Chua Sian Chin

Chua Sian Chin
蔡善进
Minister for Health
In office
16 April 1968 – 1 June 1975
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byYong Nyuk Lin
Succeeded byToh Chin Chye
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
31 October 1972 – 1 January 1985
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byE. W. Barker
Succeeded byS. Jayakumar
Minister for Education
In office
20 October 1975 – 11 February 1979
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byLee Chiaw Meng
Succeeded byGoh Keng Swee
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for MacPherson
In office
13 April 1968 – 14 August 1991
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMatthias Yao (Marine Parade GRC – MacPherson)
Personal details
Born
Chua Sian Chin

(1933-11-26)26 November 1933
Malacca, Straits Settlements (now Malaysia)
Died26 February 2014(2014-02-26) (aged 80)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party

Chua Sian Chin (Chinese: 蔡善进; pinyin: Cài Shànjìn; 26 November 1933 – 26 February 2014) was a Singaporean politician who held several ministerial portfolios of Health, Education and Home Affairs in the early era of Singapore. He was 34 years of age when appointed as Health Minister in 1968 which made him the youngest minister in Singapore.[1]

  1. ^ "Former minister Chua Sian Chin dies at 81". Channel NewsAsia. 27 February 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014.