Chan Heng Chee

Chan Heng Chee
陈庆珠
Chan in 2002
Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
July 2012
PresidentTony Tan
Halimah Yacob
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Singapore Ambassador to the United States
In office
8 July 1996  29 July 2012
PresidentOng Teng Cheong
J. Y. Pillay (acting)
S. R. Nathan
Tony Tan
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded byS. R. Nathan
Succeeded byAshok Mirpuri
Personal details
Born (1942-04-19) 19 April 1942
Singapore
SpouseTay Kheng Soon
Alma materUniversity of Singapore (BA, PhD)
Cornell University (MA)
Occupation
  • Academic
  • diplomat
Chan Heng Chee
Traditional Chinese陳慶珠
Simplified Chinese陈庆珠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Qìngzhū

Chan Heng Chee DUBC PJG PPA(E) (Chinese: 陈庆珠; born 19 April 1942) is a Singaporean academic and diplomat who has been serving as Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2012, Chairwoman of the National Arts Council and Member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. She had also served as Singapore Ambassador to the United States between 1996 and 2012.