Chan Chun Sing

The Honourable Chan Chun Sing
陈振声
Chan Chun Sing in 2023
Minister for Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2021
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Second Minister	Maliki Osman
Preceded by	Lawrence Wong
Minister-in-charge of Public Service
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2018
Preceded by	Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Trade and Industry
In office 1 May 2018 – 14 May 2021
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Second Minister	Tan See Leng
Preceded by	Lim Hng Kiang (Trade) S. Iswaran (Industry)
Succeeded by	Gan Kim Yong
Party Whip of the People's Action Party
In office 28 September 2015 – 5 June 2019
Preceded by	Gan Kim Yong
Succeeded by	Janil Puthucheary
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office 9 April 2015 – 30 April 2018
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Succeeded by	Ng Chee Meng Indranee Rajah
Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
In office 4 May 2015 – 30 April 2018
Deputy	Heng Chee How
Preceded by	Lim Swee Say
Succeeded by	Ng Chee Meng
Minister for Social and Family Development
In office 1 November 2012 – 9 April 2015 Acting: 1 November 2012 – 31 August 2013
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports)
Succeeded by	Tan Chuan-Jin
Second Minister for Defence
In office 1 September 2013 – 8 April 2015
Minister	Ng Eng Hen
Preceded by	Ng Eng Hen
Succeeded by	Lui Tuck Yew
Senior Minister of State for Defence
In office 1 August 2012 – 31 August 2013
Minister	Ng Eng Hen
Succeeded by	Maliki Osman
Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts
In office 21 May 2011 – 31 July 2012
Minister	Yaacob Ibrahim
Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Buona Vista)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Preceded by	Lim Swee Say
Majority	32,470 (26.26%)
Personal details
Born	(1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 (age 54)[1] Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge (MA) MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) US Army Command and General Staff College
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	Singapore Army
Years of service	1987–2011
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Chief of Army Chief of Staff – Joint Staff Chief Infantry Officer Commander, 9th Division Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department Commander, 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade Army Attaché in Jakarta Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment

Chan Chun Sing (Chinese: 陈振声; pinyin: Chén Zhènshēng; born 9 October 1969)^[1] is a Singaporean politician and former major-general who has been serving as Minister for Education since 2021 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018.^[2] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Buona Vista division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2011.

A recipient of the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship, Chan started his career in the Singapore Army under the Singapore Armed Forces in 1987 and held various staff and command positions, and attained the rank Major-General. He served as Chief of Army between 2010 and 2011. He left the Singapore Armed Forces to contest in the 2011 general election.

During the 2011 general election, he contested as part of a five-member PAP team in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won, he was elected as a Member of Parliament.

Before becoming the Minister of Education, he served as Minister for Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2021, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2015 and 2018, Senior Minister of State for Defence between 2012 and 2013, Minister for Social and Family Development between 2012 and 2015, and Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2011 and 2012. He also served as the party whip between 2015 and 2019.