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Ng Eng Hen

Dr
Ng Eng Hen
MP
黄永宏
Ng Eng Hen at the Pentagon - 20120404.jpg
Ng Eng Hen at The Pentagon, United States, on 4 April 2012
Minister for Defence
Assumed office
21 May 2011
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Teo Chee Hean
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
(Toa Payoh Central)
Assumed office
25 October 2001
Preceded by Ibrahim Othman
Leader of the House
In office
31 May 2011 – 30 September 2015
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Heng Chee How
Preceded by Mah Bow Tan
Succeeded by Grace Fu
Minister for Education
In office
1 April 2008 – 21 May 2011
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Succeeded by Heng Swee Keat
Minister for Manpower
In office
12 August 2004 – April 2007
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Lee Boon Yang
Succeeded by Gan Kim Yong
Second Minister for Defence
In office
July 2005 – 21 May 2011
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Teo Chee Hean
Succeeded by None
Personal details
Born (1958-12-10) December 10, 1958 (age 58)
Singapore
Political party People's Action Party (2001)
Spouse(s) Ivy Lim Swee Lian
Children 4
Alma mater National University of Singapore

Ng Eng Hen (simplified Chinese: 黄永宏; traditional Chinese: 黃永宏; pinyin: Huáng Yǒng Hóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Éng-hông; born 10 December 1958) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Minister for Defence since 2011 and was re-elected in this role in October 2015. He previously served as the Minister for Manpower from 2004 to 2008 and Minister for Education from 2008 to 2011, as well as the Leader of the House in Parliament from 2011 to 2015. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2001.

Ng is one of six children and lived in a rental flat in Zion Road during his childhood. He attended Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to medical school at the National University of Singapore and fellowship training in surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.


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