Hazel Poa | |
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潘群勤 | |
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Non-Constituency Member of the 14th Parliament of Singapore | |
Assumed office 16 July 2020 Serving with Leong Mun Wai | |
Preceded by | Dennis Tan (WP) Daniel Goh (WP) Leon Perera (WP) |
4th Secretary-General of the Progress Singapore Party | |
Assumed office 20 February 2024 | |
Chairman | Tan Cheng Bock |
Preceded by | Leong Mun Wai |
2nd Vice Chairperson of the Progress Singapore Party | |
In office 4 April 2023 – 20 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Wang Swee Chuang |
In office 28 July 2019 – 17 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Wang Swee Chuang |
3rd Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party | |
In office 26 June 2011 – 25 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Goh Meng Seng |
Succeeded by | Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss |
Personal details | |
Born | Singapore | 27 August 1970
Political party | Progress Singapore Party (2019–present) |
Other political affiliations | Reform Party (2009–2011) National Solidarity Party (2011–2015) |
Spouse | Tony Tan Lay Thiam |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Profession |
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Hazel Poa Koon Koon (Chinese: 潘群勤; pinyin: Pān Qúnqín; born 27 August 1970)[1][non-primary source needed] is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP), she has been a Non-Constituency Member of the 14th Parliament of Singapore since 2020. She has served as the Secretary-General of PSP since 2024.
She was the Vice-Chairman of the Progress Singapore Party from 2023 to 2024, and was elected as Secretary-General on 20 February 2024.[2]
A Public Service Commission scholar, Poa graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1992 with a first-class honours degree in mathematics. After graduation, she worked as a civil servant before joining the financial industry and starting her own business.
Poa was a member of the Reform Party before joining the National Solidarity Party (NSP) in 2011. She was Secretary-General of the NSP from June 2011 to September 2013, and acting Secretary-General from June 2015 to August 2015.