Chee Hong Tat

The Honourable Chee Hong Tat
徐芳达
Chee in 2023
Minister for National Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2025
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Desmond Lee
Minister for Transport
In office 18 January 2024 – 23 May 2025 Acting: 12 July 2023 – 17 January 2024
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	S. Iswaran
Succeeded by	Jeffrey Siow (acting)
Second Minister for Finance
In office 18 January 2024 – 23 May 2025 Serving with Indranee Rajah
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Minister	Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Lawrence Wong (2021)
Succeeded by	Indranee Rajah
Junior Ministerial offices Senior Minister of State for Finance In office 13 June 2022 – 17 January 2024 Minister Lawrence Wong Preceded by Sim Ann (2015–2016) Indranee Rajah (2015–2018) Senior Minister of State for Transport In office 27 July 2020 – 17 January 2024 Serving with Amy Khor (2020–2024) Minister Ong Ye Kung (2020–2021) S. Iswaran (2021–2024) Preceded by Lam Pin Min Janil Puthucheary Succeeded by Murali Pillai (As Minister of State) Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs In office 27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021 Minister Vivian Balakrishnan Preceded by Maliki Osman Succeeded by Sim Ann Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 Serving with Koh Poh Koon (2017–2020) Minister Chan Chun Sing Senior Minister of State for Education In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 Minister Ong Ye Kung Preceded by Janil Puthucheary Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information In office 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018 Minister Yaacob Ibrahim Succeeded by Janil Puthucheary Senior Minister of State for Health In office 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018 Serving with Amy Khor (2013–2020) Lam Pin Min (2017–2020) Minister Gan Kim Yong Succeeded by Edwin Tong Minister of State for Communications and Information In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017 Serving with Janil Puthucheary (2016–2017) Minister Yaacob Ibrahim Preceded by Sim Ann Minister of State for Health In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017 Serving with Lam Pin Min (2014–2017) Minister Gan Kim Yong
Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
In office 15 May 2021 – 12 June 2022
Secretary-General	Ng Chee Meng
Preceded by	Koh Poh Koon
Succeeded by	Desmond Tan
Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West-Balestier, Toa Payoh West-Thomson)
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 September 2015
Preceded by	Hri Kumar as Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (Thomson)
Majority	44,511 (50.36%)
Personal details
Born	(1973-11-04) 4 November 1973 (age 51) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Children	4
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (BS, BA) University of Adelaide (MBA)

Chee Hong Tat (Chinese: 徐芳达; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhî Hong-ta̍t; pinyin: Xú Fāngdá; born 4 November 1973)^[1] is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Toa Payoh West–Thomson division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC since 2015.

Prior entering politics, Chee worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Transport (MOT), and the Ministry of Education (MOE), and was Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. He subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority (EMA) between 2011 and 2015.

Chee made his political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC which won 73.59% of the vote. Chee was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Toa Payoh West–Balestier division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. Since then, he has retained his parliamentary seat in the 2020 general election and had been appointed Minister of State and subsequently Senior Minister of State.

At the 2025 general election, Chee led PAP's team in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, as its new anchor minister.