Chan Chun Sing
Chan Chun Sing | |
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| 陈振声 | |
Chan in 2025 | |
| Minister for Defence | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen |
| Minister for Education | |
| In office 15 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Second Minister | Maliki Osman |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Lee |
| Minister-in-charge of Public Service | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Teo Chee Hean |
| Minister for Trade and Industry | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 14 May 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Second Minister | Tan See Leng |
| Preceded by | Lim Hng Kiang (Trade) S. Iswaran (Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Gan Kim Yong |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| In office 9 April 2015 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Succeeded by | Ng Chee Meng Indranee Rajah |
| Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress | |
| In office 4 May 2015 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Deputy | Heng Chee How |
| Preceded by | Lim Swee Say |
| Succeeded by | Ng Chee Meng |
| Minister for Social and Family Development | |
| In office 1 November 2012 – 9 April 2015 Acting: 1 November 2012–31 August 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Tan Chuan-Jin |
| Second Minister for Defence | |
| In office 1 September 2013 – 8 April 2015 | |
| Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
| Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen (2011) |
| Succeeded by | Lui Tuck Yew |
| Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
| In office 28 September 2015 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gan Kim Yong |
| Succeeded by | Janil Puthucheary |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1969 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge (MA) MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) US Army Command and General Staff College |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Singapore Army |
| Years of service | 1987–2011 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | Chief of Army Chief of Staff – Joint Staff Chief Infantry Officer Commander, 9th Division Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department Commander, 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade Army Attaché in Jakarta Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment |
Chan Chun Sing (Chinese: 陈振声; Jyutping: Can4 Zan3 Sing1; pinyin: Chén Zhènshēng; born 9 October 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former major-general who is serving as Minister for Defence in 2025 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Buona Vista division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2011.
A recipient of the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship, Chan started his career in the Singapore Army under the Singapore Armed Forces in 1987 and held various staff and command positions, and attained the rank Major-General. He served as Chief of Army between 2010 and 2011. He left the Singapore Armed Forces to contest in the 2011 general election.
During the 2011 general election, he contested as part of a five-member PAP team in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won, he was elected as a Member of Parliament.
Before becoming the Minister of Education, he served as Minister for Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2021, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2015 and 2018, Senior Minister of State for Defence between 2012 and 2013, Minister for Social and Family Development between 2012 and 2015, and Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2011 and 2012. He also served as the party whip between 2015 and 2019.