Carrie Tan

The Honourable
Carrie Tan
陈浍敏
Tan in 2020
Member of Parliament
for Nee Soon GRC
(Nee Soon South)
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byLee Bee Wah (PAP)
Majority33,149 (23.80%)
Personal details
Born1982 (age 41–42)[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BA)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (MPA)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.

Carrie Tan Huimin (Chinese: 陈浍敏; pinyin: Chén Huìmǐn; born 1982)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nee Soon South division of Nee Soon GRC since 2020.

Prior to joining politics, Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT), an organisation which enables livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women in Singapore.[2] She raises awareness about urban poverty in Singapore, and forges collaboration among private, public and non-profit sectors to enable social and economic mobility for vulnerable communities as part of her work with DOT.[3][4][5][6]

Tan is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellow[7] and her work in women's empowerment and advocacy for collaboration was mentioned by United States President Barack Obama at a press conference during Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the White House in August 2016.[8]

  1. ^ a b "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  2. ^ Womg, Kim Hoh (11 March 2018). "Ex-headhunter now empowers disadvantaged women with the ability to make a life for themselves". Straits Times. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Carrie Tan, Founder of Daughters Of Tomorrow". The Asian Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ Lim, Mary. "Advocates: Carrie Tan She works so that other women can do so, too". Read-a. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ ""Poverty has a woman's face" - Carrie Tan". The Online Citizen. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. ^ Lim, Janice. "Continue to be angry productively, say young panellists to other millennials fighting for causes". Today Singapore. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. ^ American Councils for International Education. "Professional Fellows Program: YSEALI Alumna Carrie Tan Introduces President Obama". YouTube. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  8. ^ "President Obama and Prime Minister Lee joint Press Conference". Obama White House Archives. White House. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.