Gan Kim Yong
Gan Kim Yong | |
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颜金勇 | |
 Gan in 2013 | |
| Minister for Trade and Industry | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Chan Chun Sing |
| Constituency | Chua Chu Kang GRC |
| Minister for Health | |
| In office 21 May 2011 – 14 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Khaw Boon Wan |
| Succeeded by | Ong Ye Kung |
| Constituency | Chua Chu Kang GRC |
| Minister for Manpower | |
| In office 1 April 2009 – 20 May 2011 Acting:1 April 2008-31 March 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen |
| Succeeded by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| Chairman of the People's Action Party | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2018 | |
| Deputy | Masagos Zulkifli |
| Secretary-General | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Khaw Boon Wan |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC (Chua Chu Kang) | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 17,520 (17.28%) |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Chua Chu Kang SMC | |
| In office 6 May 2006 – 7 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Low Seow Chay |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (Zhenghua) | |
| In office 25 October 2001 – 6 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Liang Eng Hwa (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC - Zhenghua) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gan Kim Yong 9 February 1959 Singapore |
| Citizenship | Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Catholic High School National Junior College |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, MA) |
Gan Kim Yong (born 9 February 1959) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been a Member of Parliament of Chua Chu Kang GRC for Chua Chu Kang since 2011 and was appointed as the Minister for Trade and Industry by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [1][2]
Gan co-chairs the Multi-Ministry Task Force in charge of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore alongside ministers Lawrence Wong and Ong Ye Kung. He has also been serving as the chairman of the People's Action Party Central Executive Committee since 1 November 2018.
Career[]
Early career[]
He began his career in the Singapore Civil Service at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Home Affairs. He left the civil service for the private sector in 1989 and joined NatSteel Ltd. In 1996, he was made the Executive Vice-President of NatSteel and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NatSteel Resorts International and NatSteel Properties. In 2005, he became the President and CEO of NatSteel.
Political career[]
His first election was for the Holland–Bukit Panjang Group Representation Constituency in the 2001 elections, where the party won a walkover on nomination day. In 2005, Gan was appointed a Minister of State at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Manpower.
He replaced Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency MP Low Seow Chay in the 2006 general election. He defeated Singapore Democratic Alliance's candidate Steve Chia (who was a former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament at the time) with 60.37% of the votes.
He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chua Chu Kang GRC for Chua Chu Kang since 7 May 2011, after previously served in Chua Chu Kang SMC from 6 May 2006 to 19 April 2011 and Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC for Zhenghua from 25 October 2001 to 6 May 2006.
At the 2011 general election, he led his five-candidate PAP team in the newly formed Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency (into which his former ward was subsumed, along with former Hong Kah GRC). His team won the election with 61.20% of the votes against a team of National Solidarity Party. He represent Chua Chu Kang Division till today. He leads Chua Chu Kang GRC.
In the 2015 general election, his four-member team won 76.89% of the votes against the newly formed People's Power Party (Singapore).
On 23 November 2018, he assumed the party's chairperson, taking over Minister of Transport Khaw Boon Wan,[3][4]
Minister for Manpower (2009 - 2011)[]
In 2008, he was made the Acting Minister for Manpower, and later promoted to a full Cabinet Minister the following year.
A member of the governing PAP, he previously served as Minister for Manpower from 1 April 2008 to 20 May 2011.
Minister for Health (2011 - 2021)[]
On 21 May 2011, he was appointed the Minister for Health.
In 2018, he appeared in a special appearance in a television drama, You Can Be An Angel 3 where he is the guest-of-honour giving out the Nurses Merit Award.
Gan was appointed by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve as the Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases from 2018 until 2019.[5]
Minister of Trade and Industry (2021-present)[]
On 15 May 2021, he succeeded Chan Chun Sing as the Minister of Trade and Industry.
COVID-19 pandemic[]
Gan, along with the then Minister for National Development (Now Minister for Finance) Lawrence Wong were announced on 27 January 2020 as co-chairs of the government's COVID-19 Multi-Ministerial Task Force as part of the government's response to the pandemic.[6]
Education[]
Gan was educated at Catholic High School and National Junior College, before going on to the University of Cambridge on an Overseas Merit Scholarship, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Electrical Engineering (1981).[7] In 1985, he obtained his master's degree from Cambridge University.[8]
Personal life[]
Gan currently serves as an elder at the Chen Li Presbyterian Church.[9]
He is married with two daughters.[10]
References[]
- ^ "PM Lee announces new Cabinet lineup". The Straits Times. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ Khalik, Salma (4 May 2021). "Gan Kim Yong to remain co-chair of Covid-19 task force after leaving MOH". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "PAP's new CEC". PAP.org.sg. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "DPMs Tharman, Teo Chee Hean and 3 senior PAP members step down from Central Executive Committee". PAP.org.sg. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs Archived 21 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine World Health Organization (WHO).
- ^ "Wuhan virus task force: Singapore's high-powered members". The Straits Times. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Speech by Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister of State For Education & Manpower, at the Engineering Fiesta Opening Ceremony, 24th November 2005, 9.10am at the National Library at Bras Basah". Ministry of Education (Singapore). 24 November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ approver (20 November 2018). "PMO | Mr GAN Kim Yong". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Ministers Urged Seminary to be Continually Involved in Globalised Society". The Christian Post. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
- ^ "Mr GAN Kim Yong". Prime Minister's Office, Singapore. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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