The Honourable
Gan Kim Yong
颜金勇
Gan in 2022
Minister for Trade and Industry
Assumed office
15 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second MinisterTan See Leng
Preceded byChan Chun Sing
Chairman of the People's Action Party
In office
23 November 2018 – 26 November 2022
Secretary-GeneralLee Hsien Loong
Vice-ChairmanMasagos Zulkifli
Preceded byKhaw Boon Wan
Succeeded byHeng Swee Keat
Minister for Health
In office
21 May 2011 – 14 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second MinisterMasagos Zulkifli
(2020–2021)
Preceded byKhaw Boon Wan
Succeeded byOng Ye Kung
Party Whip of the People's Action Party
In office
21 May 2011 – 27 September 2015
Preceded byLim Swee Say
Succeeded byChan Chun Sing
Minister for Manpower
In office
1 April 2009 – 20 May 2011
Acting: 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byNg Eng Hen
Succeeded byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Member of Parliament
for Chua Chu Kang GRC
(Chua Chu Kang)
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority17,520 (17.28%)
Member of Parliament
for Chua Chu Kang SMC
In office
6 May 2006 – 7 May 2011
Preceded byLow Seow Chay
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC
(Zhenghua)
In office
25 October 2001 – 6 May 2006
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byLiang Eng Hwa
Personal details
Born (1959-02-09) February 9, 1959[1]
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, MSc)

Gan Kim Yong (Chinese: 颜金勇; pinyin: Yán Jīnyǒng; born 9 February 1959)[1] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Chua Chu Kang division of Chua Chu Kang GRC since 2011.

Prior to entering politics, Gan worked in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He joined NatSteel in 1989 and became the chief executive officer and president of NatSteel in 2005.

Gan made his political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC and won by an uncontested walkover.

Before becoming Minister for Trade and Industry, Gan served as Minister for Manpower between 2008 and 2011, Minister for Health between 2011 and 2021, and Chairman of the People's Action Party between 2018 and 2022.

On 3 July 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Gan will be appointed Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on 8 July 2023 after Deputy Chairman Lawrence Wong succeeded Tharman Shanmugaratnam as Chairman, who stepped down to run for the 2023 presidential election.

Education

Gan was educated at Catholic High School and National Junior College before he received an Overseas Merit Scholarship from the Singapore Government to study at the University of Cambridge, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in electrical engineering in 1981.[2]

He subsequently went on to complete a masters degree in engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1985.[3]

Career

Gan began his career in the Civil Service, working at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He left the Civil Service for the private sector in 1989 and joined NatSteel. In 1996, he became Executive Vice-President of NatSteel and CEO of NatSteel Resorts International and NatSteel Properties. In 2005, he became President and CEO of NatSteel.

Political career

Gan made his political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC and won by an uncontested walkover. Gan was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Zhenghua ward of Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC. In 2005, he was appointed as Minister of State for Education and Minister of State for Manpower.

During the 2006 general election, Gan replaced Low Seow Chay as the PAP candidate contesting in Chua Chu Kang SMC and won 60.37% of the vote. On 1 April 2008, he was appointed as Acting Minister for Manpower and later promoted to full Minister on 1 April 2009.

During the 2011 general election, Gan led the five-member PAP team contesting in the newly-formed Chua Chu Kang GRC and won 61.20% of the vote. He continued serving as the Member of Parliament representing the Chua Chu Kang ward of Chua Chu Kang GRC. On 21 May 2011, he relinquished his portfolio as Minister for Manpower and took up a new portfolio as Minister for Health.

During the 2015 general election, Gan led the four-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won 76.89% of the vote. On 23 November 2018, Gan succeeded Khaw Boon Wan as Chairman of the People's Action Party.[4][5]

In February 2018, Gan was appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to serve on the Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases, which aims to identify innovative ways to curb diseases that are not transmitted from person to person, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and extend life expectancy.[6]

During the 2020 general election, Gan led the five-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won about 59% of the vote. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, Gan and Lawrence Wong were appointed co-chairs of a multi-ministerial committee set up by the government on 22 January 2020 to manage the situation.[7] Following a Cabinet reshuffle, on 15 May 2021, Gan became Minister for Trade and Industry.

Personal life

Gan is married with two daughters.[8] He was also an elder at the Chen Li Presbyterian Church.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ↑ "Speech by Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister of State For Education & Manpower, at the Engineering Fiesta Opening Ceremony, 24th November 2005, 9.10am at the National Library at Bras Basah". Ministry of Education (Singapore). 24 November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. ↑ approver (20 November 2018). "PMO | Mr GAN Kim Yong". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "PAP's new CEC". PAP.org.sg. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "DPMs Tharman, Teo Chee Hean and 3 senior PAP members step down from Central Executive Committee". PAP.org.sg. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Hussain, Amir (17 February 2018). "Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong appointed to World Health Organisation commission". The Straits Times.
  7. ↑ "Wuhan virus task force: Singapore's high-powered members". The Straits Times. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mr GAN Kim Yong". Prime Minister's Office, Singapore. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ministers Urged Seminary to be Continually Involved in Globalised Society". The Christian Post. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
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