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He Ting Ru
何廷儒
Personal details
Born1982 or 1983 (age 41–42)[1]
Singapore
Political partyWorkers' Party
Spouse
Terence Tan
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(m. 2016)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

He Ting Ru (Chinese: 何廷儒; pinyin: Hé Tíng Rú; born 1983) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer.

Early life

She was educated at CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School and Raffles Junior College. She graduated with an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University before reading law in London.[2]

Political career

She began volunteering with the Workers' Party (WP) in the Paya Lebar division in 2011.[3] She was fielded as part of the 5-person team in the 2015 general election in Marine Parade GRC where the team garnered 35.9% of the polled votes.[4]

She previously served as Secretary of the Workers' Party Youth Wing, and oversees the Youth Wing's outreach efforts in the areas of Service, Education and Heritage.[5]

At the 2020 general election, She stood as a candidate in Sengkang GRC.[6] On 11 July 2020, she was declared to be elected as a Member of the 14th Parliament of Singapore, representing Sengkang GRC.[7]

Personal life

Since 2013, she has been Head of Legal and Communications of a listed multinational company which oversees legal and communications matters in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa.[8]

She trained and qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales with a Magic Circle firm, working in London and Frankfurt, before joining a European financial institution in Singapore as a derivatives lawyer.[9]

Since January 2016, she has been married to Terence Tan, with whom she has two sons. She and Tan were both part of the WP team contesting Marine Parade GRC in 2015 along with Firuz Khan, Dylan Ng and Yee Jenn Jong.[1]

In 2020, she contested in the Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) as part of the Workers' Party team. The team won the election with 52.13% of the votes, defeating the PAP.

References

  1. ^ a b "GE2020: Workers' Party presents final slate of candidates, including 54-year-old researcher contesting for the first time". TODAYonline. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Post-GE2015: Business as usual for WP's He Ting Ru". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Not easy but felt right: WP's He Ting Ru on contesting GE2020 with husband Terence Tan". AsiaOne. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ "GE2020: Cousins, a couple, and former colleagues - unexpected connections among candidates this year". The Straits Times. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Workers' Party introduces third batch of candidates". The Online Citizen. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ "GE2020: PAP and WP to face off in new four-member Sengkang GRC". CNA. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "GE2020: Workers' Party wins new Sengkang GRC with 52.13% of votes". CNA. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  8. ^ "GE2020: Workers' Party unveils final batch of prospective candidates, including one newcomer". CNA. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Lawyer wants young S'poreans to stand up and be heard". TODAYonline. Retrieved 6 July 2020.


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