Koh Poh Koon

Koh Poh Koon
许宝琨
Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment
Assumed office
13 June 2022
Serving with Amy Khor
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterGrace Fu
Senior Minister of State for Manpower
Assumed office
15 May 2021
Serving with Zaqy Mohamad
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterTan See Leng
Senior Minister of State for Health
In office
27 July 2020 – 12 June 2022
Serving with Janil Puthucheary
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong
(until 2021)
Ong Ye Kung
(from 2021)
Preceded byLam Pin Min
Amy Khor
Edwin Tong
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry
In office
1 May 2017 – 26 July 2020
Serving with Chee Hong Tat (2018–2020)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLim Hng Kiang
(2004–2018)
S. Iswaran
(2015–2018)
Chan Chun Sing
(2018–2021)
Senior Minister of State for National Development
In office
1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLawrence Wong
Second MinisterDesmond Lee
Preceded byDesmond Lee
Minister of State for Trade and Industry
In office
1 January 2016 – 30 April 2017
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLim Hng Kiang
S. Iswaran
Minister of State for National Development
In office
1 January 2016 – 30 April 2017
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLawrence Wong
Preceded byDesmond Lee
Deputy Secretary-General of the
National Trades Union Congress
In office
22 May 2018 – 14 May 2021
Secretary-GeneralNg Chee Meng
Succeeded byChee Hong Tat
Member of Parliament
for Tampines GRC
(Tampines Central)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byHeng Swee Keat
Member of Parliament
for Ang Mo Kio GRC
(Yio Chu Kang)
In office
11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded bySeng Han Thong
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children2
Alma materNational University of Singapore (MBBS, MMed)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionColorectal surgeon

Koh Poh Koon (Chinese: 许宝琨; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Pó-khun; pinyin: Xǔ Bǎokūn; born 1972)[1] is a Singaporean politician and former colorectal surgeon who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment since 2022 and Senior Minister of State for Manpower since 2021.[2] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines Central division of Tampines GRC since 2020.[3]

Prior to entering politics, Koh was a colorectal surgeon and medical researcher. He made his political debut in the 2013 by-elections as a PAP candidate contesting in Punggol East SMC against candidates from three other opposition parties, garnering 43.37% of the vote and losing to the Workers' Party's Lee Li Lian, who won 54.5% of the vote.

In the 2015 general election, Koh contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC as part of a six-member PAP team and won with 78.64% of the vote. Koh was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Yio Chu Kang ward of Ang Mo Kio GRC. In the 2020 general election, he joined the PAP team contesting in Tampines GRC and won with 66.41% of the vote.

Koh had served as Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Minister of State for National Development concurrently between 2016 and 2017 and later Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry between 2017 and 2020 and Senior Minister of State for National Development between 2017 and 2018.

He also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) between 2018 and 2021.[4]

  1. ^ a b "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Member's Profile - Dr Koh Poh Koon". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.