Masagos Zulkifli MP |
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ماسڬوس ذوالكفل | |
Masagos at a working lunch hosted by United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in The Pentagon in October 2006
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Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | |
Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Preceded by | Vivian Balakrishnan |
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Tampines GRC (Tampines West) |
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Assumed office 6 May 2006 |
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Minister in Prime Minister's Office | |
In office 9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | K Shanmugam |
Second Minister for Home Affairs | |
In office 9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Teo Chee Hean |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 April 1963 |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Alma mater |
Nanyang Technological University National University of Singapore University of Southern California |
Religion | Islam |
Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad (Jawi: ماسڬوس ذوالكفل بن ماسڬوس محمد; born 16 April 1963) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is Singapore's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, a post which he has been serving since October 2015. He has also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2006, representing the ward of Tampines West in Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
Masagos was born on 16 April 1963 and had his early education at Bukit Panjang Government High School and National Junior College. Subsequently, he graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree from Nanyang Technological University with First Class Honours, majoring in electrical and electronic engineering, and in 1994 with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. His first job was with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (now Singtel) in 1988; a SingTel Postgraduate Scholarship enabled him to take a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Southern California in 1995. He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Global Offices.