Ong Ye Kung

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The Honourable Ong Ye Kung
王乙康
Ong in 2018
Minister for Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2021
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Second Minister	Masagos Zulkifli
Preceded by	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Transport
In office 27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Khaw Boon Wan
Succeeded by	S. Iswaran
Minister for Education
In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Second Minister	Indranee Rajah
Preceded by	Ng Chee Meng (Minister of Education) (Schools)
Succeeded by	Lawrence Wong
Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills)
In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2018 Acting: 1 October 2015 – 31 October 2016 Serving with Ng Chee Meng (2015–2018)
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Heng Swee Keat (as Minister for Education)
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Second Minister for Defence
In office 1 November 2016 – 30 April 2018
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Ng Eng Hen
Preceded by	Lui Tuck Yew
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Senior Minister of State for Defence
In office 1 October 2015 – 31 October 2016
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Ng Eng Hen
Succeeded by	Heng Chee How
Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Sembawang Central)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2020
Preceded by	Constituency established
Majority	48,341 (34.58%)
Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Gambas)
In office 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Majority	59,572 (44.5%)
Personal details
Born	(1969-11-15) 15 November 1969 (age 55)[1] Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Diana Kuik Sin Leng
Relations	Xie Yao Quan (maternal cousin)[2]
Children	2
Parent(s)	Ong Lian Teng (father) Ng Soo Lung (mother)
Alma mater	London School of Economics (BS) International Institute for Management Development (MBA)
Occupation	Politician civil servant

Ong Ye Kung (Chinese: 王乙康; pinyin: Wáng Yǐkāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông It-khong; born 15 November 1969)^[1] is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Health since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Sembawang Central division of Sembawang GRC since 2015.^[3][4]

Prior to entering politics, Ong worked in the Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Workforce Development Agency, National Trades Union Congress and Keppel Corporation. He was also the principal private secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong between 2002 and 2004.

He made his political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Aljunied GRC but lost to the Worker's Party where the PAP team obtained 45.28% of the valid votes. He contested again in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Sembawang GRC and won where the PAP team obtained 72.28% of the valid votes.

Before becoming Minister for Health, he was Minister for Education between 2015 and 2020, serving alongside Ng Chee Meng between 2015 and 2018, and Minister for Transport between 2020 and 2021. From 2020 to 2021, he is also a co-chair of the Multi-Ministry Taskforce set up by the government to manage Singapore's handling response to the COVID-19 pandemic.