Sim Ann
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Sim Ann MP |
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| 沈颖 | |
| Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry | |
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Assumed office 21 August 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Lim Hng Kiang, S Iswaran |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Grace Fu |
| Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance | |
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In office 1 October 2015 – 21 August 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Heng Swee Keat |
| Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Bukit Timah) |
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Assumed office 7 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 March 1975 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party (2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Mok Ying Jang |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Exeter College, Oxford Stanford University |
Sim Ann (simplified Chinese: 沈颖; traditional Chinese: 沈穎; pinyin: Shěn Yǐng; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is the Senior Minister of State at the ministries of Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2011, representing the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency.
Prior to being elected to Parliament, Sim worked as a civil servant. From 1998 to 2000, she was an Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at Singapore's Ministry of Health. From 2000 to 2003, she was an Assistant Director for Implementation Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs. From 2003 to 2006, she became a Deputy Director for Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 2007 to 2009, Sim was seconded to International Enterprise Singapore as the Regional Director. Based in Shanghai, Sim headed a team assisting Singapore-based companies with investment and sales in the East China region. From 2009 to 2011, she was the Director of the National Population Secretariat and she led efforts to restructure the Secretariat into the National Population and Talent Division.
At the 2011 general election, Sim was elected to Parliament as an MP for the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC). She was a member of the PAP's team in the GRC led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, Vivian Balakrishnan, which defeated the team from the Singapore Democratic Party by 48,773 votes (60.1%) to 32,406 (39.9%). Since the election, she has represented the Bukit Timah ward within the constituency.
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