Sam Tan (politician)

Sam Tan
陈振泉
Tan in 2013
Minister of State for Social and Family Development
In office
1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
MinisterDesmond Lee
Succeeded bySun Xueling
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
1 May 2017 – 26 July 2020
MinisterVivian Balakrishnan
Succeeded byChee Hong Tat
Minister of State for Manpower
In office
1 October 2015 – 30 April 2018
MinisterLim Swee Say
Josephine Teo
Succeeded byZaqy Mohamad
Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party
In office
28 September 2015 – 6 June 2019
Party WhipChan Chun Sing
Succeeded bySim Ann
Zaqy Mohamad
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 September 2015
MinisterLawrence Wong
Mayor of Central Singapore District
In office
27 May 2011 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byZainudin Nordin
Succeeded byDenise Phua
Member of Parliament
for Radin Mas SMC
In office
7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byChong Weng Chiew (PAP)
Succeeded byMelvin Yong (PAP)
Member of Parliament
for
In office
27 April 2006 – 18 April 2011
Preceded byChong Weng Chiew (PAP)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1958-10-13) 13 October 1958 (age 66)
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BA)

Sam Tan Chin Siong (Chinese: 陈振泉; pinyin: Chén Zhènquán, born (1958-10-13)13 October 1958) is a Singaporean former politician.[1] A member of the governing People's Action Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Radin Mas division of Tanjong Pagar GRC between 2006 and 2011 and Radin Mas SMC between 2011 and 2020.[2]

Tan had served as Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth between 2014 and 2015, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office between 2014 and 2018, Minister of State for Manpower between 2015 and 2018, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs between 2017 and 2020 and Minister of State for Social and Family Development between 2018 and 2020.[3] He had also served as Mayor of Central Singapore District between 2011 and 2014.

  1. ^ Sam Tan - Sam Tan is with Melvin Yong 杨益财. | Facebook, retrieved 2020-06-29
  2. ^ http://www.elections.gov.sg/gazette%5CG_ParE2011%5C2011-05-09%20Candidates%20declared%20to%20have%20been%20elected.pdf#zoom=100 Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine Singapore Election Department : Gazette Notification on Candidates declared to have been elected Members of Parliament (2011)
  3. ^ "PM Lee announces new Cabinet lineup". Straits Times. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 24 May 2011.