan began his career in the Civil Service, working at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He left the Civil Service for the private sector in 1989 and joined NatSteel. In 1996, he became Executive Vice-President of NatSteel and CEO of NatSteel Resorts International and NatSteel Properties. In 2005, he became President and CEO of NatSteel.
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 was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Zhenghua ward of Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC. In 2005, he was appointed as Minister of State for Education and Minister of State for Manpower.
During the 2006 general election, Gan replaced Low Seow Chay as the PAP candidate contesting in Chua Chu Kang SMC and won 60.37% of the vote. On 1 April 2008, he was appointed as Acting Minister for Manpower and later promoted to full Minister on 1 April 2009.
During the 2011 general election, Gan led the five-member PAP team contesting in the newly-formed Chua Chu Kang GRC and won 61.20% of the vote. He continued serving as the Member of Parliament representing the Chua Chu Kang ward of Chua Chu Kang GRC. On 21 May 2011, he relinquished his portfolio as Minister for Manpower and took up a new portfolio as Minister for Health.
During the 2015 general election, Gan led the four-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won 76.89% of the vote. On 23 November 2018, Gan succeeded Khaw Boon Wan as Chairman of the People's Action Party. [4] [5]
In February 2018, Gan was appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to serve on the Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases, which aims to identify innovative ways to curb diseases that are not transmitted from person to person, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and extend life expectancy. [6]
During the 2020 general election, Gan led the five-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won about 59% of the vote. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, Gan and Lawrence Wong were appointed co-chairs of a multi-ministerial committee set up by the government on 22 January 2020 to manage the situation. [7] Following a Cabinet reshuffle, on 15 May 2021, Gan became Minister for Trade and Industry.
On 15 May 2024, Gan was promoted to the position of Deputy Prime Minister after a cabinet reshuffle. [8]
Gan is married with two daughters. [9] A Christian, he adheres to Presbyterianism, and is an elder at the Chen Li Presbyterian Church. [10]
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