Alvin Tan (politician)

Alvin Tan Sheng Hui
Alvin Tan Sheng Hui
	陈圣辉
Minister of State, ; Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 September 2020 Serving with Low Yen Ling
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Edwin Tong
Minister of State, ; Ministry for Trade and Industry
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 September 2020 Serving with Low Yen Ling
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Chan Chun Sing
Member of the Singapore Parliament; for Tanjong Pagar GRC ; (Moulmein-Cairnhill)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 July 2020
Preceded by	Melvin Yong
Personal details
Born	June 30, 1980; Singapore
Citizenship	Singaporean
Political party	People's Action
Alma mater	Sydney University; Harvard University
Occupation	Politician

Alvin Tan Sheng Hui (Chinese: 陈圣辉, born 30 June 1980) is a Singaporean politician who has served as the Minister of State in the Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry for Trade and Industry since 1 September 2020. He has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Pagar GRC for Moulmein-Cairnhill since 10 July 2020 after the 2020 Singaporean general election. He is also the Head of Public Policy and Economics for the Asia-Pacific region at LinkedIn.

Education

Tan holds a First Class bachelor's degree in economics from Sydney University and a Master in public policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[1] where he was awarded the 2009 International and Global Affairs Fellowship from the Belfer Centre of Science and International Affairs. He later revealed that he was not qualified to study at any local universities.[1]

Career

Following his graduation, Tan has been involved in various organisations, such as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), United Nations (UN), Goldman Sachs and non-profit Oxfam.[1] He also worked at Facebook and LinkedIn.[1] At LinkedIn, he was the Head of Public Policy & Economics for thr Asia-Pacific region.[2]

Political career

Tan used to work under Lily Neo when Neo was still a MP.[2]

In the 2020 Singaporean general election, he was selected as a candidate of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for Tanjong Pagar GRC, replacing the incumbent Melvin Yong who moved to Radin Mas SMC.[2] His team was challenged by a team from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). The PAP team won the election with 63.13% of the votes.[3]

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on 25 July that he will helming MCCY and MTI from 1 September 2020.

References

"GE 2020: LinkedIn head & Republic Poly lecturer among new PAP candidates". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
"Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in PAP's Tanjong Pagar GRC team led by Chan Chun Sing". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
"GE2020 official results: PAP wins Tanjong Pagar GRC with 63.13% of votes, PSP has 36.87%". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by Melvin Yong	Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Moulmein–Cairnhill) 2020 – present	Incumbent

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[alvin-1] "GE 2020: LinkedIn head & Republic Poly lecturer among new PAP candidates". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[tan-2] "Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in PAP's Tanjong Pagar GRC team led by Chan Chun Sing". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[3] "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Tanjong Pagar GRC with 63.13% of votes, PSP has 36.87%". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.