Sun Xueling

The Honourable
Sun Xueling
The Honourable Sun Xueling
孙雪玲
	Sun on a house visit in 2020
Minister of State for Home Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 June 2022 Serving with Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Minister	K. Shanmugam
Preceded by	Desmond Tan (politician)
Minister of State for Social and Family Development
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 July 2020
Minister	Masagos Zulkifli
Preceded by	Sam Tan
Minister of State for Education
	In office; 27 July 2020 – 12 June 2022 Serving with Gan Siow Huang
Minister	Lawrence Wong; Chan Chun Sing
Preceded by	Chee Hong Tat
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs
	In office; 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 Serving with Amrin Amin
Minister	K. Shanmugam
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development
	In office; 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
Minister	Lawrence Wong
Member of Parliament; for Punggol West SMC
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 July 2020
Preceded by	Constituency established
Member of Parliament; for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC; (Punggol West)
	In office; 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded by	Janil Puthucheary (PAP)
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Soon Sher Rene; 10 July 1979 (age 45); Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Children	2
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (BSS); London School of Economics (MS)

Sun Xueling (Chinese: 孙雪玲; pinyin: Sūn Xuělíng; born 10 July 1979)^[2] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Social and Family Development since 2020 and Minister of State for Home Affairs since 2022.^[3]^[4] She previously served as Minister of State for Education between 2020 and 2022. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Punggol West SMC since 2020.^[5]

Prior to entering politics, Sun had worked at the Economic Development Board, DBS Bank, Temasek International, Deutsche Bank AG and Macquarie Securities.^[5]

She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and won 72.89% of the vote.

She served as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development concurrently between 2018 and 2020.

During the 2020 general election, she contested as a PAP candidate in Punggol West SMC and won 60.98% of the votes. She was subsequently promoted to Minister of State in 2020.^[6]^[5]

^ Min, Chew Hui (August 22, 2015). "PAP introduces 2 new faces in Pasir Ris-Punggol team: Ex-defence chief Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling" – via The Straits Times.
^ ^a ^b "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.
^ Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "Tan Kiat How, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ms Sun Xueling" (PDF).
^ Au-Yong, Rachel (23 August 2015). "A Singaporean born and bred". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[Soon_Sher_Rene-1] Min, Chew Hui (August 22, 2015). "PAP introduces 2 new faces in Pasir Ris-Punggol team: Ex-defence chief Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling" – via The Straits Times.

[Parliament_Profile-2] "MP | Parliament of Singapore".

[3] "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.

[STCR2022-4] Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "Tan Kiat How, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[Parliament_CV-5] "Ms Sun Xueling" (PDF).

[introduction-6] Au-Yong, Rachel (23 August 2015). "A Singaporean born and bred". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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