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'''Alvin Tan Sheng Hui''' ({{lang-zh|s=陈圣辉|p=Chén Shènghuì}}; born 1980)<ref name="Parliament Profile" /> is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as [[Minister of State#Minor government ranks|Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth|Culture, Community and Youth]], and [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)|Trade and Industry]] since 2020. A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he has been the [[14th Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) representing the Moulmein–Cairnhill ward of [[Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency|Tanjong Pagar GRC]] since 2020.
'''Alvin Tan Sheng Hui''' ({{lang-zh|s=陈圣辉|p=Chén Shènghuì}}; born 1980)<ref name="Parliament Profile" /> is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as [[Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth|Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth]] and [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)|Minister of State for Trade and Industry]] since 2020. A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he has been the [[14th Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) representing the Moulmein–Cairnhill ward of [[Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency|Tanjong Pagar GRC]] since 2020.


Before entering politics, Tan had worked at various organisations, including the [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Oxfam]], [[United Nations]], [[Goldman Sachs]], [[Facebook]] and [[LinkedIn]]. He made his political debut in the [[2020 Singaporean general election|2020 general election]] when he joined a five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and they won with 63.13% of the vote.
Prior to entering politics, Tan had worked at various organisations, including the [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence]] (MINDEF), [[Oxfam]], [[United Nations]], [[Goldman Sachs]], [[Facebook]] and [[LinkedIn]].
He made his political debut in the [[2020 Singaporean general election|2020 general election]] as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won 63.13% of the vote.


==Education==
==Education==

Revision as of 11:33, 18 August 2022

Alvin Tan
陈圣辉
Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Serving with Low Yen Ling
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterEdwin Tong
Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Serving with Low Yen Ling
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterChan Chun Sing
(2020–2021)
Gan Kim Yong
(2021–present)
Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Moulmein–Cairnhill)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byMelvin Yong (PAP)
Majority32,470 (26.26%)
Personal details
Born1980 (age 44–45)[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BEc)
Harvard University (MPP)
OccupationPolitician
Military service
Branch/serviceSingapore Army
Years of service2001–2008
RankCaptain
UnitArmour

Alvin Tan Sheng Hui (Chinese: 陈圣辉; pinyin: Chén Shènghuì; born 1980)[1] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Minister of State for Trade and Industry since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Moulmein–Cairnhill ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2020.

Prior to entering politics, Tan had worked at various organisations, including the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Oxfam, United Nations, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and LinkedIn.

He made his political debut in the 2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won 63.13% of the vote.

Education

Tan graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics degree with first class honours under the Singapore Armed Forces' Local Study Award scholarship.[2]

He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.[2]

He also received the 2008 Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship and the International and Global Affairs Fellowship from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.[3]

Career

Tan has worked in the private, public and non-profit sectors at various organisations, including the Ministry of Defence, Oxfam and the United Nations. From 2010 to 2015, he worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in Singapore and Hong Kong. He was also Head of Public Policy and Trust and Safety at Facebook and Head of Public Policy and Economics for the Asia-Pacific region at LinkedIn.[2][3][4]

Political career

Tan made his political debut in the 2020 general election when he was announced as a People's Action Party (PAP) candidate contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC. Before that, he had been a community volunteer at Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng since 2005 and at Moulmein-Cairnhill since 2019, and had worked with Lily Neo,[4] the Member of Parliament representing Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng from 1997 to 2020.

Tan joined the five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC during the 2020 general election, and they won with 63.13% of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party.[5] Tan thus became a Member of Parliament representing the Moulmein–Cairnhill ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC. On 1 September 2020, Tan was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Trade and Industry.[1]

Personal life

Tan is married with two children.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ^ a b c d "GE 2020: LinkedIn head & Republic Poly lecturer among new PAP candidates". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Mr Alvin Tan" (PDF). www.parliament.gov.sg.
  4. ^ a b "Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in PAP's Tanjong Pagar GRC team led by Chan Chun Sing". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ "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 Member of Parliament for
Tanjong Pagar GRC (Moulmein–Cairnhill)

2020 – present
Incumbent