Josephine Teo

Josephine Teo
杨莉明
Teo in 2024
Minister for Digital Development and Information
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterLawrence Wong
Preceded byHerself (as Minister for Communications and Information)
Minister for Communications and Information
In office
15 May 2021 – 7 July 2024
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byS. Iswaran
Succeeded byHerself (as Minister for Digital Development and Information)
Second Minister for Home Affairs
Assumed office
11 September 2017
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byDesmond Lee
Minister for Manpower
In office
1 May 2018 – 14 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byLim Swee Say
Succeeded byTan See Leng
Member of Parliament
for Jalan Besar GRC
(Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byLily Neo (PAP)
Member of Parliament
for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
(Bishan North)
In office
2011–2020
Preceded byZainudin Bin Nordin (PAP)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Josephine Yong Li Min

(1968-07-08) 8 July 1968 (age 56)[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
SpouseTeo Eng Cheong
Children3
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BA, BSS)
London School of Economics (MS)
OccupationMinister

Josephine Teo Li Min (née Yong; Chinese: 杨莉明; born 8 July 1968)[2][1] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Digital Development and Information, and Second Minister for Home Affairs since 2017. She is also serving as Minister-in-charge of the Cyber Security Agency and Smart Nation Initiative since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng division of Jalan Besar GRC since 2020.

Prior to entering politics, Teo had worked at the Economic Development Board (EDB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).

She made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC and won by an uncontested walkover. Teo shifted from Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC to Jalan Besar GRC as part of PAP's renewal prior to the 2020 general election.

In 2022, Teo succeeded Lawrence Wong and has been serving as Chair of the PAP Community Foundation.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Parliament of Singapore : MP Josephine Teo's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  3. ^ "Josephine Teo to take over from Lawrence Wong in helming PAP Community Foundation | the Straits Times". The Straits Times. 9 June 2022.