Denise Phua

Denise Phua
潘丽萍
Mayor of Central Singapore District
Assumed office
27 May 2014
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded bySam Tan
Member of Parliament
for Jalan Besar GRC
(Kampong Glam)
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Preceded byConstituency established
In office
6 May 2006 – 7 May 2011
Preceded byLoh Meng See (PAP)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Moulmein–Kallang GRC
(Kampong Glam)
In office
7 May 2011 – 24 August 2015
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1959-12-09) 9 December 1959 (age 64)
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BA)
Golden Gate University (MBA)
OccupationPolitician

Denise Phua Lay Peng (Chinese: 潘丽萍; pinyin: Pān Lìpíng;[1] born 9 December 1959)[2] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of Central Singapore District since 2014. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kampong Glam division of Jalan Besar GRC since 2015.

Prior to entering politics, she is a full-time special needs volunteer after working in the private sector for two decades. She became the president of the Autism Resource Centre and co-founded Pathlight School.

As an MP, she has focused on developing programmes for disabled people and special needs communities in Singapore. She is a member of both the Government Parliamentary Committees (GPC) for Education and Social and Family Development.

  1. ^ "Denise Phua Lay Peng", Candidate Profiles, People's Action Party, Retrieved on 28 October 2008. Archived 10 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Member's CV". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2018.