Mah Bow Tan

Mah Bow Tan
马宝山
Mah at the World Economic Forum Global Redesign Summit 2010 in Doha
Leader of the House
In office
1 April 2007 – 30 May 2011
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byWong Kan Seng
Succeeded byNg Eng Hen
Minister for National Development
In office
3 June 1999 – 20 May 2011
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded byLim Hng Kiang
Succeeded byKhaw Boon Wan
Minister for the Environment
In office
1 July 1993 – 16 April 1995
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byAhmad Mattar
Succeeded byTeo Chee Hean
Minister for Communications
In office
1 September 1991 – 3 June 1999
Acting: 1 July 1991 – 31 August 1991
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byYeo Ning Hong
(as Minister for Communications and Information)
Succeeded byYeo Cheow Tong
(as Minister for Communications and Information Technology)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tampines GRC
(Tampines East)
In office
3 September 1988 – 11 September 2015
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byCheng Li Hui (PAP)
Personal details
Born
Mah Bow Tan

(1948-09-12) 12 September 1948 (age 76)[1]
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
SpouseSheryn Kaye Von Senden
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (BEng, MEng)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Mah.

Mah Bow Tan (Chinese: 马宝山; pinyin: Mǎ Bǎoshān; born 12 September 1948)[1] is a Singaporean former politician who served as Leader of the House between 2007 and 2011, Minister for National Development between 1999 and 2011, Minister for the Environment between 1993 and 1995, and Minister for Communications between 1991 and 1999. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines East ward of Tampines GRC between 1988 and 2015.

  1. ^ a b Corfield, Justin (2010). Historical Dictionary of Singapore (Revised ed.). United States: Scarecrow Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0810873872.