Sun Xueling

Sun Xueling
孙雪玲
Sun on a house visit in 2020
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Assumed office
13 June 2022
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Preceded byDesmond Tan (politician)
Minister of State for Social and Family Development
Assumed office
27 July 2020
MinisterMasagos Zulkifli
Preceded bySam Tan
Minister of State for Education
In office
27 July 2020 – 12 June 2022
Serving with Gan Siow Huang
MinisterLawrence Wong
Chan Chun Sing
Preceded byChee Hong Tat
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs
In office
1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
Serving with Amrin Amin
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development
In office
1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
MinisterLawrence Wong
Member of Parliament
for Punggol West SMC
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byConstituency established
Member of Parliament
for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC
(Punggol West)
In office
11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byJanil Puthucheary (PAP)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Soon Sher Rene[1]

(1979-07-10) 10 July 1979 (age 45)[2]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children2
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BSS)
London School of Economics (MS)

Sun Xueling (Chinese: 孙雪玲; pinyin: Sūn Xuělíng; born 10 July 1979)[2] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Social and Family Development since 2020 and Minister of State for Home Affairs since 2022.[3][4] She previously served as Minister of State for Education between 2020 and 2022. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Punggol West SMC since 2020.[5]

Prior to entering politics, Sun had worked at the Economic Development Board, DBS Bank, Temasek International, Deutsche Bank AG and Macquarie Securities.[5]

She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and won 72.89% of the vote.

She served as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development concurrently between 2018 and 2020.

During the 2020 general election, she contested as a PAP candidate in Punggol West SMC and won 60.98% of the votes. She was subsequently promoted to Minister of State in 2020.[6][5]

  1. ^ Min, Chew Hui (August 22, 2015). "PAP introduces 2 new faces in Pasir Ris-Punggol team: Ex-defence chief Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling". The Straits Times.
  2. ^ a b "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  3. ^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "Tan Kiat How, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Ms Sun Xueling" (PDF).
  6. ^ Au-Yong, Rachel (23 August 2015). "A Singaporean born and bred". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.