Desmond Lee (Singaporean politician)
Desmond Lee | |
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李智陞 | |
Lee in 2025 | |
| Minister for Education | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Chan Chun Sing |
| Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| 8th Chairman of the People's Action Party | |
| Assumed office 29 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Heng Swee Keat |
| Minister for National Development | |
| In office 27 July 2020 – 22 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Second Minister | Indranee Rajah |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Succeeded by | Chee Hong Tat |
| Minister for Social and Family Development | |
| In office 11 September 2017 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Tan Chuan-Jin |
| Succeeded by | Masagos Zulkifli |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 10 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Second Minister for National Development | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Lim Swee Say |
| Succeeded by | Indranee Rajah |
| Second Minister for Home Affairs | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 10 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Preceded by | S. Iswaran (2015) Masagos Zulkifli (2015) |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Teo |
| 8th Chairman of the People's Action Party | |
| Assumed office 29 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Heng Swee Keat |
| Deputy Leader of the House | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 23 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Leader | Grace Fu |
| Preceded by | Heng Chee How |
| Succeeded by | Zaqy Mohamad |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for West Coast–Jurong West GRC | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 29,509 (19.98%) |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for West Coast GRC | |
| In office 10 July 2020 – 15 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Majority | 4,662 (3.36%) |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jurong GRC | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1976 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 3 |
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| Alma mater | National University of Singapore (LLB) University of Oxford (BCL) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Desmond Lee Ti-Seng (Chinese: 李智陞; pinyin: Lǐ Zhìshēng; born 15 July 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for Education since 2025 and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Boon Lay-West Coast division of West Coast–Jurong West GRC since 2025, and previously the Boon Lay division of West Coast GRC from 2020 to 2025, and the Jurong Spring division of Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2011 to 2020.
A lawyer by profession, Lee had worked at various public-sector institutions, including the Supreme Court, Attorney-General's Chambers and Temasek Holdings before entering politics. He made his political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won with 66.96% of the vote. He had held various political positions in the Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Home Affairs before he was made full member of the Cabinet on 1 May 2017. He forms part of the new Cabinet selected by Lawrence Wong announced in May 2024.