Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
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Yu-Foo Yee Shoon MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Bukit Timah) |
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In office 6 May 2006 – 19 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Wang Kai Yuen (Bukit Timah SMC) |
| Succeeded by | Sim Ann |
| Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Yuhua) |
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In office 3 November 2001 – 6 May 2006 |
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| Preceded by | herself (Bukit Timah GRC - Yuhua ward) |
| Succeeded by | Grace Fu Hai Yien |
| Member of Parliament for Bukit Timah GRC (Yuhua) |
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In office 2 January 1997 – 3 November 2001 |
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| Preceded by | herself (Yuhua SMC) |
| Succeeded by | herself (Jurong GRC - Yuhua ward) |
| Member of Parliament for Yuhua SMC |
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In office 22 December 1984 – 2 January 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Seat created |
| Succeeded by | herself (Bukit Timah GRC - Yuhua ward) |
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| Born | 17 February 1950 |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party (1984-2011) |
Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (Chinese: 符喜泉; pinyin: Fú Xǐquán; born 17 February 1950) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1984 to 2011. Her political appointments included Mayor of South West District of Singapore and Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.
Yu-Foo was first elected to Parliament in the 1984 general election. She was then one of only three female Members of Parliament at the time (and she went on to become one of the longest serving women politicians in Singapore).
In June 1999, Yu-Foo was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the at the Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS).
In November 2001, Yu-Foo was appointed Mayor of the Bukit Timah Community Development Council (CDC), which subsequently expanded to become the South West CDC. With her appointment, she became the first woman Mayor in Singapore.
In August 2004, Yu-Foo was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).
At the 2011 general election, Yu-Foo retired from politics after serving six terms in Parliament. She was succeeded as Minister of State at the MCYS by Halimah Yacob 21 May 2011.
Yu-Foo started her career as a Senior Industrial Relations Officer with the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) soon after graduating from university. Over the years, she has been Chairman, Vice-President, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the NTUC.
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