Koh Poh Koon
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The Honourable Dr Koh Poh Koon MP |
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| 许宝琨 | |
| Minister of State, Ministry of National Development |
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Assumed office 1 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry |
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Assumed office 1 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister |
Lim Hng Kiang & S. Iswaran |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC (Yio Chu Kang) |
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Assumed office 11 September 2015 |
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16 March 1972 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse(s) | a doctor |
| Children | two daughters |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Colorectal surgeon |
Koh Poh Koon (simplified Chinese: 许宝琨; traditional Chinese: 許寶琨; pinyin: Xǔ Bǎokūn, born 16 March 1972) is a Singaporean politician and colorectal surgeon. A member of the governing People's Action Party, Koh has been serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) since September 2015, representing Ang Mo Kio GRC. Since January 2016, he is also a Minister of State in the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Koh comes from a local Teochew family and spent the first three years of his life living in Punggol, where his family lived in a farmhouse at Lorong Cheng Lim. The family then moved to a four-room HDB flat in Toa Payoh. His father was a bus driver who drove the cross-island public bus service 82. Koh was the oldest child in his family and often worked odd jobs when he was young to support the family.
Koh had his early education at the now-defunct MacRitchie Primary School, before going on to study at Maris Stella High School and Hwa Chong Junior College. He then studied Medicine at the National University of Singapore, graduating with an MBBS degree in 1996. He subsequently obtained an MMed (Surgery) from the National University of Singapore as well as Fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medicine in Singapore. He also received Health Manpower Development Programme Scholarships from Singapore's Ministry of Health for advanced training in the surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases in Edinburgh and at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
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