Lee Ek Tieng
Lee Ek Tieng | |||||||||||
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李一添 | |||||||||||
Lee in New Zealand in 1970 | |||||||||||
| Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment | |||||||||||
| In office 1972–1986 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||
| Head of the Public Utilities Board | |||||||||||
| In office 1978–2000 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lim Kim San | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Chiang Chie Foo | ||||||||||
| Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance (Revenue) | |||||||||||
| In office 1986–1989 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||||||
| Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore | |||||||||||
| In office November 1989 – December 1997 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | J. Y. Pillay | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Koh Yong Guan | ||||||||||
| Managing Director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation | |||||||||||
| In office 19 November 1989 – 2 July 2007 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | J. Y. Pillay | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lim Siong Guan | ||||||||||
| Head of the Singapore Civil Service | |||||||||||
| In office 12 October 1994 – 21 September 1999 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Andrew Chew | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lim Siong Guan | ||||||||||
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| Born | 21 September 1933 Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya | ||||||||||
| Died | 6 April 2025 (aged 91) | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Patricia Lee | ||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Malaya (BS) Newcastle University | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 李一添 | ||||||||||
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Lee Ek Tieng DUBC PJG (21 September 1933 – 6 April 2025) was a Singaporean bureaucrat. As Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Lee oversaw the cleaning of Singapore's rivers. He also held leadership positions at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Public Utilities Board, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. From 1994 to 1999, Lee was the head of the Singapore Civil Service.