Wong Kan Seng | |
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黄根成 | |
![]() Wong in 2006 | |
5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore | |
In office 1 September 2005 – 20 May 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Preceded by | Tony Tan Lee Hsien Loong |
Succeeded by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam Teo Chee Hean |
Coordinating Minister for National Security | |
In office 1 November 2010 – 20 May 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Preceded by | S. Jayakumar |
Succeeded by | Teo Chee Hean |
Minister for Home Affairs | |
In office 2 January 1994 – 31 October 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong |
Second Minister | K. Shanmugam (from 2008) |
Preceded by | S. Jayakumar |
Succeeded by | K. Shanmugam |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 13 September 1988 – 1 January 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong |
Preceded by | S. Dhanabalan |
Succeeded by | S. Jayakumar |
Leader of the House | |
In office 25 February 1987 – 31 March 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong |
Preceded by | S. Dhanabalan |
Succeeded by | Mah Bow Tan |
Minister for Community Development | |
In office 1 January 1987 – 30 June 1991 Acting: 18 February 1986 – 31 December 1986 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong |
Preceded by | S. Dhanabalan |
Succeeded by | Seet Ai Mee |
Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Bishan East) | |
In office 2 January 1997 – 11 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Chong Kee Hiong (PAP) |
Member of Parliament for Thomson GRC (Bishan East) | |
In office 31 August 1991 – 23 December 1996 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Kuo Chuan SMC | |
In office 22 December 1984 – 24 August 1991 | |
Preceded by | Pathmanaban Selvadurai (PAP) |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Wong Kan Seng 8 September 1946 Colony of Singapore |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | People's Action Party (1984–2015) |
Spouse | Ruth Lee Hong Geok |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Singapore (BA) London Business School (MSc) |
Occupation |
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Wong Kan Seng PPA(P) (Chinese: 黄根成; pinyin: Huáng Gēnchéng; Jyutping: Wong4 Gan1 Sing4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kun-sêng; born 8 September 1946)[2] is a Singaporean former politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011 and currently is the chairman of UOB Bank since 2018.
As a member of Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP), Wong served in the Cabinet as Minister for Community Development between 1987 and 1991, Leader of the House between 1987 and 2007, Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1988 and 1994, Minister for Home Affairs between 1994 and 2010, Deputy Prime Minister between 2005 and 2011, and Coordinating Minister for National Security between 2010 and 2011. He continued to serve as a Member of Parliament on the backbenches until 2015.
As a Member of Parliament, Wong represented the constituency of Kuo Chuan between 1984 and 1988, the Bishan East division of Thomson GRC between 1991 and 1997, and later Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC between 1997 and 2015.