Grace Fu
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The Honourable Grace Fu Hai Yien MP |
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| 傅海燕 | |
Grace Fu speaking to reporters at the launch of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics' Million Deeds Challenge on 26 April 2009.
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| Minister for Culture, Community and Youth | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Leader of the House | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Deputy | Desmond Lee |
| Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Yuhua SMC |
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Assumed office 21 May 2011 |
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| Minister in Prime Minister's Office | |
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In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | |
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In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Second Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Preceded by | Lui Tuck Yew |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts and the Environment and Water Resources | |
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In office 21 May 2011 – 30 July 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Senior Minister of State for Education and National Development | |
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In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jurong GRC |
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In office 27 April 2006 – 18 April 2011 |
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29 March 1964 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
Grace Fu Hai Yien (Chinese: 傅海燕; pinyin: Fù Hǎi Yiàn; born 29 March 1964) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth. She is the second woman in Singapore's history to hold the status of full Minister, after Lim Hwee Hwa.
Fu began her career with Overseas Union Bank (OUB) as an auditor from 1985 to 1988. She then joined the Haw Par Group, where she worked in corporate planning, financial control and business development from 1991 to 1995.
In October 1995, Fu joined the PSA Corporation as an Assistant Director (Finance). She took on additional responsibilities as Vice-President (Marketing) and assumed the position of Financial Controller of the PSA Corporation in October 1998. She was promoted to the position of Executive Vice-President (Finance) in January 1999. In April 2003, Fu was appointed chief executive officer of Singapore Terminals. In 2004, she became the chief executive officer of PSA South East Asia and Japan, where she was responsible for the business performance of PSA's flagship terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Japan.
Fu has been a non-practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore since 1992.
Fu was one of 24 new PAP candidates formally introduced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ahead of the 2006 general election. She was elected in June 2006 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Jurong GRC). On 1 August 2006, Fu was appointed a Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development
On 1 April 2008, Fu was promoted to Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of National Development.
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