Ng Chee Meng

Ng Chee Meng PJG PPA(E) PPA(G) PBS
黄志明
Ng in 2015
Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2018
Deputy	Koh Poh Koon Chee Hong Tat Heng Chee How Desmond Tan
Preceded by	Chan Chun Sing
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 Serving with Indranee Rajah
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Chan Chun Sing Josephine Teo
Succeeded by	Maliki Osman Tan See Leng
Minister for Education (Schools)
In office 1 November 2016 – 30 April 2018 Acting: 1 October 2015 – 31 October 2016 Serving with Ong Ye Kung (2015–2018)
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Heng Swee Keat (as Minister for Education)
Succeeded by	Ong Ye Kung (as Minister for Education)
Second Minister for Transport
In office 1 November 2016 – 30 April 2018
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Khaw Boon Wan
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC (Punggol North)
In office 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded by	Penny Low
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1968-08-08) 8 August 1968 (age 55)[1] Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	United States Air Force Academy (BS) Tufts University (MA)
Military service
Branch/service	Republic of Singapore Air Force
Years of service	1986–2015
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	Chief of Defence Force Chief of Air Force Deputy Chief of Air Force Director, Joint Operations Head, Air Plans Deputy Head, Joint Communications and Information Systems Department Commander, Changi Air Base Commanding Officer, 144 Squadron

Ng Chee Meng PJG PPA(E) PPA(G) PBS (Chinese: 黄志明; pinyin: Huáng Zhìmíng; born 8 August 1968)^[1] is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general who is a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and has been serving as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2018.

Prior to entering politics, Ng served in the Republic of Singapore Air Force under the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) between 1986 and 2015 and held the appointments of Chief of Air Force between 2009 and 2013 and Chief of Defence Force between 2013 and 2015, holding the rank Lieutenant-General. He left the Singapore Armed Forces in order to contest the 2015 general election.

He made his political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and won. He represented the Punggol North division of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC between 2015 and 2020, and served as Minister for Education (Schools) between 2015 and 2018, and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2018 and 2020.

However, during the 2020 general election, he led a four-member PAP team contesting in Sengkang GRC and lost to the opposition Workers' Party team, which won 52.12% of the vote.^[2][3] He remained the Secretary-General of NTUC, and was co-opted into the PAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) in 2020.