Lee Ek Tieng

Lee Ek Tieng
李一添
Lee in New Zealand in 1970
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment
In office
1972–1986
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byPosition established
Head of the Public Utilities Board
In office
1978–2000
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Goh Chok Tong
Preceded byLim Kim San
Succeeded byChiang Chie Foo
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance (Revenue)
In office
1986–1989
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
In office
November 1989  December 1997
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byJ. Y. Pillay
Succeeded byKoh Yong Guan
Managing Director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
In office
19 November 1989  2 July 2007
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byJ. Y. Pillay
Succeeded byLim Siong Guan
Head of the Singapore Civil Service
In office
12 October 1994 (1994-10-12)  21 September 1999
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byAndrew Chew
Succeeded byLim Siong Guan
Personal details
Born(1933-09-21)21 September 1933
Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died6 April 2025(2025-04-06) (aged 91)
SpousePatricia Lee
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Malaya (BS)
Newcastle University
Chinese name
Chinese李一添
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Yītiān
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCLī Ék-tiĕng

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.