Alvin Tan (politician)

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The Honourable
Alvin Tan Sheng Hui
陈圣辉
Minister of State,
Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Serving with Low Yen Ling
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterEdwin Tong
ConstituencyTanjong Pagar GRC
Minister of State,
Ministry for Trade and Industry
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Serving with Low Yen Ling
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterChan Chun Sing
(2020-2021)
Gan Kim Yong
(since 2021)
ConstituencyTanjong Pagar GRC
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Moulmein-Cairnhill)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byMelvin Yong
Majority32,470 (26.26%)
Personal details
Born1980[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materSydney University
Harvard University
OccupationPolitician
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.

Alvin Tan Sheng Hui (Chinese: 陈圣辉; pinyin: Chén Shènghuì; born 1980)[1] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State at the Ministries of Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been a Member of the 14th Parliament representing the Moulmein–Cairnhill ward of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2020.

Before entering politics, Tan had worked at various organisations, including the Ministry of Defence, Oxfam, United Nations, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and LinkedIn. He made his political debut in the 2020 general election when he joined a five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and they won with 63.13% of the vote.

Education[]

Tan did not qualify for any of the local universities in Singapore as he failed in school during his pre-university education.[2] He went on to attend the University of Sydney on a Local Study Award from the Singapore Armed Forces and completed a Bachelor of Economics (first class honours). Later, he also completed a Master of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[2] He also received the 2008 Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship and the International and Global Affairs Fellowship from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.[3]

Career[]

Tan has worked in the private, public and non-profit sectors at various organisations, including the Ministry of Defence, Oxfam and the United Nations. From 2010 to 2015, he worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in Singapore and Hong Kong. He was also Head of Public Policy and Trust and Safety at Facebook and Head of Public Policy and Economics for the Asia-Pacific region at LinkedIn.[2][3][4]

Political career[]

Tan made his political debut in the 2020 general election when he was announced as a People's Action Party (PAP) candidate contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC. Before that, he had been a community volunteer at Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng since 2005 and at Moulmein-Cairnhill since 2019, and had worked with Lily Neo,[4] the Member of Parliament representing Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng from 1997 to 2020.

Tan joined the five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC during the 2020 general election, and they won with 63.13% of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party.[5] Tan thus became a Member of Parliament representing the Moulmein–Cairnhill ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC. On 1 September 2020, Tan was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Trade and Industry.[1]

Personal life[]

Tan is married with two children.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ^ a b c d "GE 2020: LinkedIn head & Republic Poly lecturer among new PAP candidates". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c https://www.parliament.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/minister-of-state-alvin-tan-cv9b4c766c640b4aa2ac6472fb7c2cb1ef.pdf
  4. ^ a b "Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in PAP's Tanjong Pagar GRC team led by Chan Chun Sing". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Tanjong Pagar GRC with 63.13% of votes, PSP has 36.87%". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by Member of Parliament for
Tanjong Pagar GRC (Moulmein–Cairnhill)
2020 – present 		Incumbent
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